Tommy Giordano

Who is Tommy Giordano?

Thomas Arthur Giordano is an American professional baseball front-office executive. In 2013, in his 66th season in organized baseball, he served as senior advisor to the general manager of the defending American League champion Texas Rangers.

Giordano is also a former Major League Baseball infielder, scout, and scouting and farm system director, and minor league manager. As scouting and player development director of the Baltimore Orioles he drafted Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken, Jr., and signed and developed other players who would help Baltimore win the 1983 World Series championship.

Nicknamed "T-Bone," Giordano the player stood 6 feet tall and weighed 175 pounds and threw and batted right-handed. Apart from an 11-game trial with the 1953 Philadelphia Athletics, when he batted .175 with seven hits, he spent his entire uniformed career in the minors. In 1956 he became a playing manager for the Milwaukee Braves' organization, then returned to the Athletics two years later as a minor league manager. In 1960, Giordano became a scout, working for the Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers and the Orioles.