Bill Haselman

With a professional playing career that spanned 1987 to 2003, Bill Haselman spent 13 major-league seasons as a backup catcher for four different teams. He first reached the majors in 1990 with the Texas Rangers, a team he had three stints with, and appeared in a career-high 77 games in 1996 with the Red Sox. He played in one postseason game, during the 1995 American League Division Series with Boston, and was a fill-in first-base coach for the 2004 Red Sox team that went on to win the World Series. He later served as a minor-league manager, and returned to the major leagues as catching coach for the Los Angeles Angels in 2022.

William Joseph Haselman was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on May 25, 1966, the youngest child of Albert and Bernice (Martin) Haselman. His father, who saw Babe Ruth play, grew up in New Jersey, worked in New York, and would play catch and throw batting practice to Bill.1 Albert Haselman had an engineering degree and worked as an executive for a communications company.2 He had three children with his first wife, Thelma (née White), who died in 1962. After he remarried in 1964, a daughter was born in 1965, followed by Bill the next year. In the fall of 1966, the Haselmans sold their house in Rumson, New Jersey, and moved to Saratoga, California.

In high school in Saratoga, Bill Haselman played baseball and was the starting quarterback and a defensive back in football.3 As a senior in 1984, he batted .457 and played shortstop.4 Haselman was offered a football scholarship at the University of Nevada-Reno, but not knowing if he wanted to pursue baseball or football, he went to UCLA for a walk-on opportunity with the baseball team.5 He made the team and redshirted as freshman, then also made the football team as a walk-on.6 He spent half a season as a member of the football team, and while some sources refer to him as having been Troy Aikman’s backup, Haselman points out that their stints with the Bruins did not overlap and the two didn’t meet until years later.7

In the spring of 1986, despite not having previously caught, Haselman became UCLA’s backup catcher, and saw his first playing time when starter Todd Zeile injured his ankle.8 Haselman made the most of his opportunity, and ended up as the team’s starting right fielder.9 The next season the Bruins compiled a 40-25-1 record with a roster that included multiple future major-league players including Haselman, Jeff Conine, Bob Hamelin, Eric Karros, and Torey Lovullo. The team fell a game short of qualifying for the 1987 College World Series, losing to Arizona State in the NCAA tournament.10 Haselman batted .304 as the team’s starting catcher, driving in 57 runs in 65 games.

Baseball America ranked Haselman 20th in its annual Top 30 list; Ken Griffey Jr. was ranked first and Craig Biggio was ranked 22nd.11 In the 1987 amateur draft, the Rangers used their first pick (No. 19) on pitcher Brian Bohanon, then selected Haselman four picks later, having received the Yankees’ first-round pick (No. 23) for the signing of free-agent outfielder Gary Ward.12

Haselman’s first professional team was the 1987 Gastonia Rangers, a Class-A team in the South Atlantic League that included Juan González and Sammy Sosa. Primarily used as a designated hitter, he recorded 72 hits in 61 games, finishing with a .306 batting average and 8 home runs. During the offseason, Haselman underwent rotator cuff surgery,13 needed to repair a partial tear that he blamed on throwing too hard before he was loose during a workout.14 The Fort Worth Star-Telegram ranked Haselman as the team’s fourth-best prospect, behind González and pitchers Kevin Brown and Bohanon, and just ahead of Sosa.15

For the 1988 season, Haselman was again in Class A, with the Port Charlotte Rangers of the Florida State League. He began the season as designated hitter as he completed recovery from his surgery.16 Still learning the ins and outs of catching, he noted, “Trying to learn with this injury has been especially tough.”17 He went on to catch in 48 of the 122 games he played in, while posting a .245 batting average.

After being a nonroster invitee to the 1989 Rangers’ spring training, Haselman spent his first of two seasons with the Tulsa Drillers, a Double-A team in the Texas League. He played 107 games, 104 as catcher, while batting .270 with 7 home runs. He was also a selection to the league’s midseason all-star game. After the season, the Star-Telegram opined that Haselman was the Rangers’ “most immediate catching prospect,” but his defense needed improvement for him to play in the majors.18 In mid-November, in advance of the Rule 5 draft, he was added to the Rangers major-league roster.

