{{short description|American baseball player (1936-2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Herm Starrette |position=[[Pitcher]] |image=Herm Starrette Giants.jpg |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1936|11|20}} |birth_place=[[Statesville, North Carolina]], U.S. |death_date={{Death date and age|2017|6|2|1936|11|20}} |death_place=Statesville, North Carolina, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 1 |debutyear=1963 |debutteam=Baltimore Orioles |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 10 |finalyear=1965 |finalteam=Baltimore Orioles |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]] |stat1value=1–1 |stat2label=[[Earned run average]] |stat2value=2.54 |stat3label=[[Strikeouts]] |stat3value=21 |teams= ;As player *[[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{baseball year|1963}}–{{baseball year|1965}}) ;As coach *[[Atlanta Braves]] ({{Baseball year|1974}}–{{Baseball year|1976}}) *[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{Baseball year|1977}}–{{Baseball year|1978}}) *[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{Baseball year|1979}}–{{Baseball year|1981}}) *[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{Baseball year|1983}}–{{Baseball year|1984}}) *[[Milwaukee Brewers]] ({{Baseball year|1985}}–{{Baseball year|1986}}) *[[Chicago Cubs]] ({{Baseball year|1987}}) *[[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{Baseball year|1988}}) *[[Boston Red Sox]] ({{Baseball year|1995}}–{{Baseball year|1997}}) |highlights= *[[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1980}}) }} '''Herman Paul Starrette''' (November 20, 1936 – June 2, 2017) was an American [[relief pitcher]]; [[Coach (baseball)|pitching and bullpen coach]]; and [[farm system]] official in [[Major League Baseball]]. Starrette was a native and lifelong resident of [[Statesville, North Carolina]]. He attended [[Lenoir Rhyne College]] in nearby [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory]]. During his playing days, he threw and batted right-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|1|in|abbr=on}} tall, and weighed {{convert|185|lbs}}.
Starrette played his nine-year (1958–1966) pitching career in the [[Baltimore Orioles]] organization, and spent parts of three seasons (1963–1965) at the Major League level. Appearing in 27 MLB [[games pitched|games]], he pitched in 46 [[inning (baseball)|innings]] and split two decisions with an [[earned run average]] of 2.54. He allowed 43 [[hit (baseball)|hits]] and 16 [[bases on balls]], [[strikeout|struck out]] 21 and earned one [[save (baseball)|save]].
His coaching career began with the Orioles' [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] farm club, the [[Rochester Red Wings]], in 1967, and the following season he succeeded [[George Bamberger]] as Baltimore's roving minor league pitching instructor. The Orioles' system of the time was celebrated for developing young pitching, and after six seasons in that job, Starrette became a Major League pitching coach for the [[1974 Atlanta Braves season|1974 Atlanta Braves]]. He would spend the next 28 years as a pitching coach, bullpen coach, minor league instructor, coordinator of instruction, and farm system director with the Braves, Orioles, [[San Francisco Giants]], [[Philadelphia Phillies]], [[Milwaukee Brewers]], [[Chicago Cubs]], [[Montreal Expos]] and [[Boston Red Sox]]. He was the pitching coach of the [[1980 World Series|1980 world champion]] Phillies.
Starrette was a trusted associate of [[Dan Duquette]], working with him in Milwaukee, Montreal and Boston as a farm system official and minor and Major League coach. After Duquette's ouster as [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] in Boston in February [[2002 in baseball|2002]], Starrette retired from baseball.
Starrette died June 2, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Herman "Herm" Paul Starrette Obituary June 2, 2017 |url=https://www.nicholsonfunerals.com/obituaries/herman-herm-paul-starrette |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Nicholson Funeral Home |language=en}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} * Boston Red Sox 2001 media guide. * Marcin, Joe, and Byers, Dick, eds., ''The Baseball Register, 1977 edition.'' St. Louis: [[The Sporting News]].
==External links== {{baseballstats |mlb=122694 |espn=18014 |br=s/starrhe01 |fangraphs=1012434 |brm=starre001her |retro=S/Pstarh101 |almanac=starrhe01}}
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