Moose Stubing

Lawrence George Stubing

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 220 lb.
• High School Concordia Collegiate Institute
• Debut August 14, 1967
• Final Game August 29, 1967
• Born March 31, 1938 in Bronx, NY USA
• Died January 20, 2018 in Santa Ana, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Moose Stubing holds a unique baseball distinction in that, though he was both a major league player and manager, he never collected a big league hit, nor did he win a game as manager.

Stubing grew up in New York City and bypassed a football scholarship to Penn State to sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He later moved on the San Francisco Giants organization and hit 62 home runs for the El Paso Sun Kings over the 1963 and 1964 seasons. He reached the majors with the California Angels in August 1967, and went 0-for-5 with 4 strikeouts in 5 pinch-hitting appearances in his only taste of big league ball. He returned to the minors and played several more seasons with El Paso. During his career, he hit 138 homers in the Texas League.

Following his playing days, Stubing was an Angels scout in 1971 and 1972, and he managed in their organization from 1976 to 1984. He led the El Paso Diablos to the 1978 Texas League championship, and was the Pacific Coast League manager of the year in 1982 with the Spokane Indians. He was major league third base coach for the Angels from 1985 to 1990. After Cookie Rojas was fired as the California manager in 1988, Stubing was the club's interim skipper for the season's final eight games, all of which they lost.

In 2008, Stubing was special assistant to the General Manager of the Washington Nationals. He was one of three special assistants, with the other two being Barry Larkin and Jose Rijo. He died in 2018 at age 79.

Preceded by Cookie Rojas

California Angels Manager 1988

Succeeded by Doug Rader

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1973	El Paso Sun Kings	Texas League			California Angels		replaced Norm Sherry
1976	Quad Cities Angels	Midwest League	72-59	3rd	California Angels	Lost League Finals
1977	Salinas Angels	California League	79-61	3rd	California Angels	Lost League Finals
1978	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	80-55	1st	California Angels	League Champs
1979	El Paso Diablos	Texas League	61-75	6th	California Angels
1980	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	77-65	4th	California Angels
1981	Salt Lake City Gulls	Pacific Coast League	63-71	6th	California Angels
1982	Spokane Indians	Pacific Coast League	78-65	3rd	California Angels	Lost League Finals
1983	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	75-67	3rd	California Angels	Lost in 1st round
1984	Edmonton Trappers	Pacific Coast League	69-73	7th	California Angels
1988	California Angels	American League	0-8	4th	California Angels		replaced Cookie Rojas (75-79) on September 23

Related Sites

• BR Manager page
• El Paso sports legend Moose Stubing has died