Dave Machemer

David Ritchie Machemer (born May 24, 1951 in St. Joseph, Michigan) is an American professional baseball scout, and a former professional player and minor league manager. He played in 29 games, mostly as a second baseman, over two seasons (1978–79) for the California Angels and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball. He is currently a special assignment scout for the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]

Machemer is a native of St. Joseph, Michigan. His pro career began in June 1972 when he was selected by the Angels in the fourth round of the amateur draft. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). Over his 11-season minor league playing career, he batted .277 with 1,078 hits in 1,126 games played.^[2]

Biography

Machemer has recorded over 1,600 victories in 23 seasons^[2] since his managerial debut in 1985. He led the Stockton Ports to the California League championship in 1986 and guided the AZL Giants to their third league title in five years with a win over the AZL Angels on August 31, 2008.

He also spent time as a minor league manager or coordinator with the Milwaukee Brewers (1985–91), Montreal Expos (1992–95) and the Orioles (1996–2002).

Machemer came to the San Francisco Giants' system in 2005 after working the previous three years with the Montreal Expos organization (2002–04). He was at Double-A Harrisburg in 2003–04 when he earned his 1,000th triumph on August 22, 2003. With the Giants, he guided the Double-A Norwich Navigators to a 71–71 record in 2005, then took the Connecticut Defenders to a 64–77 mark in 2006, and 41–58 ledger in 2007.

In 2008, the veteran minor league skipper returned for his fourth season with the Giants' organization, his first at helm of the Arizona League Giants, a rookie-level team based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He managed the previous three years at Double-A Connecticut. After winning the 2008 AZL championship, he was promoted to the Class A Augusta GreenJackets of the South Atlantic League (2009–10), then back to Double-A with the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League (2011–13). He then returned to the Baltimore organization in 2014 as a scout.

Other managerial stops include: Double-A Bowie (2001), Class A Advanced Frederick (2000), Triple-A Rochester (1999), Class A Delmarva (1998), Double-A El Paso (1988 and 1996–97), Triple-A Denver (1989–90), Class A Advanced Stockton (1986–87) and Rookie-level Beloit (1985).

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)