Scott Servais

Scott Daniel Servais

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.
• School Creighton University
• High School Westby High School
• Debut July 12, 1991
• Final Game September 21, 2001
• Born June 4, 1967 in LaCrosse, WI USA

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Biographical Information

Scott Servais was a member of Team USA for three years. He hit .314 in 1986 and was with the US for the 1986 Amateur World Series. He was the only member of the team in both the 1987 Pan American Games and 1987 Intercontinental Cup; overall, he hit .380/~.405/.577 that summer, trailing only Mike Fiore in average and better than Tino Martinez or Frank Thomas. In the Intercontinental Cup, he hit .250/~.289/.417 for the Silver Medal winners, with 9 RBI in nine games; on the other hand, tourney All-Star catcher Orestes Kindelan hit 9 home runs in the same period. He backed up Doug Robbins at catcher in the 1988 Baseball World Cup, hitting .300/.333/.350 with 6 runs in six games. He was signed as a 3rd round pick in the 1988 amateur draft by the Houston Astros and scout David Lakey.

In 2008, Servais was the Director of Player Development for the Texas Rangers. By 2011, the title was "Senior Director, Player Development" and after that season he was hired by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as assistant General Manager, working for Jerry Dipoto. Dipoto resigned during the 2015 season and was soon named GM of the Seattle Mariners. On October 23rd, he hired Servais to be the Mariners' manager in 2016, succeeding Lloyd McClendon. It was Servais' first managerial assignment at any level. He was at the helm for almost nine seasons, breaking the franchise's long postseason drought in 2022, when they won one round before bowing to the Houston Astros in the Division Series. However, he could not build on that base, as the Mariners missed the postseason by a thin margin in 2023, then after having a lead of 10 games in the AL West on June 10, 2024, began to sputter and lose ground to the Astros who caught and passed them. With the team having played very poorly since the All-Starb break, he was fired on August 22nd, in the hope that his successor, former catcher Dan Wilson, could reverse the downward trend. Hitting coach Jarret DeHart was dismissed at the same time.

He is the major league player with the most at-bats out of Creighton University as of 2006. His uncle, Ed Servais, has been the head coach at Creighton since 2004. Another uncle, Mark Servais, has been a scout with the Chicago White Sox, Houston Astros, and Chicago Cubs [1]

He is not to be confused with his contemporary, pitcher Scott Service. The two last names are pronounced almost identically.

Notable Achievements

• Postseason Appearance: 1 (2022/Wild Card)

Preceded by Lloyd McClendon

Seattle Mariners Manager 2016-2024

Succeeded by Dan Wilson

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
2016	Seattle Mariners	American League	86-76	2nd	Seattle Mariners
2017	Seattle Mariners	American League	78-84	3rd (t)	Seattle Mariners
2018	Seattle Mariners	American League	89-73	3rd	Seattle Mariners
2019	Seattle Mariners	American League	68-94	5th	Seattle Mariners
2020	Seattle Mariners	American League	27-33	3rd	Seattle Mariners
2021	Seattle Mariners	American League	90-72	2nd	Seattle Mariners
2022	Seattle Mariners	American League	90-72	2nd	Seattle Mariners	Lost ALDS
2023	Seattle Mariners	American League	88-74	3rd	Seattle Mariners
2024	Seattle Mariners	American League	64-64	--	Seattle Mariners		Replaced by Dan Wilson on August 22

Further Reading

• Tim Booth (The Associated Press): "Mariners fire manager Scott Servais in midst of a midseason collapse", Yahoo! Sports, August 22, 2024. [2]
• Daniel Kramer: "Mariners dismiss Servais as manager, name Dan Wilson as replacement", mlb.com, August 23, 2024. [3]

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