Tommy Giordano

Thomas Arthur Giordano
(T-Bone)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 175 lb.
• High School East Side High School (Newark)
• Debut September 11, 1953
• Final Game September 26, 1953
• Born October 9, 1925 in Newark, NJ USA
• Died February 14, 2019 in Orlando, FL USA

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Biographical Information

Tom Giordano played pro baseball from 1948 to 1959, making it to the major leagues for 11 games with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1953. He managed in the minor leagues from 1956 to 1959 and 1969. Giordano scouted for the Kansas City/Oakland A's (1964-1968), Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970-1972) and Montreal Expos (1973-1975). He was the Baltimore Orioles' scouting director from 1976 to 1981, then farm director from 1982 to 1987.

As of 2013, Giordano was a special adviser to the General Manager for the Texas Rangers, a position he had held since at least 2008. he passed away in February 2019 at the age of 93.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1956	Leesburg Braves	Florida State League	58-82	7th	Milwaukee Braves	none
1957	Leesburg Braves	Florida State League	64-75	5th	Milwaukee Braves
1958	Selma Cloverleafs	Alabama-Florida League	71-49	1st	Kansas City A's	Lost League Finals
1959	Pocatello Athletics	Pioneer League	58-70	5th	Kansas City A's
1969	Clinton Pilots	Midwest League		2nd	Seattle Pilots	none	replaced Karl Kuehl in August

Further Reading

• Pete Caldera: "New Jersey's Tom Giordano, at 92 years old, sharp as ever as Major League Baseball scout", NorthJersey.com, July 7, 2018. [1]
• Paul Newberry (Associated Press): "As spring training arrives, a baseball life ends", USA Today, February 11, 2019. [2]
• Paul Newberry (Associated Press): "Longtime baseball scout Tommy Giordano dies at 93", USA Today, February 14, 2019. [3]

Related Sites

• Tommy Giordano at the SABR Bio Project
• Baseball America: Executive Database