Riggleman Resume
Replaced Manny Acta as interim manager on July 13, 2009, after serving as bench coach.
Was named to the post by Manny Acta on October 24, 2008...brings 28 years
of managerial/coaching experience to the Nationals staff...has spent 16 years as a manager or coach at the major
league level, 14 in the National League...enters 6th consecutive season as a bench coach in the big leagues...held the
same post with LAD from 2001-04 and with SEA in 2008...finished last season as SEAs interim manager, guiding the
Mariners to a 36-54 (.400) finish after being named interim skipper on June 19...has managed parts of 9 MLB seasons
with SEA (2008), CHI (1995-99) and SDP (1992-94)...owns a 522-652 (.445) career managerial mark...also served
as 3B coach with CLE in 2000 and as STLs 1B coach from 1989-90...served 9 seasons as a minor league manager
in the STL (1982-88) and LAD (1991-92) chains, recording a 419-503 (.454) record...spent 3 seasons as STLs minor
league field coordinator from 2005-07...made coaching debut as a coach with Double-A Arkansas in 1981...has served
stewardships under Tony LaRussa, Jerry Manuel and Jim Tracy...playing career spanned 8 minor-league seasons...
was selected by LAD in the 4th round of the 1974 First-Year Player Draft...batted .268 with 76 homers, 396 RBI and 77
stolen bases...had career year with Arkansas in 1980 and as named to the Texas League All-Star Team after registering
career highs with a .295 batting average, 21 home runs, 90 RBI and 28 stolen bases.
Big League Managing/Coaching Experience
Enters 17th season as a coach or manager at the big league level...began last season as bench coach for SEA,
before he was named interim manager of the club on June 19 when John McLaren was fired...has accumulated a
career managerial record of 522-652 (.445), managing parts of 9 big league seasons...skippered CHI for 5 seasons
from 1995-99...tenure with the Northsiders included a 90-73 (.552) mark and a Wild Card playoff berth in 1998...managed
first big league game September 23, 1992,as skipper of the Padres...held SDPs highest on-field post through
the 1994 season...has managed or coached the likes of Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, Luis Gonzalez, Sammy Sosa,
Mark Grace, Ryne Sandberg, Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez and Ichiro Suzuki...earned a Bachelors
degree in physical education from Frostburg (MD) State, which is located just 140 miles from DC...is a member of
Frostburg State Universitys Athletic Hall of Fame....still holds FSU single-game records in home runs (3), RBI (8) and
total bases (12).
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