John McLaren (baseball)




For other people named John McLaren, see John McLaren (disambiguation).

























John McLaren

John McLaren on July 16, 2016.jpg
McLaren with the Phillies in 2016

Texas AirHogs
Catcher / Manager / Coach

Born: (1951-09-29) September 29, 1951 (age 67)
Galveston, Texas
MLB debut
July 2, 2007, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics
Games managed 159
Win–loss record 70-89
Winning % .440

Teams

As Manager


  • Seattle Mariners (2007–2008)


  • Washington Nationals (2011)


As Coach




  • Toronto Blue Jays (1986–1990)


  • Boston Red Sox (1991)


  • Cincinnati Reds (1992)


  • Seattle Mariners (1993–2002)


  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003–2005)


  • Seattle Mariners (2007)


  • Washington Nationals (2009–2011)


  • Philadelphia Phillies (2016–2017)



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 was the catching coach for the Philadelphia Phillies under manager Pete Mackanin for the 2016 season. He is currently the Manager of the Texas AirHogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.[1]




Contents






  • 1 Personal life


  • 2 Playing career


  • 3 Coaching and managing career


    • 3.1 Honors


    • 3.2 Managerial record




  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links


  • 6 Notes





Personal life


McLaren graduated from Westbury High School in Houston, Texas in 1970, and attended Blinn College, the University of St. Thomas and Houston Baptist University. He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona.



Playing career


McLaren, a catcher, was selected by the Houston Astros in the seventh round of the 1970 June draft[2] and was assigned to the rookie-level Covington Astros of the Appalachian League.[3] He hit a home run in his first professional game on June 30. He led Western Carolinas League catchers in putouts and assists in 1971, and in 1973 at Columbus led Southern League catchers in fielding. His best offensive season came in 1975, when he batted .270 with 13 home runs and 57 runs batted in for the Iowa Oaks and Dubuque Packers. His playing career lasted through the 1976 season, having peaked at the triple-A level.[3]



Coaching and managing career


In the 1979 season McLaren became manager of the Utica Blue Jays, a Toronto Blue Jays short-season single-A affiliate. He managed two other Blue Jays affiliates: the single-A Kinston Blue Jays from 1981–1982, and the double-A Knoxville Blue Jays from 1983–1985.


McLaren entered MLB as the Blue Jays' third-base coach in 1986.[4] He coached for the Blue Jays through 1990, then spent 1991 as bullpen coach for the Boston Red Sox before joining Lou Piniella's coaching staff with the Cincinnati Reds in 1992. He held various positions on Piniella's coaching staffs with the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1993 through 2005.[4]


McLaren served as the third-base coach for the United States during the 2006 World Baseball Classic, but worked as a scout for the Devil Rays during the 2006 season. After the season, McLaren was named bench coach of the Mariners for the third time, this time under manager Mike Hargrove.[4]


Hargrove abruptly resigned on July 1, 2007, and McLaren was named as his replacement.[5] The Mariners finished the 2007 season in second place in the American League West standings, the first time they finished above last place since 2003.[6]


McLaren was fired as manager on June 19, 2008, largely because the Mariners had a payroll in excess of $100 million, yet possessed the worst record in baseball (25–47) at the time. His firing followed the firing of general manager Bill Bavasi by three days. Jim Riggleman, the bench coach, replaced McLaren on an interim basis.[7]




McLaren with the Nationals in 2011


McLaren spent the 2009 season as a scout in the Rays organization and in November 2009 was hired as the Washington Nationals' bench coach under manager Riggleman. He became interim manager of the Nationals on June 24, 2011, a day following Riggleman's resignation;[8] he was replaced with Davey Johnson for the remainder of the 2011 season after McLaren managed three games. McLaren subsequently resigned his coaching position and took a position as a scout for the Nationals organization.[9]



Honors


In 1991, McLaren was inducted into the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the manager for the Carolina League Kinston Eagles in 1981 and Kinston Blue Jays in 1982.



Managerial record


As of September 21, 2015















































Team
 From
 To
 Regular season record
 Post–season record
Ref.

W
L
Win %
W
L
Win %

Seattle Mariners
 2007
 2008
 68 88 .436
DNQ
 [10]

Washington Nationals
 2011
 2011
 2 1 .667
 [10]
Total
 70 89 .440
 0 0 –
 —


See also




External links



  • Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors) Warning: Template:Baseballstats cube= parameter should be updated to a numeric value.


  • John McLaren managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com

  • McLaren bio on SeattleMariners.com


  • Video on YouTube McLaren's profanity laced news conference (clean)

  • January 2007 article



Notes




  1. ^ "FORMER MLB SKIPPER JOHN MCLAREN TO MANAGE AIRHOGS IN 2018". American Association of Professional Baseball. Retrieved 2018-05-16..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "John McLaren Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 21 November 2009.


  3. ^ ab "John McLaren Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.


  4. ^ abc "Mariners name John McLaren as new bench coach". Seattle Mariners press release. 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2009-05-01.


  5. ^ "Mike Hargrove announces resignation, effective July 2; John McLaren named 12th manager in Mariners history". Seattle Mariners press release. 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2009-05-01.


  6. ^ "Seattle Mariners Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-01.


  7. ^ "Mariners fire McLaren; bench coach Riggleman takes over". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-06-19.


  8. ^ "Nationals name John McLaren Interim Manager". Washington Nationals press release. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2011.


  9. ^ Ladson, Bill (26 June 2011). "Emotional McLaren ready for next step". Nationals.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.


  10. ^ ab "John McLaren". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 21, 2015.









Sporting positions
Preceded by
Pat Corrales
Washington Nationals Bench Coach
2010–2011
 Succeeded by
Pat Corrales













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