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steVe soliz BullPen CoaCh

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oPening daY age: 44 Born: Jan. 27, 1971
BirthPlaCe: Ventura, CA resides: San Juan Capistrano, CA
married: Heather Butler, Nov. 14, 2009
aPPointed: Nov. 10, 2010

CoaChing highlights soliz
◆ ◆ 2015 represents his fifth season as bullpen coach and 13th
with the organization...In April 2012, filled in as first base
coach while Alfredo Griffin was away from the team for
personal reasons...Spent eight previous seasons (2003-
2010) as Angels bullpen catcher…Filled in as bullpen coach
for part of 2007 season while Orlando Mercado recovered
from surgery on his left Achilles tendon and a broken arm in
2010...In 2002, served as volunteer coach for the Yuma (AZ)
Bullfrogs in the independent Western League.
PlaYing Career & misC
◆ ◆ Spent eight professional seasons as catcher with the
Cleveland (1993-99) and San Diego (2000-01) organizations…
Compiled .236 batting average (345/1463) with 168 runs
scored, 62 doubles, 3 triples, 13 home runs and 144 RBI in
473 minor league games…Was catcher in the 1998 Triple-A
World Series…Originally selected by Indians in 13th round
of 1993 free agent draft…Signed by Padres, Nov. 22, 1999,
after being granted free agency following 1999 season…
Elbow injury sidelined him in 2001 and eventually ended his
playing career…Played four seasons at Cal State University
Los Angeles, earning third team All-American and team
MVP honors in 1993…A 1989 graduate of Rio Mesa High in
Oxnard (CA)…Active in offseason in youth baseball camps
and clinics…Assists Angels Community Relations during the
season with various youth baseball clinics, hospital visits
and community appearances…Also participated in Mike
Scioscia’s annual Youth Baseball Clinic in Thousand Oaks,
CA...One of the leaders of Angels Youth Baseball Clinics for
the past six seasons, instructing children at various clinics
around Southern California, including the Angels Baseball
Foundation’s Challenger Classic...Full name is Steven Soliz
Jr...Pronounced Sol-eeze.
soliz’s minor league PlaYing reCord
Years AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
8 .236 473 1463 168 345 62 3 13 144 131 303 9

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