Greeks in Major League Baseball 2001

Here are the Greeks we know of who have been on active big league rosters (or the disabled list) this spring:

American League

Cleveland—OF Kenny Lofton (Kappa Alpha Psi)

Boston—OFScott Hatteberg (Alpha Gamma Rho)

Detroit—P Seth Greisinger (Pi Kappa Alpha), OF Ryan Jackson (Alpha Tau Omega)

Kansas City—C A.J. Hinch (Delta Tau Delta), 1B Dave McCarty (Delta Tau Delta)

New York—P Mike Mussina (Delta Tau Delta)

Seattle—3B Ed Sprague (Delta Tau Delta)

Texas—C Bill Haselman (Sigma Nu), P Rick Helling (Delta Tau Delta), 3B Ken Caminiti (Sigma Alpha Epsilon), P Mark Petkovsek (Sigma Chi)

Toronto—P Joey Hamilton (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)

National League

Atlanta—P Matt Whiteside (Pi Kappa Alpha)

Arizona—P Greg Swindell (Sigma Nu)

Chicago—C Joe Girardi (Alpha Tau Omega), P Mike Fyhrie (Sigma Nu)

Cincinnati—1B Sean Casey (Sigma Phi Epsilon), P Chris Nichting (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)

Colorado—3B Jeff Cirillo (Phi Kappa Psi)

Los Angeles—OF Shawn Green (Delta Tau Delta)

Milwaukee—SS Mark Loretta (Phi Gamma Delta)

St. Louis—OF Jim Edmonds (Pi Kappa Phi), P Chad Hutchinson (Delta Tau Delta)

San Diego—Kevin Jarvis (Sigma Phi Epsilon)

Serving as major league managers in 2001 are Larry Dierker (Lambda Chi Alpha) of Houston; Lloyd McClendon (Kappa Alpha Psi) of Pittsburgh; Bob Boone (Zeta Psi) of Cincinnati; Jeff Torborg (Chi Psi) of Montreal; and Bobby Valentine (Sigma Chi) of the New York Mets.

With the major league season at an end, here are Greeks who served as their team’s top executive:

Anaheim Angels Chairman & CEO-Michael Eisner (Delta Upsilon)
Arizona Diamondbacks Managing General Partner-Jerry Colangelo (Phi Kappa Psi)
Chicago White Sox Chairman-Jerry Reinsdorf (Alpha Epsilon Pi)

New York Yankees Principal Owner-George Steinbrenner (Delta Kappa Epsilon)
Philadelphia Phillies Chairman of Board, General Partner-Bill Giles (Sigma Chi)
Pittsburgh Pirates General Partner-Kevin McClatchy (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
St. Louis Cardinals President-Mark Lamping (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
Seattle Mariners President, COO-Chuck Armstrong (Phi Gamma Delta)
Texas Rangers Chairman of Board & Owner-Tom Hicks (Sigma Phi Epsilon)

The Commissioner of major league baseball is Bud Selig (Pi Lambda Phi)

Coaches on big league clubs this season included the following:
Atlanta Braves—Merv Rettenmund (Sigma Phi Epsilon)
Chicago Cubs—Billy Williams (Lambda Chi Alpha)
Chicago White Sox—Art Kusyner (Phi Gamma Delta)
Houston Astros—Burt Hooton (Kappa Alpha Order)
Philadelphia Phillies—Galen Cisco (Delta Upsilon)
Pittsburgh Pirates—Joe Jones (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays—Leon Roberts (Sigma Alpha Epsilon)