Although he was now on the 40-man roster entering the 1990 season, the Rangers optioned Haselman back to Tulsa at the end of March. In July Haselman was again named to the league’s all-star game. He noted that the honor meant “you’re putting up good numbers,” but “my goal is to move up.”19 In late July, Haselman had a power surge, hitting six home runs in five games.20 He finished the minor-league season with 18 homers in 120 games, while batting .319 with 80 RBIs. In August the Star-Telegram saw Haselman as closer to a call-up than the 18-year-old Iván “Pudge” Rodríguez.21 Accurately, Haselman was called up at the beginning of September, while Rodríguez had his major-league debut the following June. Haselman’s time with the Rangers in September 1990 was limited to three pinch-hitting appearances, four innings at catcher, and three starts as designated hitter. He collected two hits in 13 at bats (.154), with his first major-league hit coming on September 27 off left-hander Joe Klink of the Oakland Athletics.

Haselman had to wait before returning to the majors, as he spent all of the 1991 season in Triple A with the Oklahoma City 89ers of the American Association. Batting .256 with 9 home runs and 60 RBIs in 126 games, he caught 109 games. Meanwhile, Pudge Rodríguez made the jump from Double A, and was the starting catcher for half of the Rangers’ games.

In February 1992 the Rangers signed Haselman to a one-year contract, at the major-league minimum of $109,000.22 During spring training, he suffered a severely bruised rib cage and began the season on the disabled list.23 He came off the DL in early May, but was designated for assignment later that month. On May 29 the Seattle Mariners claimed Haselman and optioned him to the Calgary Cannons of the Pacific Coast League. He welcomed the change in scenery, stating, “I don’t miss Texas and I’m happy to have a fresh start here. … I never really felt I got an opportunity there at all.”24 In his first 44 games with Calgary, he hit 13 home runs.25 He commented, “Now I’m just trying to focus on one game at a time and not try to figure out what they are thinking.”26 In 105 Triple-A games (88 with Calgary and 17 with Oklahoma City), he batted an overall .253 with 20 home runs, the most homers during any season of his career. In early September, he was called up by the Mariners, for whom he appeared in eight games and batted 5-for-19 (.263).

Haselman and the Mariners agreed to a contract in March 1993; at $117,500, it was slightly above the minimum.27 Under new manager Lou Piniella, the team began the season with Dave Valle as the starting catcher and Haselman as backup. Haselman was hitting .238 with one home run when he got his 10th start of the season on June 6, a notable game of his career.

Facing the Orioles at Camden Yards, Haselman hit a solo home run in the fifth inning off Baltimore starter Mike Mussina. Meanwhile, Seattle starter Chris Bosio allowed home runs in the fourth and fifth innings, and threw behind batters in the fifth and sixth innings. Thus, when Haselman faced Mussina again with two outs and the bases empty in the top of the seventh, it wasn’t surprising that the first pitch hit Haselman, on the shoulder. What was surprising was the intensity of the brawl that ensued after Haselman charged the mound. It delayed the game for 20 minutes with both benches and bullpens emptying; video of the fight shows significant grappling, some punches thrown, and several outbreaks following lulls in the action. Bosio also reinjured his collarbone, which he had broken earlier in the season.28 After the umpiring crew decided to eject seven players – four Mariners including Haselman and Bosio, and three Orioles but not Mussina – Piniella took exception and was tossed for the first time as Seattle manager. Cal Ripken Jr., still 340 games from breaking Lou Gehrig’s consecutive-game record, strained a knee ligament and almost missed the next day’s game.29 Commentary was negative. One writer called the fight “a $50-million free-for-all, instigated because a journeyman catcher named Bill Haselman was peeved over a pitch.”30 He grew tired of questions about the brawl, commenting in 1997, “I’ve been hearing about it for four years and it’s getting old.”31 The fracas is still well remembered by Mariners fans, appearing at the top of a list of Seattle sports fights compiled by the Seattle Times in 2022.32

Haselman finished at .255 for the 1993 season, hitting 5 home runs in 58 games and catching in 49 games.

