Coaching Career
Crosetti became third base coach with the Yankees in 1946 and was part of an additional nine World Series championships as a coach with the franchise once he retired as a player after the 1948 season. He was said to be the "perfect coach," because he had no ambition whatsoever to manage, turning down numerous offers over the years to do so. After 37 years, longing to be closer to his family in Northern California, he left the franchise to join the upstart Seattle Pilots in 1969,. He was the subject of several unflattering anecdotes in Jim Bouton's iconoclastic recollection of the Pilots' one and only season, Ball Four. He moved to the Minnesota Twins from 1970 to 1971, after the Pilots (who became the Milwaukee Brewers) didn't renew his contract.
It has been said of Crosetti that he has waved home 16,000 runners in 25 years in the third-base coaching box.
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