Luis Pujols - Coaching

Coaching

When Felipe Alou had the interim tag removed from his managerial position with the Montreal Expos for the 1993 season, he asked Pujols to serve as his first base coach. He remained there through the 1999 season, moving into the bench coach position for 2000. On July 20, he was fired and replaced by Jeff Cox.

He managed the Detroit Tigers' double A Eastern League affiliate, the Erie SeaWolves, to an 84-58 record in 2001 before becoming bench coach with the major league club for the 2002 season. He ended up becoming the Tigers' interim manager for most of the season after Phil Garner was fired six games into the season. Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski hired Felipe Alou to be Pujols' bench coach for the remainder of the season. On June 25, history was made when the Tigers faced off against the Kansas City Royals, who were managed by Tony Peña. It was the first time two Dominican-born managers opposed each other in a major league game. An infamous incident in Pujols's year managing was when the Tigers somehow batted out of order. Pujols was released at the end of the 2002 season. Under Pujols, the Tigers posted a 55–100 record for a .355 winning percentage, the worst of any manager in club history.

He ended up following Alou to the San Francisco Giants, where he served as first base coach until Alou and his entire staff were fired at the end of the 2006 season. When Alou was named manager of the Dominican team in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Pujols joined him there as well. On December 10, 2007, Luis Pujols was named manager of the Corpus Christi Hooks, Class double A farm team of the Houston Astros.