In February 1994 Haselman agreed to terms with Seattle on a one-year contract at $175,000. After Valle left as a free agent, the Mariners acquired Dan Wilson to be their new starter via a trade with the Cincinnati Reds. As a backup, Haselman hit only .193 in 38 games through mid-July. The Mariners then purchased the contract of Chris Howard from Triple A, and outrighted Haselman there. On being back in Calgary, Haselman said, “It was a little bit of a surprise to me, you know, I was only playing once a week and I wasn’t really doing the job.”33 While the major-league season ended in August due to a players strike, Haselman played through the end of the minor-league season, batting .331 with 15 home runs in 44 games with Calgary. On October 15 Haselman became a free agent for the first time.

Boston signed Haselman on November 7 for $200,000 to be a backup, while Mike Macfarlane was signed on April 8 for $1.7 million to be the starter.34 For the 1995 Red Sox, Haselman batted .243 with 5 home runs and 23 RBIs in 64 games. The Red Sox won the AL East, finishing seven games ahead of the Yankees, and faced Cleveland in the ALDS. In a 13-inning Game One at Jacobs Field, Haselman made the only postseason appearance of his major-league career, entering the game at catcher in the bottom of the ninth, after Matt Stairs had pinch-hit for Macfarlane. He grounded out to the pitcher in both of his plate appearances, as Cleveland won on Tony Peña’s walk-off homer and then swept the series.

In December Boston re-signed Haselman for the 1996 season for $300,000. The team also signed free-agent catcher Mike Stanley at $2.3 million.35 For the season, Stanley started 98 games behind the plate; his season ended in early September due to a herniated disk in his neck.36 Haselman started 60 games, including 25 of 26 to end the season.37 One of his starts came on September 18 at Tiger Stadium, when he caught the second 20-strikeout game of Roger Clemens’ career. Haselman commented, “This game is number one with me as far as catching.”38 He appeared in a career-high 77 major-league games while batting .274 with 8 home runs.

In January 1997 the Red Sox signed Haselman to a one-year contract at $650,000. Stanley, who exercised his $2.1 million option to remain with Boston,39 had his role set as part-time DH by new manager Jimy Williams,40 who named Haselman the starting catcher with rookie Scott Hatteberg as his backup.41 On April 27 Haselman had a career day at the plate against the Orioles, hitting a home run and three doubles while driving in four runs. His batting average was hovering around .300 before he went the first half of May without a home run or RBI, and his batting average fell by almost 30 points. With Hatteberg hitting .316, Williams announced a platoon at catcher.42 In the second half of June, Haselman missed nine games after Carl Everett of the New York Mets crashed into him on a play at the plate.43 In his second game back, a wild pitch from Red Sox starter Jeff Suppan broke his right thumb.44 Haselman was out of action until early August.45 Williams continued to have his two catchers platoon, and Haselman said, “There is no one to blame but me. I’m not mad at anybody else – just myself.”46 The team finished 20 games out in the AL East, and Haselman finished the season with a .236 average and 6 home runs in 67 games with Boston. In November Haselman was traded back to Texas as part of a five-player deal.

In his second stint with the Rangers, on a one-year contract at $625,000, Haselman was batting .333 in limited action through late May and noted, “It’s always nice to contribute offensively … [but] what I really concentrate on is my defense and trying to call a good game.”47 In September Rick Herrin of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram deemed Haselman the best backup catcher to play under Rangers manager Johnny Oates,48 who had arrived in 1995. The Rangers went on to finish first in the AL West, but were swept in three games by the Yankees in the ALDS, without Haselman making an appearance. For the season, Haselman played in 40 games and batted a career-high .314 with 6 home runs and 17 RBIs. In the second half of October, he filed for free agency.

In mid-December of 1998, Haselman signed a two-year contract with the Detroit Tigers, worth $650,000 in 1999 and $1.1 million in 2000. An opportunity for Haselman to be the Tigers’ starting catcher faded in mid-January 1999 when the team acquired Brad Ausmus from the Houston Astros. In mid-June, after seeing limited action while batting around .300, Haselman asked to be traded, remarking “I gave it a few months. I didn’t sign to sit and be a backup.”49 A trade did not materialize during the season, as Haselman batted .273 with 4 home runs and 14 RBIs in 48 games.

