Petr Stříbrcký

Petr Stříbrcký

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
• School Masaryk University Brno

• Born June 5, 1985 in Blansko Czechoslovakia

Biographical Information

Petr Stříbrcký played in the Czech Republic then coached in the minor leagues.

He went 0 for 1 for Olympia Blansko in the 2001 Extraliga. He was 5 for 15 with a walk and four RBI in the 2003 European Junior Championship. In the '03 Extraliga, he went 0 for 8 and allowed 7 runs (3 earned) in 2 1/3 IP. Moving to Technika Brno in 2004, he had a 2-2, 4.05 record and hit .115/.292/.115. In 2005, he improved to 3-1, 3.59 and .250/.333/.286. During 2006, he produced at a .230/.306/.241 clip and barely pitched (4 R in 5 1/3 IP). He was 3-1 with two saves and a 3.05 ERA in '07 but his offense fell to .118/.143/.147.

In 2008, he hit .221/.277/.338 and was 2-1 with a save and a 5.87 ERA in the Extraliga. He was the top Czech pitcher in ERA in the 2008 World University Championship, allowing one earned run (though five unearned) in 5 1/3 IP; his 1.59 was .76 ahead of Martin Schneider. He pitched two shutout innings against Lithuania and gave up 3 runs (1 earned) in 3 innings against a US team with Derek Dietrich, Ryan Jackson, Tommy Mendonca and Christian Colón before allowing three unearned runs in 2/3 of an inning versus Japan.

He was 1 for 7 in '09 but went 4-2 with four saves and a 2.89 ERA for Technika Brno. He was 9th in the league in ERA (between Daniel Mráz and Jakub Jonák) and led in saves; the runners-up had two apiece.

While Stříbrcký was playing, he also gained coaching experience in the Czech Republic by coaching youth baseball from 2003-2009. Stříbrcký was director of the Portuguese Baseball Academy from 2010-2018 (playing there as well) then became hitting coach of the DSL Blue Jays in 2019. He may have served as a DSL hitting coach in 2018 as well, but this could not be confirmed. In 2020 he was slated to return to the DSL but a little thing known as COVID-19 interfered with the minor league season. He served as hitting coach, alongside Andy Fermín, of the DSL Blue Jays in 2021, then was development coach of the FCL Blue Jays in 2022 and Dunedin Blue Jays in 2023-2024.

Sources: 2021 Blue Jays Media Guide, pg. 376; Extraliga site, 2008 World University Championship Final Report, 2001-2003 Czech Baseball Federation Annual Reports, Baseball-stat.cz