Dave Garcia

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David Garcia (born September 15, 1920 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American retired coach, scout and manager in Major League Baseball who spent over 65 years in the game. He served as manager of the California Angels (1977–78) and Cleveland Indians (1979–82) and compiled a career record of 307 wins and 310 defeats (.498).

Garcia was a minor league infielder for almost 20 seasons — much of that time in the farm system of the New York Giants — and never made it to the major leagues. He began managing at age 27 in 1948 with a Giants' farm club at Knoxville of the Class B Tri-State League. He managed in the minor leagues and scouted for the club (the San Francisco Giants from 1958) through 1968, before joining the San Diego Padres as a minor league manager in 1969, their maiden season.

The following season, in his 50th year, Garcia finally reached the majors as San Diego's third-base coach. He coached with the Padres (1970–73), Indians (1975–76; 1979) and Angels (1977) and in 1977 he was named manager of the Angels when Norm Sherry was fired on July 11. While the Angels continued to stumble in '77, the Halos stood at 25-20 when Garcia was released in favor of Jim Fregosi on June 1, 1978.

Garcia got another chance to manage with the Cleveland Indians when Jeff Torborg was fired on July 22, 1979. Cleveland played at a 38-28 clip under Garcia for the remainder of the season, and compiled a mark of 52-51 during the strike-shortened 1981 campaign, but they never finished higher than fifth in the American League East. After a sixth-place finish in 1982, Garcia was fired. But he remained in the game into his mid 80s, as a coach for the Milwaukee Brewers (1983–84), a special assignment scout for the Brewers and Kansas City Royals, and — from 2000 through 2002 — a coach with the Colorado Rockies. Garcia was named to Rockies' staff when he was 79 years of age by then-skipper Buddy Bell.^[1]

As a minor league manager in the Giants, Padres and Angels organizations, Garcia won 890 games and lost 785 (.531) and won three championships.

References

↑ retrosheet.org

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim managers

Bill Rigney (1961–1969)
Lefty Phillips (1969–1971)
Del Rice (1972)
Bobby Winkles (1973–1974)
Whitey Herzog (1974)
Dick Williams (1974–1976)
Norm Sherry (1976–1977)
Dave Garcia (1977–1978)
Jim Fregosi (1978–1981)
Gene Mauch (1981–1982)
John McNamara (1983–1984)
Gene Mauch (1985–1987)
Cookie Rojas (1988)
Moose Stubing (1988)
Doug Rader (1989–1991)
Buck Rodgers (1991–1992)
Marcel Lachemann (1992)
John Wathan (1992)
Buck Rodgers (1993–1994)
Marcel Lachemann (1994–1996)
John McNamara (1996)
Joe Maddon (1996)
Terry Collins (1997–1999)
Joe Maddon (1999)
Mike Scioscia (2000–)

Cleveland Indians managers

Jimmy McAleer (1901)
Bill Armour (1902–1904)
Nap Lajoie (1905–1909)
Bill Bradley (1909)
Deacon McGuire (1909–1911)
George Stovall (1911)
Harry Davis (1912)
Joe Birmingham (1912–1915)
Lee Fohl (1915–1919)
Tris Speaker (1919–1926)
Jack McCallister (1927)
Roger Peckinpaugh (1928–1933)
Bibb Falk (1933)
Walter Johnson (1933–1935)
Steve O'Neill (1935–1937)
Ossie Vitt (1938–1940)
Roger Peckinpaugh (1941)
Lou Boudreau (1942–1950)
Al Lopez (1951–1956)
Kerby Farrell (1957)
Bobby Bragan (1958)
Joe Gordon (1958–1960)
Jo-Jo White (1960)
Jimmy Dykes (1960–1961)
Mel Harder (1961)
Mel McGaha (1962)
Mel Harder (1962)
Birdie Tebbetts (1963)
George Strickland (1964)
Birdie Tebbetts (1964–1966)
George Strickland (1966)
Joe Adcock (1967)
Alvin Dark(1968–1971)
Johnny Lipon (1971)
Ken Aspromonte (1972–1974)
Frank Robinson (1975–1977)
Jeff Torborg (1977–1979)
Dave Garcia (1979–1982)
Mike Ferraro (1983)
Pat Corrales (1983–1987)
Doc Edwards (1987–1989)
John Hart (1989)
John McNamara (1990–1991)
Mike Hargrove (1991–1999)
Charlie Manuel (2000–2002)
Joel Skinner (2002)
Eric Wedge (2003–2009)
Manny Acta (2010–2012)
Sandy Alomar (2012)
Terry Francona (2013–)

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Name	Garcia, Dave
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Short description	American baseball player and manager
Date of birth	September 15, 1920
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