In November 1999 Detroit sent Haselman to Texas as part of a nine-player deal that returned Juan González to the Tigers. Haselman was brought in for his third stint with the Rangers to again back up Pudge Rodríguez, at salaries of $1.1 million and $8 million, respectively.50 Oates said Rodríguez, if healthy, would catch 140 games during the 2000 season.51 Haselman was used sparingly until two weeks after the All-Star Game, when Rodríguez broke his right thumb and was lost for the year.52 Haselman took over as the starter, with Oates later noting, “[I]f you’ve got to have a guy sitting behind Pudge, Bill Haselman is as good a guy as there is in the game.”53 In August the Rangers signed Haselman to a two-year contract extension, at $800,000 per season plus a club option for a third season.54 He missed the season’s final 12 games after rotator cuff surgery on his right shoulder.55 He played in a total of 62 games, batting .275 with 6 home runs and 26 RBIs.

Entering the 2001 season recovering from his shoulder surgery, Haselman initially thought he might be ready to play in mid-March.56 However, a bone spur in his elbow required another surgical procedure.57 A strained forearm during rehab further delayed his return.58 He was finally activated on June 22, and became the sixth catcher the Rangers used during the season.59 In September Rodríguez was again lost to surgery, and Haselman became the team’s primary catcher for the final weeks of the season.60 Haselman batted .285 with 3 home runs and 25 RBIs while appearing in 47 major-league games.

During the 2002 season, Rodríguez was limited to 97 starts at catcher, with Haselman making 49 starts while appearing in 69 games, the second-highest of his major-league career. The team finished last in the four-team AL West, while Haselman batted .246 with 3 home runs and 18 RBIs. After the season, the Rangers opted to pay him a $150,000 buyout rather than bringing him back for another year.61

Before the 2003 season, Haselman signed a minor-league contract with Detroit. With Brandon Inge as the starting catcher, the Tigers opted to start the season with Matt Walbeck, who had significantly outhit Haselman during spring training, as Inge’s backup.62 Haselman was reassigned to minor-league camp, but he requested and was granted his release.63 In early April, he signed a minor-league contract with Boston. He played 79 games in Triple A with the Pawtucket Red Sox, batting .225 with 6 home runs and 24 RBIs. At the start of September, he was added to Boston’s major-league roster, as the Red Sox made a push to reach the postseason. Haselman appeared in four games, each as a defensive replacement, going 0-for-3 at the plate. He was not included on Boston’s playoff roster, as the wild-card team advanced to the ALCS before falling to the Yankees in seven games.

After the 2003 season Haselman indicated he might retire,64 although he did file for free agency at the end of October.65 He and Roger Clemens discussed playing for Team USA in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but their plan was dashed when the American team, rostered with collegiate players during qualification, failed to advance to the main competition in Greece.66 Haselman was a nonroster invitee at Orioles spring training, stating that he would retire if he didn’t make the team.67 After seeing action in just four games during spring training, he was released by the Orioles on March 25.68 New manager Lee Mazzilli called Haselman a class individual and said he had agonized for two days over the decision.69

In early May of 2004, the first-base coach of the Red Sox, Lynn Jones, sustained a serious eye injury while at his home in Pennsylvania, requiring multiple surgeries.70 The Red Sox turned to Haselman, who had joined the organization as a special-assignment scout, to act as interim first-base coach.71 He served in that role from May 6 through July 21. When Jones rejoined the team, Haselman remained with the organization, working with catchers as an instructor and consultant.72 The team went on to finish the season at 98-64 (.605), qualifying for the postseason as the AL wild card. With playoff series victories over the Anaheim Angels, New York Yankees, and finally the St. Louis Cardinals, the team captured the Red Sox’ first World Series championship since 1918.

For the 2005 season, the Red Sox named Haselman their new bullpen coach. Manager Terry Francona said Haselman had done “an unbelievable job” filling in for Jones, thus was added as a full-time coach.73 The Red Sox again finished as the AL wild card, but were swept in the ALDS by the White Sox.

The Red Sox made multiple coaching changes for the 2006 season, with Haselman becoming the first-base coach, succeeding Jones. The Red Sox finished the season in third place in the AL East, missing the postseason for the first time since 2002. The Boston Globe reported that Haselman was offered but declined the job as manager of the Lowell Spinners,74 a Class-A Short Season team located about 30 miles from Boston.

