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minor league CoaChing highlights
1999
◆ ◆ Served as manager of Albuquerque Dukes (Dodgers Triple-A affiliate) of Pacific Coast League in 1999…Guided Dukes to 65-74 record and
third place finish in league’s Central Division, before resigning Sept. 20.
1997-98
◆ ◆ Served as Dodgers’ bench coach under manager Bill Russell.
◆ ◆ In 1997, coached third base from May 16-June 3 when Joe Amalfitano missed 18 games due to personal reasons…
Coached first base from July 14 through remainder of season after Reggie Smith underwent neck surgery.
◆ ◆ Managed Peoria Javelinas to Arizona Fall League Championship in 1997…Team set AFL record in batting average (.317)
and led league in ERA (4.15).
1995-96
◆ ◆ Served as Dodgers minor league catching coordinator.
PlaYing Career
sCiosCia ◆ ◆ Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in first round (19th overall) of June 1976 free agent draft…Played 15 Major League
seasons as catcher with Los Angeles (1980-92), San Diego (1993) and Texas (1994).
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◆ Owns .259 (1131/4373) career average with 68 home runs and 446 RBI in 1,441 games - all with Dodgers after missing
final two seasons of career due to right shoulder injury.
◆ ◆ Retired as player with Texas, Aug. 2, 1994, following comeback attempt from surgery, May 18, 1993, to repair torn
rotator cuff of right shoulder (occurred during Spring Training with San Diego, March 1993).
◆ ◆ Is Dodgers’ all-time leader in games caught with 1,395…Set record, June 8, 1991 at Chicago, appearing in 1,219th game,
passing John Roseboro.
◆ ◆ Caught 100-or-more games 10 times in career, including nine straight seasons (1984-92)…All-time leader for Los Angeles
Dodgers in walks (553), doubles (196), games (1,395), hits (1,116) and total bases (1,540) as a catcher.
◆ ◆ Named to N.L. All-Star team in 1989 and 1990…Started 1990 Mid-Summer Classic at Wrigley Field (replacing injured
Padre Benito Santiago)…Became first Dodger catcher to start an All-Star Game since Roy Campanella in 1954.
◆ ◆ Caught two no-hitters in career, thrown by Fernando Valenzuela (June 29, 1990 vs. STL) and Kevin Gross (Aug. 17, 1992
vs. SF).
◆ ◆ Appeared in one Division Series (1981) and four League Championship Series (1981, 1983, 1985 & 1988), and was
member of Los Angeles Dodgers’ 1981 and 1988 World Championship teams…Hit home run in Game 1 of 1981 LCS
against Montreal and two-run game-tying home run off Dwight Gooden in ninth inning of Game 4 of 1988 LCS against
New York.
Personal/misC
◆ ◆ Former commissioner Bud Selig formed a special committee of baseball veterans prior to the 2010 season – field
managers, general managers, Club owners and presidents - that combined have more than 450 years of baseball
experience – to review and examine all on-field related issues...Field Managers to this committee included – Tony La
Russa; Jim Leyland, Mike Scioscia and and Joe Torre.
◆ ◆ Active in numerous Community Relations activities, including 65 Roses (co-chairman with Don Baylor) and the Angels
Baseball Foundation’s annual Golf Tournament…Supports Operation Gratitude, an outreach program for U.S. Military
Troops serving overseas...Established the Mike Scioscia Pro Players Golf Classic in 2004 which is held annually to benefit
Amateur Baseball Development Group…Hosts annual Angels Gene Autry RBI League Coaches Clinic…In 2005, began
Mike Scioscia’s Youth Baseball Clinic in Thousand Oaks, CA which he holds annually to support local little leagues…
Has supported Make-A-Wish Foundation by assisting with numerous wish opportunities for children and also served
as keynote speaker at the Annual Make-A-Wish Foundation Grant Makers Fundraiser Luncheon...Named Angels
representative for MLB Home Run Challenge to benefit Prostate Cancer Foundation...Honored as 2001 Sportsman of the
Year by Orange County Youth Sports Foundation…Presented Humanities Award by Shriner’s Crippled Children’s Hospital
in Los Angeles in 1992 for his civic contributions.
◆ ◆ Inducted into Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame, Oct. 9, 2003, for leading the 1997 Peoria squad to the AFL championship.
◆ ◆ Played baseball, basketball and football at Springfield (PA) High School…Named Delaware County baseball player of year
in 1975 and 1976 and two-time all-area selection in baseball and football…Invited by International Baseball Federation
to conduct clinic in Italy during 1998 offseason…Full name is Michael Lorri Scioscia.
We liKe miKe...

• Two-time BBWAA A.L. Manager of the Year (2002, 2009)
• Angels’ all-time winningest manager with a 1331-1099 (.548) career record
• Led Angels to first World Championship in 2002
• First Angels manager to win 1,000 games (May 8, 2011)
• Only Angels manager to take Angels to seven playoff appearances (2002 - 04 - 05 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 14)
• Only Angels manager to win six division titles (2004 - 05 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 14)
• .548 winning percentage is highest in Club history (1331-1099)
• First skipper to manage more than 2,000 Angels games
• Led Angels to best record in club history (100-62 in 2008)
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