Scott Servais

For the professional baseball relief pitcher, see Scott Service.
Scott Servais
Seattle Mariners – No. 9
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1967-06-04) June 4, 1967
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 12, 1991, for the Houston Astros
Last MLB appearance
September 21, 2001, for the Houston Astros
MLB statistics
Batting average .245
Home runs 63
Runs batted in 319
Managerial record 86-76
Winning percentage .535
Teams

As player

As manager

Scott Servais
Medal record
Baseball
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul Team
Pan American Games
1987 Indianapolis Team
Baseball World Cup
1988 Rome Team
Intercontinental Cup
1987 Havana Team

Scott Daniel Servais (born June 4, 1967) is the manager of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball.

A major league catcher for eleven seasons, Servais was previously the assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and director of player development for the Texas Rangers. He played in the National League for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, and Colorado Rockies.[1]

Early years

A native of Coon Valley, Wisconsin, Servais played high school baseball for the Westby Norsemen, and was selected in the second round of the 1985 amateur draft by the New York Mets,[2] but did not sign. He opted to attend Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and played college baseball for the Creighton Bluejays. After his junior season, Servais was taken in the third round of the 1988 amateur draft by the Houston Astros.

National teams

Servais was a member of the United States national baseball team while the team competed in the last Amateur World Series before it was renamed the Baseball World Cup in 1986. Following the Amateur World Series, he played in the 1987 Pan American Games, where they won the silver medal and the 1987 Intercontinental Cup. Servais was also the back-up catcher for Doug Robbins at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where the U.S. won the gold medal, although baseball was only a demonstration event.

Playing career

Servais began his major league career in 1991 with the Houston Astros, staying with them until the middle of the 1995 season when he was traded along with Luis Gonzalez to the Chicago Cubs for Rick Wilkins. It was with the Cubs, during the 1998 season, that he played in his only post-season. After the Cubs lost to the Braves in the National League Division Series as a wildcard team, he signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.

Towards the end of the 2000 season, Servais was selected off waivers by the Colorado Rockies. Prior to the 2001 season, he was picked up as a free agent by the Detroit Tigers, but was released before the season began. Shortly before the 2001 season, Servais was picked up as a free agent by the Houston Astros. Servais was initially signed as a free agent prior to the 2002 season, but he did not make the opening day roster, making the 2001 season his final season.[3]

Post-playing career

Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Servais served in the Texas Rangers' front office before being hired by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as an assistant general manager in 2011.[4][5] When Jerry Dipoto, the Angels' general manager, resigned during the 2015 season, the Angels hired Billy Eppler.[6]

Seattle Mariners

Dipoto was hired as the general manager of the Seattle Mariners on September 28, 2015,[7] and second-year manager Lloyd McClendon was fired on October 9, less than a week after the season's conclusion.[8] Two weeks later, Servais was hired as the manager of the M's for the 2016 season.[9] On June 26, 2016, Servais received his first ejection as a manager, asking home plate umpire Carlos Torres why he didn't ask the first or third base umpire to see if Shawn O'Malley went around on his swing or not.[10] He finished his first season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.[11]

Managerial record

As of games managed on October 2, 2016
Team From To Regular season record Post–season record
W L Win % W L Win %
Seattle Mariners 2016 Present 86 76 .531 0 0 –
Reference: [11]

Personal

Servais is the nephew of Creighton head baseball coach Ed Servais.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Front Office | texasrangers.com: Team". Texas.rangers.mlb.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Creighton University Baseball Players Who Made it to a Major League Baseball Team". Baseball-almanac.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ "2002 San Francisco Giants Trades and Transactions". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  4. ↑ Baxter, Kevin (July 29, 2013). "Angels are trying to harvest better crops down at the farm". latimes.com. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Los Angeles Angels will try anything to fix the worst franchise in MLB – ESPN The Magazine – ESPN". Espn.go.com. January 1, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ Moura, Pedro (October 4, 2015). "ANGELS: Eppler named new GM". Press Enterprise. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ Bowden, Jim (September 29, 2015). "Mariners hire Jerry Dipoto as new general manager". ESPN. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Seattle Mariners fire manager Lloyd McClendon after two seasons". ESPN. Associated Press. October 9, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Scott Servais to become Mariners manager". USA Today. October 23, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Scott Servais gets ejected for the first time as Mariners manager". SeattlePI.com. 2016-06-26. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  11. 1 2 "Scott Servais". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ Entringer, Matt (February 8, 2011). "Servais Makes Impact On and Off the Field". Creightonian.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
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