For the next two years, Haselman was out of baseball, with the Globe noting that he was employed with Merrill Lynch and obtaining a broker’s license, while also hosting a postgame radio show for the Seattle Mariners.75 In February 2008 his father died in the Metro Atlanta area, aged 95.76 In August 2009 Haselman joined the Washington Huskies college baseball staff as a volunteer assistant coach.77 In January 2010 the Rangers hired Haselman to manage the Bakersfield Blaze of the Class A-Advanced California League.78 The following season, Haselman worked for the Red Sox, assisting their minor-league catching instructor.79

From 2012 through 2018, Haselman managed several different minor-league teams. In 2012 he joined the Inland Empire 66ers,80 a California League farm team of the Los Angeles Angels, and guided them to a league title in 2013.81 Moving to the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 2014, he first managed the Great Lakes Loons of the Class-A Midwest League.82 The next season he returned to the California League and managed the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes,83 leading them to the league title.84 From 2016 through 2018, he managed the Oklahoma City Dodgers85 of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, helping them reach the PCL championship series in his first season.86

Haselman next spent two seasons mentoring managers in the Dodgers organization, then rejoined Oklahoma City in 2021 as the team’s bench and third-base coach.87 In 2022 Haselman returned to the Angels organization, with the major-league team as catching coach.88 He served as the Angels’ interim manager for two games in July, due to suspensions of other members of the coaching staff.89 For the 2023 season, he was named the Angels’ third-base coach.90

Overall during his 13-season major-league playing career, Haselman batted .259 with 47 home runs and 210 RBIs in 589 games. Defensively, he played in 524 games as a catcher (410 starts) and posted a .991 fielding percentage. Additionally, he played parts of 10 seasons in minor-league baseball, batting .269 while appearing in 783 games. He and his wife, Tracy, have two children, the first of whom – a son, Ty – was born in March 1998 while Haselman was playing with the Mariners.91 In a 1996 Boston Globe story about the wives of Red Sox players, Tracy noted that the couple had already moved 20 times during their first six years of marriage.92 Ty briefly followed in his father’s footsteps, playing college baseball in 2018 as a catcher with the UCLA Bruins. After spending almost every season since 1987 in a professional league as a player, coach, or manager, Haselman remained active as of 2023. Reflecting on the 2004 Red Sox more than a decade after their championship, he said, “It’s something I’ll never forget. Those guys had a great chemistry on that team.” And he added, “They believed in themselves.”93

Sources

In addition to the sources cited in the Notes, the author relied on Baseball-Reference.com, TheBaseballCube.com, and retrosheet.org.

Notes

1 Jacob Unruh, “Collected Wisdom: Bill Haselman,” Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), April 17, 2016: 8B.

2 “New Rotarian,” Red Bank (New Jersey) Daily Register, July 12, 1962: 10.

3 Paul Salvoni, “St. Francis Has Three Finalists,” Peninsula Times Tribune (Palo Alto, California), June 7, 1984: D-3.

4 Paul Salvoni, “Boys’ Athlete of the Year,” Peninsula Times Tribune, June 10, 1984: E-3.

5 Unruh, “Collected Wisdom: Bill Haselman.”

6 “Collected Wisdom: Bill Haselman.”

7 Jacob Unruh, “Haselman Introduced as New Manager for OKC Dodgers,” Daily Oklahoman, February 10, 2016: 5B.

8 Bob Cuomo, “UCLA Gets Hot, Takes Lead in Pac-10 Southern Division,” Los Angeles Times, April 17, 1986: III-15.

9 “Collected Wisdom: Bill Haselman.”

10 “Arizona St. 14, UCLA 4,” Macon (Georgia) Telegraph and News, May 26, 1987: 3C.

11 “Baseball America’s Top 30,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 31, 1987: 2-8.

12 Tony DeMarco, “Rangers’ Draft Follows the Plan,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 3, 1987: 3-3.

13 T.R. Sullivan, “Intangibles,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 23, 1988: 3-5.

14 Paul Harris, “Rangers’ Haselman Adjusting This Season,” Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press, May 28, 1988: 1C.

15 “Rating the Rangers’ prospects,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, November 22, 1987: 2-22.

16 Sullivan, “Intangibles.”

17 Harris, “Rangers’ Haselman Adjusting This Season.”

18 T.R. Sullivan, “Baseball,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 1, 1989: 2-7.

19 Joe Powell, “McCray, Drillers Sweat Out 4-2 Win Over JaxMets,” Jackson (Mississippi) Clarion-Ledger, July 4, 1990: 4C.

