Ed Nottle

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Ed Nottle (born Edward William Nottle October 22, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former minor league baseball relief pitcher and manager.

He has led two teams in the Boston Red Sox organizations, the New Britain Red Sox and the Pawtucket Red Sox, and managed the independent Brockton Rox. He currently manages the independent Sioux City Explorers of the American Association.

Nottle signed his first professional contract in 1959 when he signed with a team in Pensacola, Florida. Following a stellar season at Pensacola; Ed began a 10-year run with the Chicago White Sox organization. In 1963, he was assigned to the White Sox major league roster but never played due to an arm injury. He finished his playing career in 1970.

In 1972, Nottle received his first coaching job and became a manager in 1978 when the Oakland Athletics hired him to managed a Northwest League team. In 1981 while managing the Athletics Triple A team in Tacoma, his team reached the Pacific Coast League finals and Nottle was named Minor League Manager-of-the-Year by Baseball America. During the 1983 season, he served as a coach on the Oakland A's major league staff. Within the same year Nottle showcased one of his other talents; singing. He recorded an album "To Baseball with Love" on his private label Nott's Landing Records.

In 1985, Nottle moved on to the Boston Red Sox organization and managed their Double A affiliate (New Britain Red Sox) for one season and their Triple A team (Pawtucket Red Sox) for 4 ½ years. Nottle led New Britain to the playoffs once and twice took Pawtucket to the postseason. He was named International League Manager of the Year in 1987 and managed the American League affiliates in the inaugural Triple A All-Star Classic in Buffalo in 1988.

Nottle managed the inaugural season with the Sioux City Explorers of the Northern League in 1993 and stayed with them through the 2000 season. In his eight seasons, he amassed a regular season record of 343 wins and 318 losses and made the playoffs in 1994 and 1999. Nottle managed the Duluth-Superior Dukes for one season before moving on to the Brockton Rox in 2002. With the Rox, he compiled a 187-175 record and won a championship in 2003. For the 2006 season, Nottle has returned to his old post as the Explorer's manager in their inaugural year in the American Association.