Joe Szekely (minors)

Joseph Szekely

Biographical information[edit]

Catcher Joe Szekely was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals. He played 11 seasons in the minors in the Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Toronto Blue Jays, and Atlanta Braves organizations.

After his playing days ended, he remained in the Braves organization as a coach for several seasons before joining the staff of the Colorado Silver Bullets. After spending 1998 as a coach with the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League, he spent six years coaching and managing in the Royals farm system. He joined the Tampa Bay Devil Rays organization in 2005 and spent 2007 as skipper of the Vero Beach Devil Rays.

Szekely's father Joe Szekely played 6 seasons of pro ball, including 5 games in the majors in 1953 [1].

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2000	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	53-80	14th	Kansas City Royals
2001	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	55-79	12th	Kansas City Royals
2002	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	68-71	9th	Kansas City Royals
2003	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	64-74	14th	Kansas City Royals

2005	Southwest Michigan Devil Rays	Midwest League	72-67	4th (t)	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Lost in 1st round
2006	Visalia Oaks	California League	75-65	2nd	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Lost League Finals
2007	Vero Beach Devil Rays	Florida State League	59-79	10th	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
2008	Princeton Rays	Appalachian League	24-38	9th	Tampa Bay Rays

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