20 Gannett News Service, “Texas League Notes,” El Paso Times, July 29, 1990: 7C.

21 Simon Gonzalez, “Solid Catcher Prospects on Rangers’ Horizon,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 19, 1990: 3-5.

22 Tony DeMarco, “Texas Rangers Notebook: ’92 Payroll,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 6, 1992: C5.

23 Bob Hersom, “89ers Hope ‘V’ Is for Victory,” Daily Oklahoman, April 5, 1992: B6.

24 Daryl Slade, “Calgary Catches a Good Prospect,” Calgary Herald, June 11, 1992: F2.

25 Daryl Slade, “Haselman Switches On Power,” Calgary Herald, July 23, 1992: E2.

26 “Haselman Switches On Power.”

27 “Baseball Salaries: Seattle Mariners,” Dayton Daily News, April 8, 1993: 5D.

28 Associated Press, “M’s Bosio Out 2-3 weeks,” Longview (Washington) Daily News, June 8, 1993: D3.

29 John Eisenberg, The Streak: Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr., and Baseball’s Most Historic Record (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017), 174-175.

30 John McGrath (McClatchy News Service), “Chorus of Boos Deserved for Money-Wasting Brawl,” Tri-City Herald (Pasco, Washington), June 7, 1993: B2.

31 David Ginsburg (Associated Press), “Haselman Helps BoSox Blast Orioles,” North Adams (Massachusetts) Transcript, April 28, 1997: B1.

32 Bob Condotta (Seattle Times), “These Seattle Sports Skirmishes Live Forever,” Spokane (Washington) Spokesman-Review, June 29, 2022: Sports 1.

33 Mike Board, “Cannons Look to Regain Rhythm,” Calgary Herald, July 18, 1994: D3.

34 Nick Cafardo, “Red Sox Notebook,” Boston Globe, August 28, 1995: 41.

35 “The Numbers Game: Red Sox,” Boston Globe, April 7, 1996: 50.

36 “Bad Disk Threatens Career of Stanley,” Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 12, 1996: C6.

37 Gordon Edes, “Stanley Wants to Keep Job, but There Might Be a Catch,” Boston Globe, January 29, 1997: F7.

38 Larry Whiteside, “Something Amiss,” Boston Globe, September 19, 1996: D5.

39 Edes, , “Stanley Wants to Keep Job, but There Might Be a Catch.”

40 Gordon Edes, “Haselman Looks Set to Receive Job,” Boston Globe, March 9, 1997: D11.

41 Kris Dufour, “Sox Set to Swing into Summer ’97,” North Adams Transcript, March 29, 1997: A10.

42 Gordon Edes, “Red Sox Notebook: Hatteberg Platoon Member,” Boston Globe, March 19, 1997: D3.

43 Michael Vega, “Red Sox Notebook,” Boston Globe, June 17, 1997: E7.

44 Larry Whiteside, “Red Sox Win One, Could Lose One,” Boston Globe, June 30, 1997: D3.

45 Marvin Pave, “Red Sox Notebook: Thumbs Up,” Boston Globe, August 9, 1997: G3.

46 Lee Jenkins, “He’s Been Playing Catch-Up,” Boston Globe, August 16, 1997: E3.

47 Andy Friedlander, “Haselman Makes the Most of Few Opportunities He Gets,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 24, 1998: C4.

48 Rick Herrin, “A 3-Stage Success for Haselman,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 8, 1998: D4.

49 John Lowe, “M’s Rodriguez Praises Weaver,” Detroit Free Press, June 19, 1999: 7B.

50 “Signed and Delivered,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 30, 1999: 3D.

51 “Pudge Goes on Offensive for Rangers,” Marshall (Texas) News Messenger, February 27, 2000: 5C.

52 Johnny Paul, “Haselman Takes Spotlight,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, July 25, 2000: 4D.

53 “Rangers Report: Haselman Picks Up Where Pudge Left Off,” Austin American-Statesman, August 4, 2000: C5.

54 T.R. Sullivan, “Short Hops: Haselman Gets Extension,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, August 20, 2000: 5C.

55 Tim Price, “Short Hops: Haselman to Have Surgery,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, September 13, 2000: 4D.

