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MANAGER
RON WASHINGTON

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BORN: APRIL 29, 1952 OPENING DAY AGE: 72
BIRTHPLACE: NEW ORLEANS, LA RESIDES: NEW ORLEANS, LA
APPOINTED: NOV. 8, 2023

MANAGERIAL AND COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Begins second season as manager of the Angels...Named the COACHING HISTORY
20th field manager in franchise history on Nov. 8, 2023.
◆ Embarking on 54th season in professional baseball, 35th as a 2024- Angels Manager
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coach (30th as a Major League coach) and 10th as a manager. 2017-23 Braves Third Base Coach
◆ Enters 2025 with a lifetime 727-710 (.506) managerial record 2015-16 A’s Third Base Coach
between the Texas Rangers (2007-14) and Angels (2023)... 2015 A’s Special Instructor
Guided the Rangers to back-to-back World Series berths in 2007-14 Rangers Manager
2010 and 2011...His Texas Clubs finished in first or second
place in the A.L. West in six consecutive seasons (2008-13). 1997-06 A’s Third Base Coach
◆ 727 wins rank 10th among active managers...Remains the 1996 A’s First Base Coach
winningest manager in Rangers history. 1995 Triple-A Norfolk (NYM) Hitting Coach
◆ Joined the Angels staff after spending the previous seven 1993-94 Single-A Capital City (NYM) Manager
seasons (2017-23) as Atlanta’s third base coach, including 1991-92 Triple-A Tidewater (NYM) Hitting Coach
the Braves 2021 World Series title...Also worked with Braves
infielders during tenure...Under tutelage, Freddie Freeman and
Dansby Swanson won first career Rawlings Gold Gloves while Ozzie Albies and Josh Donaldson were finalists at
their respective positions.
◆ Spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons as a coach for the Oakland A’s...Joined the staff May 21, 2015 as a Major
League coach before assuming third base coaching role Aug. 24, a position he held for the 2016 season.
◆ Managed the American League All-Star Teams in 2011 (Phoenix) and 2012 (Kansas City)...In 2011, became first
Rangers manager to serve in that role…Was Mike Trout’s first All-Star Game Manager (2012)...Also served as a
coach for the A.L. All-Stars in 2007 under manager Jim Leyland.
MANAGERIAL YEARLY SUMMARY
2024
◆ Returned to managing for the first time since 2014...Club posted a 63-
99 record (.389), finishing in fifth place in A.L. West (-25.5 behind HOU).
2014
◆ In eighth season with Rangers, Club went 53-87 before stepping
down as manager Sept. 5, 2014
◆ Finished Texas tenure with a 664-611 (.521) record, the most wins by
a manager in Rangers history.
2013
◆ Helmed Rangers to a 91-72 (.558) record and a second place finish
in the A.L. West...Marked fourth straight 90-win season and sixth
straight first or second place finish in A.L. West.
◆ Rangers lost game 163 on Oct. 1 vs. Tampa Bay, a tiebreaker...Club
became first team to win 91 games and not make postseason since
2005 (Cleveland, 93-69)…Marked just the second time in club history
to not to make the postseason in a 90-win season (also, 1977).
◆ Win on Aug. 4 at Oakland was career no. 582, breaking a tie with
Bobby Valentine for most managerial wins in Rangers history.

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