FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, Los Angeles Angels bench coach Rob Picciolo stands on the field during batting practice before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle. Picciolo, a former major league player who later coached with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, of a heart attack, the Padres said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. He was 64.
FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, Los Angeles Angels bench coach Rob Picciolo stands on the field during batting practice before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle. Picciolo, a former major league player who later coached with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, of a heart attack, the Padres said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. He was 64. Ted S. Warren, File AP Photo
FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, Los Angeles Angels bench coach Rob Picciolo stands on the field during batting practice before a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle. Picciolo, a former major league player who later coached with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2018, of a heart attack, the Padres said Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. He was 64. Ted S. Warren, File AP Photo

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Former big leaguer, coach Rob Picciolo dies at 64

The Associated Press

January 04, 2018 04:32 PM

UPDATED 3 MINUTES AGO

SAN DIEGO

Rob Picciolo, a former major league infielder who later coached with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Angels, has died. He was 64.

He died Monday of a heart attack.

Picciolo played for the Athletics, Angels and Brewers during a nine-year big league career. He spent 20 years in the Padres organization. He was a minor league manager and spent nearly 16 seasons on the big league coaching staff under three managers.

The Padres said Picciolo "dedicated a decade and a half to our organization and was a tremendous asset as a coach, but more significantly as a person."

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He was on the Angels staff from 2010-13.

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