The San Diego Padres named Wally Joyner the team's hitting coach on Tuesday. He replaces Merv Rettenmund (also a former Angel 1978-80) who was the hitting coach for all of 13 months.Joyner played for the Padres from 1996-99 and after retiring in 2001, he has worked for the Padres. He was currently serving as a special instructor at spring training for the Padres. He has also been the Padres minor league hitting instructor and special assistant to the general manager.
Joyner will always be remembered for his rookie season with the Angels in 1986. He was the first rookie in baseball history to be voted into the starting lineup of the All Star Game and it was the only All Star team he ever made. He batted .290 with 22 home runs and 100 rbi that season and finished 2nd in Rookie Of The Year voting to Jose Canseco.
Joyner had an ever better sophomore season batting .285 with 34 home runs and 117 rbi. It turned out to be Joyner's best year even though he was only 25-years old. In fact, he never reached 100 rbi in a season again and only surpassed 20 home runs one more time. Joyner spent four more seasons with the Angels before leaving for free agency and signing with the Kansas City Royals.
In 2001, the Angels signed Joyner as a free agent and he split time at first base with Scott Spiezio. He was released in June of that season and retired from baseball
1986 AL Rookie Of The Year Voting
# Pts Player
1 110 Jose Canseco (Angels 2001)
2 98 Wally Joyner (Angels 1986-91, 2001)
3 23 Mark Eichorn (Angels 1990-92)
4 16 Cory Snyder
5 4 Danny Tartabull
6 1 Ruben Sierra
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