Pat Listach

Patrick Alan Listach (born September 12, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop, minor league manager and is currently the bench coach for the Chicago Cubs.

Amateur career

Listach played college baseball for the McLennan Community College Highlanders (Waco, Texas) and the Arizona State Sun Devils. In the 1988 NCAA Division I National Championship Stanford defeated Arizona State by a score of 9-4. The game was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Professional career

Listach was drafted in the 5th round of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.

Listach's best professional season was in , his rookie year. After being called up from the minor leagues by the Brewers in April, Listach became a vital member of a team that won 92 games and contended for the American League playoffs. Listach's 54 stolen bases in 1992 ranked second only to the total accrued by Kenny Lofton, another prominent rookie from the Cleveland Indians, during that season. Listach would go on to win the 1992 American League Rookie of the Year award.

In , Listach was traded to the New York Yankees with Graeme Lloyd for outfielder Gerald Williams and pitcher Bob Wickman. Listach was intended to be a backup outfielder, as the Yankees made the trade specifically to acquire Lloyd. However, Listach had suffered what was first thought to be a bruise...
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