Eddie Haas
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George Edwin Haas (born May 26, 1935) is a former
scout in American Major League Baseball
.
Haas spent 14 years as a skipper in the
National League West Division and 22 games out of the lead,[1] Haas was fired on August 26, 1985, and succeeded by interim pilot Bobby Wine
.
In his playing days, the 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 178 lb (81 kg) Haas was an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He graduated from St. John High School in Paducah and signed his first professional contract with the
Milwaukee Braves in the offseason. His MLB career consisted of 55 games (1957–1958; 1960) with those two clubs, batting .243 with one home run and 17 total hits. A broken ankle cost him the entire 1959
season.
Haas remained with the Braves after his
minor league playing career ended, managing and coaching in the minor leagues (1965–73; 1978–84), and serving as a Major League coach (1974–77). After his brief MLB managerial career, he served as a special assignment scout for the Montreal Expos (1986–94) and Boston Red Sox
(1995–2003).
He comes from a baseball family: his brother, Louis, was an infielder in the Braves' organization from 1959 to 1962; two sons, Matt and Danny, are longtime scouts and former
are former Major League players and coaches and who spent many years as minor league managers; and another cousin, Paul Roof, pitched in the minor leagues.References
- ^ "Events of Sunday, August 25, 1985". www.retrosheet.org.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference