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ASSISTANT PITCHING COACH
SAL FASANO

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BORN: AUG. 10, 1971 OPENING DAY AGE: 53
BIRTHPLACE: CHICAGO, IL RESIDES: MINOOKA, IL
APPOINTED: NOV. 7, 2024

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Returns to Angels organization in 2025 as assistant pitching coach after serving seven seasons
as Braves catching coach...Also worked closely with Braves pitching coach Rick Kranitz on game
preparations...Prior to stint with Atlanta, served as the Angels Double-A Mobile Manager in 2017,
FASANO
seeing the Club post a 64-75 record and a fourth place finish in the Southern League’s South
Division...Spent 2015-16 as a Minor League Pitching Coordinator and 2013-14 as Minor League
Catching Coordinator for Blue Jays...Managed Double-A New Hampshire in Toronto system from
2011-12...Led Fisher Cats to Eastern League Championship in 2011 and earned Eastern League
Manager of the Year honors...Managed Travis d’Arnaud in 2011, who won Eastern League MVP...
Began minor league managerial career in 2010 with Single-A Lansing and led Lugnuts to a 70-69 record.
PLAYING CAREER & MISC
◆ Professional playing career spanned 16 seasons (1993-2009), including 11 in the Majors with
Royals (1996-99, 2001), Athletics (2000-01), Rockies (2001), Angels (2002), Orioles (2005), Phillies
(2006), Yankees (2006), Blue Jays (2007) and Indians (2008)...Appeared in two games for Angels
in 2002 after being acquired at trade deadline; did not appear in postseason during Angels World
Series title run...During tenure with Philadelphia, his distinctive Fu Manchu mustache led to a cult
following from Phillies fans and the formation of a popular fan club known as Sal’s Pals...In 427
career Major League games, batted .221 with 47 home runs and 140 RBI, while posting a 31%
caught stealing rate for his career as a catcher...On June 4, 2000 for Oakland, hit a deep home run
to left-center field which broke the window of a suite at the Oakland Coliseum.
MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYING RECORD
Years AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
11 .221 427 1109 136 245 49 0 47 140 72 327 2
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Year Club League Won Lost Pct. Finish Postseason
2010 Lansing Midwest 70 69 .504 4th None
2011 New Hampshire Eastern 77 65 .542 1st Won League Title
2011 New Hampshire Eastern 61 81 .430 6th None
2017 Mobile Southern 54 75 .430 4th None
MINOR LEAGUE TOTALS (4 seasons) 272 290 .484

LONGEST HOME RUNS HIT AT ANGEL STADIUM SINCE 2015
Player Date Distance (ft.)
Shohei Ohtani June 30, 2023 493
Joey Gallo Sept. 17, 2017 490
Mike Trout May 18, 2019 473
Mike Trout July 12, 2019 471
Shohei Ohtani June 8, 2021 470
Carlos Correa Sept. 12, 2015 469
Jonathan Schoop May 23, 2019 467

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