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84 CHITI 2026

Bullpen Coach
BORN: DEC. 10, 1958 OPENING DAY AGE: 67
BIRTHPLACE: INDEPENDENCE, MO RESIDES: AUBURNDALE, FL
APPOINTED: NOV. 16, 2025
CHITI

COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Returns to Angels coaching staff in 2026 as the Club’s bullpen coach and begins fifth career season with
the Halos organization.
◆ Has been involved in professional baseball since 1976 as a player, coach, scout and baseball operations
official.
◆ Spent the last two seasons as Angels minor league pitching coordinator from 2024-25.
◆ In 2023, joined Mets as their bullpen coach.
◆ Was Angels bullpen coach during 2022 season, during which Angels relievers posted a .224 batting
average against, fifth-lowest in the American League in seventh-lowest in MLB.
◆ Named Angels interim bullpen coach prior to the start of 2021 Spring Training after initially joining
organization as a Special Assistant to the General Manager...Tabbed as full time bullpen coach midway
through 2021 season...In 2021, Raisel Iglesias notched 34 saves, good for second in the American
League and the most by a Halo reliever since Huston Street in 2015 (40 saves)...Iglesias was the fifth
Halo reliever to post a sub 2.60 ERA with at least 30 saves, joining Donnie Moore, Bryan Harvey, Troy
Percival and Francisco Rodriguez.
◆ Prior to joining the Angels, completed his third stint with Braves where he most recently served as
Special Assistant, Scouting for the 2020 season after working as the organization’s Director of Pitching
(2016-17) and Director of Player Development (2017-19).
◆ Served as Orioles Bullpen Coach from 2014-16...During his tenure, Baltimore’s relievers posted the
fourth-lowest ERA in MLB (3.24) and ranked seventh in WHIP (1.24).
◆ In his second stint with Braves, was Special Assistant to General Manager (Frank Wren) from 2009-13.
◆ During a seven-year stretch with Rangers, was Bullpen Coach (2006-08), Director of Player Development
(2004-05), Major League Advance Scout (2004), and a Special Assistant (2002-03).
◆ Joined Braves organization as a Major League Advance Scout from 1996-2001.
◆ Spent seven seasons (1989-95) with Cleveland organization; he was pitching coach for Triple-A Buffalo
in 1995, Major League Advance Scout in 1994, Bullpen Coach from 1992-1993 and was a minor league
roving instructor from 1989-91.
◆ Began coaching career in Orioles organization as a minor league pitching coach (1982-88).
PLAYING CAREER & MISC
◆ Played six minor league seasons in Braves (1976-1980) and Orioles (1981) organizations after being
selected by Atlanta in second round of 1976 Draft...Attended Raleigh-Egypt HS (Memphis, TN) and
New River Community College (Dublin, VA) where he majored in accounting...Is the son of Harry Chiti,
who played 10 Major League seasons as a catcher with Chicago Cubs (1950-52, 1955-56), Kansas City
Athletics (1958-60), Detroit Tigers (1960-61) and New York Mets (1962)...Dom and his wife, Jennifer,
have two children, Morgan and John, and three stepchildren, Kira, Kassie and Krista.
MINOR LEAGUE PITCHING RECORD
Years W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
6 30-42 4.13 115 87 20 2 4 567.0 583 326 260 249 240

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