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The Top 100 coaches most likely to become MLB managers

By Noah Yingling

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the dugout before his last game as Giants manager, the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on September 29, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 29: Manager Bruce Bochy #15 of the San Francisco Giants looks on from the dugout before his last game as Giants manager, the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park on September 29, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /
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Oct 11, 2019; St. Louis, MO, USA; Washington Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman (11) celebrates with Washington Nationals first base coach Tim Bogar after a single during the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in game one of the 2019 NLCS playoff baseball series at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports /

63) Tim Bogar

Tim Bogar is entering his fifth season on the coaching staff of the Washington Nationals and he has been on the coaching staff of numerous other teams too.

Bogar, 55, spent parts of nine seasons in the majors as a backup infielder and he retired from playing after the 2002 season. He started managing in 2004 with the Astros. He managed their Rookie-ball team in 2004 and their Single-A team in 2005 before jumping to Cleveland in 2006. He managed their Double-A team in 2006 and 2007.

He was the quality assurance coach for the Tampa Bay Rays for their AL Champion season in 2008 where current Nats manager Dave Martínez was the bench coach before going to Boston in 2009. He was their first base coach in 2009 before becoming their third base coach in 2010 and 2011 and their bench coach in 2012.

He, then, went to the Angels to be their Double-A manager for a season before the Rangers hired him as their bench coach in 2014. When Ron Washington signed from the team in early September, Bogar was their acting manager for the final 22 games of the season.

Bogar rejoined the Angels in 2015 as a special assistant before returning to the field as the bench coach for Seattle in 2016. After the 2017 season, he joined the Nats first as their first base coach (2018-19) and since 2020, as their bench coach.

In addition to being the interim manager for the Rangers in 2014, Bogar interviewed with Houston before their hired Bo Porter as their manager in 2013 as well as the Mets before they hired Carlos Beltrán in 2020 (and then they fired him before managing a game), and the Rangers after his interim gig.

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