Jim Saul
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".James Allen Saul (born November 24, 1939) is a retired American professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. The 2008 season marked Saul's 50th season in the game, all but three of them at the minor-league level. In Major League Baseball, Saul coached for three seasons with the Chicago Cubs (1975–76) and Oakland Athletics (1979).
Saul attended East Tennessee State University. As a player, he threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood Script error: No such module "convert". tall and weighed Script error: No such module "convert".. His catching career consisted of 14 seasons (1959–72) in the farm systems of the St. Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Cubs, Cleveland Indians and California Angels. He was a journeyman who played for 19 different clubs over that span.
He began his managing career in the Angels' organization in 1973, as skipper of the Salinas Packers of the Class A California League. Through 2004, he managed for 22 seasons in the Angels, Cubs, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves organizations, including five seasons at the Double-A level. Saul's teams won 1,014 games and lost 1,090 (.482).
Saul began coaching for Rookie-level farm teams in 2005. From 2007 to 2009, he was a coach for the Bluefield Orioles, then Baltimore's affiliate in the Appalachian League.
References
- Douchant, Mike, and Marcin, Joe, eds. The Official 1976 Baseball Register. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1976.
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Coach's page from Retrosheet
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