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JOE MADDON
BORN: FEB. 8, 1954 OPENING DAY AGE: 66
BIRTHPLACE: WEST HAZLETON, PA RESIDES: TAMPA, FL
APPOINTED: OCT. 16, 2019
MARRIED: JAYE SOUSOURES, NOV. 8, 2008
CHILDREN: SARAH, JOEY
manager HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 190 BATS: R THROWS: R
MANAGERIAL OVERVIEW
◆ 2020 marks 31st season with the Angels and first since 2005...Named
the 18th manager in franchise history Oct. 16, 2019, replacing Brad COACHING HISTORY
Ausmus...Owns a 1,252-1,068 (.540) managerial record with eight
postseason berths, two pennants (2008 and 2016) and one World Series 1981-86 Angels Minor League Manager
title (2016)...1,252 wins rank second by active managers trailing only 1987-93 Angels Minor League Roving Hitting Instructor
Terry Francona (1,667)...Named Manager of the Year on three different 1994 Angels Major League Bullpen Coach
occasions, earning the honors with Tampa Bay in 2008 and 2011 and
in 2015 with the Cubs...Is one of only three managers in major league 1995 Angels Major League First Base Coach
history to go to the postseason at least eight times and not play in the 1996-05 Angels Bench Coach*
Majors: Joe McCarthy (nine times) and Jim Leyland (eight times)...Joins 2006-14 Tampa Bay Rays Manager
the Angels after compiing a 471-339 (.581) record with four postseason 2015-19 Chicago Cubs Manager
appearances (2015-18) with the Cubs, culminating in a World Series
Maddon
championship in 2016, the franchise’s first title in 108 years...471 wins 2020- Angels Manager
rank fifth all-time in Cubs franchise history...Became the first Cubs * Interim Manager in 1996 & 1999
manager to lead the Club to four straight postseason appearances...
Tabbed as the fourth manager in Tampa Bay Rays history after taking
over for Lou Piniella prior to the 2006 season...During nine-year
tutelage, the Rays (2006-14) went 754-705 (.517) and made four trips to the playoffs (2008, 2010, 2011, 2013)...His 754 wins are most
in Rays history...Led the franchise to their first ever postseason appearance in 2008 and guided the Rays to a World Series appearance
against the Philadelphia Phillies...Following the season, would receive the first of three Manager of the Year honors...Spent the first 30
years of his professional baseball career playing and working in various capacities of the Angels organization...After playing four minor
league seasons (1976-79) for the Halos organization, would move into a scouting and coaching role for the Halos...From 1981-86, managed
at three different levels of the Club’s farm system and then transitioned to be the franchise’s roving hitting instructor from 1987-93 . . .In
1994, after starting the year as the Club’s player development manager, was named the Angels’ bullpen coach in May...Elevated to first
base coach on manager Marcel Lachemann’s staff in 1995...Served as bench coach for most of the final 10 years (1996-2005) of his Angels
career, including six seasons (2000-05) under Mike Scioscia...Additionally, made two stints as interim manager for the Halos in 1996 and
1999, posting a 27-24 record (.529)
MANAGERIAL YEARLY SUMMARY
2019
◆ In final season with the Cubs, team posted a 84-78 (.519) record...Team finished in third place in the A.L. Central (-7).
◆ Logged 1,200th win as a manager June 3rd vs. the Angels...Was the 44th manager ever to reach the 1,200-win mark.
2018
◆ In fourth season with Chicago, Club finished the season with a 95-68 (.583) record, finishing just one game back of Milwaukee for the
division title...Marked fourth straight 90-win season and ninth time in managerial career...Won the top Wild Card spot for the N.L...Marked
fourth consecutive trip to the postseason for the Cubs...Team would fall 2-1 in the N.L. Wild Card game at Wrigley Field vs. the Rockies.
2017
◆ Compiled a 92-70 (.568) record in third season as manager of the Cubs, capturing the division title for the second consecutive season
(+6.0)...Defeated the Washington Nationals in the NLDS in five games to advance to the NLCS...Fell to the Dodgers 4-1 to miss their second
consecutive trip to the World Series.
◆ Recorded 1000th managerial victory May 16th.
2016
◆ Went 103-58 (.640) en route to capturing Chicago’s first championship in 108 years...Snapped the longest championship drought in North
American sports history...103 regular season wins in 2016 were the franchise’s most since 1910 when the club went 104-50.
◆ Captured the first division title since 2008...Defeated San Francisco in the NLDS 3-1...Eliminated the Dodgers four games to two in the
NLCS...Marked organization’s first N.L. pennant since 1945...Defeated the Cleveland Indians in World Series...Won dramatic Game 7 at
Progressive Field.
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