John McLaren (baseball)
| John McLaren | |
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McLaren with the Phillies in 2016
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| Philadelphia Phillies – No. 9 | |
| Catcher / Manager / Coach | |
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Born: September 29, 1951 Galveston, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |
| July 2, 2007, for the Seattle Mariners | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Games managed | 159 |
| Win–loss record | 70-89 |
| Winning % | .440 |
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As Manager As Coach |
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As Manager
As Coach
John Lowell McLaren (born September 29, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball coach and manager, best known for his brief tenure as manager of the Seattle Mariners, from July 1, 2007 to June 19, 2008. A native of the Houston, Texas area, McLaren was a catcher in the Houston Astros minor league system from 1970–1976, and later managed in the Toronto Blue Jays minor league system. He became a major league coach with the Blue Jays in 1986 and has since held major league coaching positions with the Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Washington Nationals. He also served as a coach for the United States national baseball team during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, spent two nonconsecutive seasons as a scout in the Devil Rays/Rays organization, and was interim manager of the Nationals for three games in 2011. He was employed as a professional scout for the Oakland Athletics organization from 2012–2015. He will be the catching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies under manager Pete Mackanin for the 2016 season.
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