David Garcia (born September 15, 1920 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American 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 — ...
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David Garcia (born September 15, 1920 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former American 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 he 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 as of 1958) through 1968, before joining the San Diego Padres as a minor league skipper 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...
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