56 “Spring Training: Texas Rangers,” Orlando Sentinel, March 6, 2001: C5.

57 T.R. Sullivan, “Breaking Down the Rangers’ Roster,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 1, 2001: 14N.

58 T.R. Sullivan, “Short Hops: Haselman Suffers Setback,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 19, 2001: 4D.

59 T.R. Sullivan, “Short Hops,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 24, 2001: 6C.

60 “Rangers Report,” Austin American-Statesman, September 6, 2001: D5.

61 T.R. Sullivan, “Rocker Cut by Rangers: Haselman Also Gone as Shake-Up Continues,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, October 4, 2002: 6D.

62 John Lowe, “Tigers Corner,” Detroit Free Press, March 27, 2003: 4G.

63 Associated Press, “Baseball Roundup,” Lansing (Michigan) State Journal, March 28, 2003: 8C.

64 Bob Hohler, “Red Sox Notebook,” Boston Globe, October 28, 2003: D11.

65 Associated Press, “Jones, Haselman File for Free Agency,” North Adams Transcript, October 31, 2003: B3.

66 Nick Cafardo, “Baseball Notes: Dreams Dashed,” Boston Globe, November 23, 2003: C2.

67 Roch Kubatko, “Spring Training: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,” Baltimore Sun, March 8, 2004: 4E.

68 David Ginsburg (Associated Press), “Mazzilli, Haselman Have Miserable Day,” Salisbury (Maryland) Daily Times, March 28, 2004: 33.

69 “Mazzilli, Haselman Have Miserable Day.”

70 Bob Hohler, “Red Sox Notebook,” Boston Globe, May 7, 2004: E6.

71 Hohler, “Red Sox Notebook.”

72 Bob Hohler, “Red Sox Notebook,” Boston Globe, July 25, 2004: D6.

73 “Coaching Staff,” Boston Globe, April 1, 2005: F13.

74 Nick Cafardo, “Baseball notes: Decision-making process,” Boston Globe, October 29, 2006: D13.

75 Gordon Edes, “Pitching Change Logical,” Boston Globe, June 26, 2007: D6.

76 Albert Haselman obituary, February 2008 (https://www.mckoon.com/obituaries/Albert-Haselman/#!/Obituary).

77 “Briefs: Baseball,” Tri-City Herald (Pasco, Washington), August 13, 2009: C3.

78 Associated Press, “Texas Rangers,” Pensacola (Florida) News Journal, January 8, 2010: 8C.

79 Nick Cafardo, “Baseball Notes: Updates on Nine,” Boston Globe, May 1, 2011: C11.

80 “Transactions: Baseball,” White Plains (New York) Journal News, January 14, 2012: 6C.

81 Jacob Unruh, “Haselman’s Playoff Success,” Daily Oklahoman, September 13, 2016: 4B.

82 “Haselman’s Playoff Success.”

83 “Haselman’s Playoff Success.”

84 Jacob Unruh, “OKC Dodgers Bring Back Staff,” Daily Oklahoman, December 22, 2016: 5B.

85 Jacob Unruh, “Dodgers Announce New Hitting, Pitching Coaches,” Daily Oklahoman, January 9, 2018: 2B.

86 “OKC Dodgers Bring Back Staff.”

87 Jacob Unruh, “Westmoore’s Wright Named OKC Dodgers Pitching Coach,” Daily Oklahoman, February 9, 2021: B7.

88 Jack Baer, “Angels Promote Catching Coach Bill Haselman to Interim Interim Interim Manager,” Yahoo Sports, July 1, 2022. https://sports.yahoo.com/angels-promote-catching-coach-bill-haselman-interim-interim-interim-manager-234111347.html.

89 Baer, “Angels Promote Catching Coach Bill Haselman to Interim Interim Interim Manager.”

90 Jeff J. Snider, “Angels News: Phil Nevin Names New Third-Base Coach for 2023 Season,” SI.com, November 22, 2022. https://www.si.com/mlb/angels/news/angels-news-phil-nevin-names-new-third-base-coach-for-2023-season-js77.

91 T.R. Sullivan, “Rangers Report,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 26, 1998: D8.

92 Dick Lehr, “The Wives of Summer,” Boston Globe, September 5, 1996: E1, E6.

93 Unruh, “Collected Wisdom: Bill Haselman.”