Tom Pagnozzi, President-Chairman; Pagnozzi Properties, Owner, Operator

Following a 12-year career with the St. Louis Cardinals, former Razorback Tom Pagnozzi has returned to Fayetteville, Arkansas. Although he spent only one year in an Arkansas uniform, Pagnozzi was one of the Arkansas baseball program's most prominent supporters. Tom Pagnozzi came onto the Arkansas Razorback's baseball coaching staff as a volunteer, assistant coach and stayed with the team until last year. Under his guidance, Arkansas catchers threw out 43 percent of potential base stealers in 2003- the second best mark in the Southeastern Conference.

Pagnozzi was a catcher and third baseman when he transferred to the UA from Central Arizona prior to the 1983 season. Pagnozzi wanted to be only a catcher, and Coach Norm DeBriyn gave him that chance by making him the starting catcher in the 1983 season. After leading the Hogs with a .362 batting average, 50 RBI and helping Arkansas to a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Pagnozzi was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eighth round of the 1983 major league draft.

The former Hog was a mainstay on St. Louis teams of the 80's and 90's, and was named to the National League All-Star team in 1992. Long regarded as one of Major League Baseball's best defensive backstops, Pagnozzi earned three Rawlings Gold Glove awards in a four-year span from 1991-94. In 1992, he made just one error and tied a National League record with a .999 fielding mark. During Tom's two year coaching tenure he along with the others coaches brought the Razorback baseball team to new heights. The Razorbacks are the 2004 SEC co-champions, 2004 NCAA super regional champions, and World Series participants.

TOM PAGNOZZI QUICK FACTS

BORN: 7/30/1962 Tucson, AZ, USA
BATS: R THROWS: R HEIGHT: 6' 1" WEIGHT: 190 lb.
DEBUT: 4/12/1987

Assistant Coaching Experience

• Arkansas, 2003-Present

Playing Experience

• St. Louis Cardinals, 1987-98
• Arkansas, 1983
• Central Arizona CC, 981-82

Awards & Honors

• Member of 1996 MLB All-Star team that played in Japan
• 1994 Rawlings Gold Glove
• Led National League in fielding percentage with a .998 fielding mark
• 1992 MLB All-Star team
• 1992 Rawlings Gold Glove
• Tied MLB record for best fielding percentage for catchers with a .999 mark in 1992. Made only one error that season
• 1991 Rawlings Gold Glove
• 1983 All-Southwest Conference
• 1982 All-America