Building a Great Railroad by Glenn Hoffmann

Davey Johnson was then named manager for 1999, and Hoffman was retained as third base coach, serving seven full seasons in the post for Johnson and his successor, Jim Tracy. Hoffman led the Dodgers for the remainder of the season, compiling a 47–41 (.534) win–loss record the team finished 83–79 and in third place, 15 games behind the eventual NL champion San Diego Padres. Hoffman was named interim manager (with Baseball Hall of Fame skipper Tommy Lasorda taking over the front office reins) on June 22. He was in the midst of his second season as manager of the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes in 1998 when the parent Dodgers, sitting in third place at 36–38 and 12 + 1⁄ 2 games out of the lead in the National League West Division, fired manager Bill Russell and general manager Fred Claire. 242.Īfter his playing career, Hoffman began coaching, and spent 4 + 1⁄ 2 years (1991–1993 1997–June 21, 1998) as a manager in the Dodger farm system in between those terms he was field coordinator of instruction for the Dodgers' player development organization. In 766 games played in the Majors, Hoffman collected 524 hits, with 106 doubles, nine triples and 23 home runs. In 1989, he signed with the California Angels, but was limited to 48 games in his final MLB season. In 1988, he returned to the Red Sox' organization as a free agent but spent the entire season in the minor leagues.

He played primarily at shortstop for the Red Sox from 1980 to 1987, when he was traded to the Dodgers on August 21. Hoffman attended Savanna High School of Anaheim, California, and was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the second round of the 1976 June draft. The native of Orange, California, threw and batted right-handed he stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg) during his playing career. Hoffman had a nine-year playing career in the Majors, and was manager of the 1998 Los Angeles Dodgers for the last 88 games of the season. Glenn Edward Hoffman (born July 7, 1958) is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop, coach, and manager. September 23, 1989, for the California Angels

Building a Great Railroad by Glenn Hoffmann