José Mayorga
| José Mayorga | |
|---|---|
| Catcher / manager | |
| Born: August 20, 1992 Pueblo Nuevo, Panama City, Panama | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right |
José Agustin Mayorga (born August 20, 1992) is a Panamanian professional baseball coach and former player who is the current manager of the Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League. He has also managed the Panama national baseball team and the Federales de Chiriquí of the Panamanian Professional Baseball League.
Signing with the Philadelphia Phillies as an international free agent on May 13, 2010, Mayorga spent five years in the Phillies system. He spent three years with the VSL Phillies of the Venezuelan Summer League, hitting .284 in his final season in 2012, before being promoted to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Phillies the next year, hitting .196. With the Low-A Lakewood Blue Claws, he hit .286 in 2014. Splitting time between Lakewood and High-A Clearwater, Mayorga hit .192 in his final year in the minors.[1]
Mayorga joined the Toronto Blue Jays organization as a bench coach for the Vancouver Canadians in 2018 and the FCL Blue Jays in 2021. He went to manage the FCL Blue Jays for the 2022 and 2023 season, and the Dunedin Blue Jays in 2024.[2] In 2025, he returned to manage the Vancouver Canadians.[3]
In March 2022, Mayorga was named manager of the Federales de Chiriquí, replacing Alfonso Urquiola.[4] He led Federales to league championships in 2022–23 and 2023–24, and also managed the team at the 2023 and 2024 Caribbean Series.[5] He became the youngest manager to ever win a professional baseball championship in the country.[6]
Mayorga was named manager of the Panama national baseball team for the 2024 WBSC Premier12.[7] The team's fifth place finish was the best result for Panama's senior team since the 2003 Baseball World Cup.[8] In April 2025, it was announced he would continue as manager for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jose Mayorga". Baseball Reference (minors). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Jose Mayorga as New Manager for the Dunedin Blue Jays". MiLB.com. 30 January 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "C's Recap – Mayorga the Man in Charge of the 2025 Vancouver Canadians, Lavallee to Manage in New Hampshire". C's Plus Baseball. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "José Mayorga es el nuevo manager de los Federales de Chiriquí" (in Spanish). TVN. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Federales de Chiriquí, un elenco invencible en finales". COS Panama. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "¡CAMPEÓN! Federales de Chiriquí irá a la Serie del Caribe 2023 por Panamá". Septima Entrada. 20 January 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Panama present roster for Premier12 2024". wbsc.org. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ^ "El béisbol panameño fue el deporte número uno en 2024". La Estrella de Panama. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ^ "Panama's Premier12 manager, José Mayorga, to lead team at World Baseball Classic". WBSC. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Panamanian expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
- Panamanian expatriate baseball people in Canada
- Venezuelan Summer League Phillies players
- Florida Complex League Phillies players
- Clearwater Threshers players
- Lakewood BlueClaws players
- Reading Fightin Phils players
- Baseball players from Panama City
- Minor league baseball managers