David Garcia (born September 15, 1920 in East St. Louis, Illinois) is an American former 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 an American former 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...
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