Rocky Bridges
- Category : 1927-births
- Type : MGP
- Profile : 1/4 - Investigating / Opportunist
- Definition : Single
- Incarnation Cross : RAX The Sphinx 3
Biography
American middle infielder and third baseman with an 11-year career in American Major League Baseball from 1951 to 1961. Bridges played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1951–1952), Cincinnati Redlegs (1953–1957) and St. Louis Cardinals (1960) of the National League; and the Washington Senators (1957–1958), Detroit Tigers (1959–1960), Cleveland Indians (1960) and Los Angeles Angels (1961) of the American League. He also appeared occasionally in the outfield.
Following his active playing career, he served two terms (1962–1963; 1968–1971) as the third base coach of the Angels and one year (1985) in that role with the San Francisco Giants. Bridges also had a long career as a minor league manager in the Angels, Giants, San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.
Bridges died of natural causes on 27 January 2015, aged 87, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.