Mike Scioscia

Michael Lorri Scioscia born November 27 1958 nicknamed Sosh and El Jefe is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and manager in Major League Baseball MLB He managed the Anaheim Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Los Angeles Angels from the 2000 season through the 2018 season and was the longesttenured manager in Major League Baseball and secondlongesttenured coachmanager in the Big Four MLB NFL NHL and NBA behind only Gregg Popovich at the time of his retirement As a player Scioscia made his major league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1980 He was selected to two AllStar Games and won two World Series over the course of his 13year MLB career which was spent entirely with the Dodgers this made him the only person in MLB history to spend his entire playing career with one team and entire managing career with another team with 10 years in both places He was signed by the San Diego Padres and Texas Rangers late in his career but never appeared in a major league game for either team due to injury After his playing career ended Scioscia spent several seasons as a minor league manager and major league coach in the Dodgers organization before being hired as the Angels manager after the 1999 season As a manager Scioscia led the Angels to their onlytodate World Series championship in 2002 He is the Angels alltime managerial leader in wins games managed and division titles Scioscia was honored with the American League Manager of the Year Award in 2002 and 2009 On May 8 2011 Scioscia became the 56th manager to win 1000 or more games and the 23rd to have all 1000 or more victories with a single team Description above from the Wikipedia article Mike Scioscia licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia