Greg Riddoch

Manager

Born: July 17, 1945
Greeley, Colorado

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

July 12, 1990, for the San Diego Padres

Last MLB appearance

September 22, 1992, for the San Diego Padres

MLB statistics

Games

394

Win–loss record

200–194

Winning percentage

.508

Teams

San Diego Padres (1990–1992)

Gregory Lee Riddoch (born July 17, 1945 in Greeley, Colorado) is a retired American professional baseball player, manager and coach who served as manager of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball from July 12, 1990 through September 22, 1992, compiling a career win-loss record of 200–194 (.508).

Riddoch threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg). He attended Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado, and was an infielder for five seasons (1967–71) in the Cincinnati Reds' organization. He spent 13 seasons as a minor league manager in the short-season Northwest League and the Rookie-level Pioneer League, and was a coach for the Padres from 1987 until the 1990 All-Star break when he succeeded Jack McKeon as the San Diego manager. He led the Padres to winning seasons in both 1991 (84–78) and 1992 (78–72), but was fired in favor of Jim Riggleman by the Padres' general manager, Joe McIlvaine, with a dozen games left in the 1992 campaign.^[1]

During his baseball career, he also served as third base coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–99), director of minor league clubs for the Reds (1985–86) and director of player development of the Milwaukee Brewers (2000–02). He retired in 2010 following a four-year stint as manager for the Eugene Emeralds of Northwest League, then affiliated with the Padres. Earlier in his career, when the Emeralds were a Reds' farm team, Riddoch had managed them for six seasons (1975–76; 1978–81), for a total of ten years as manager in Eugene.

References

↑ "Padres Get Rid of Riddoch; McIlvaine Promotes His Man, Riggleman." The Los Angeles Times, September 24, 1992

External links

Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record
Article on career

Preceded by Franchise established Orlando Gómez	Tampa Bay Devil Rays third-base coach 1998 (through Aug. 31) 1999	Succeeded by Orlando Gómez Billy Hatcher

San Diego Padres managers

Preston Gómez (1969–1972)
Don Zimmer (1972–1973)
John McNamara (1974–1977)
Bob Skinner (1977)
Alvin Dark (1977)
Roger Craig (1978–1979)
Jerry Coleman (1980)
Frank Howard (1981)
Dick Williams (1982–1985)
Steve Boros (1986)
Larry Bowa (1987–1988)
Jack McKeon (1988–1990)
Greg Riddoch (1990–1992)
Jim Riggleman (1992–1994)
Bruce Bochy (1995–2006)
Bud Black (2007–2015)
Dave Roberts (2015)
Pat Murphy (2015)
Andy Green (2016–)

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