Bullpen and Pitching Coach
He retired as an active player on October 9, 1964, to become a bullpen coach with the Tigers (1965–1966) and California Angels (1967–1969). Roarke then transitioned from bullpen coach to pitching coach — one of the handful of former catchers who excelled at being a pitching coach. He returned to the Tigers in 1970 as the replacement for high-profile mound tutor Johnny Sain for one season.
Then, after a seven-year stint (1971–1977) as a minor league manager and roving minor league pitching instructor, Roarke served as a pitching coach for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals (where he worked on two NL pennant winners — 1985 and 1987 — under Whitey Herzog), San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox, retiring after the strike-shortened 1994 season. He also spent three seasons as pitching coach of the 1981–1983 Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, working with his old college classmate, Morgan, during his first two years with Pawtucket.
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