2009 Chachi #29 Phillies Coaches

Sam Perlozzo, 3rd base coach
Phillies debut: As a coach - April 5, 2009
Major League debut: September 13, 1977
Former teams: As a player - Minnesota Twins 1977, San Diego Padres 1979; As a coach - New York Mets 1987-1989, Cincinnati Reds 1990-1992, Seattle Mariners 1993-1995, Baltimore Orioles 1996-2005, Seattle Mariners 2008; As a manager - Baltimore Orioles 2005-2007

Mick Billmeyer, bullpen coach
Phillies debut: As a coach - April 5, 2004

Tim Gradoville, bullpen catcher
Phillies debut: As a coach - April 5, 2009

Pictured: All pictures are from the 2009 Phillies Team Issue set.

2007 Topps Chrome #361 Tim Gradoville AU

Tim Gradoville retired after the end of the 2008 season, having bounced around the Phillies' and Texas Rangers' farm systems since 2002. In a case of so close . . . yet so far away, the Phillies purchased Tim's contract from Reading on September 6, 2006, and he was assigned #38. He watched from the bench for the remainder of the 2006 season and did not appear in a game. If you look in the 2009 Phillies Media Guide at the team's all-time roster, Tim's name does not appear between Mike Grace (1995-1999) and Mike Grady (1894-1897), which I think stinks. (It's logical of course, since Tim never officially played for the Phils, but it still stinks).

Wearing #60, Tim is back with the Phillies in 2009 as the team's bullpen catcher.