Stockton, Calif. - Head coach Ed Sprague named Pat Jacquez as volunteer assistant coach, welcoming the Stockton native to the Pacific baseball staff.
Jacquez pitched professionally for six years and has served as St. Mary's High School pitching coach.
Jacquez was drafted out of Stagg High School in 1965 (where he was a teammate of current Stanford head coach Mark Marquess) by the Houston Colt 45s (now Astros). He did not sign and instead went to Santa Clara on full scholarship, where he posted a 5-1 record and a 0.78 ERA as a freshman, earning First Team All-California Intercollegiate Baseball Association honors.
In 1967, the Chicago Cubs drafted Jacquez in the fourth round. He spent four years in the Cubs system, pitching for Lodi, San Antonio, the Arizona and Arizona Cubs. He posted a 2.13 ERA in 1969 in Double-A San Antonio and was named to the Texas League All-Star Team in 1970.
In the offseason after 1970, he was traded to the Chicago White Sox and in 1971, Jacquez got the call to "The Show." He made his Major League debut on April 18, tossing 1.2 innings against the Oakland A's, and added an appearance in Fenway Park against the Red Sox.
In the offseason, Jacquez was traded again, to the Cincinnati Reds, who sent him to their farm team in Indianapolis, where he was named an All-Star in the American Association in 1972. Following an off-season trade to the St. Louis Cardinals, Jacquez retired after the season.
He returned to Stockton, where he has worked for 36 years for Redarchs Management. Pat and his wife of 44 years, Patty, raised their children Suzann and Thomas. Following in their father's footsteps, Suzann played softball at California, and was the shortstop on the Golden Bears' 1992 College World Series squad. The Academic All-American graduated from Cal and earned a Master's Degree from New York University.
Thomas pitched at UCLA from 1995-97, was named to the 1997 All Pacific-10 First Team, and pitched in the 1997 College World Series. After his junior year, Thomas was drafted in the sixth round by the Philadelphia Phillies. He spent four seasons in the Phillies farm system, before making his Major League debut in 2000. He appeared in nine games and earned a save against the Florida Marlins. Following four more seasons in the Phillies, White Sox and Baltimore Orioles organization, Thomas retired from professional baseball and finished his undergraduate degree at the University of San Francisco, where he also earned a Master's degree.
In 2012, Pat served as the pitching coach for St. Mary's High School, which won the 2012 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Championship.
