- Ed Nottle
Edward William Nottle (born
October 22 ,1939 , inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ), nicknamed "Singing Ed" because of his avocation as a singer, is a formerminor league baseball relief pitcher and manager.He has led teams in the
Oakland Athletics andBoston Red Sox organizations, and managed the independentBrockton Rox . Most recently, he managed the independentOttawa Rapidz of theCanadian-American Association of Professional Baseball .Nottle signed his first professional contract in 1959 when he signed with a team in
Pensacola, Florida . Following a stellar season at Pensacola; Ed began a 10-year run with theChicago White Sox organization. In 1963, he was assigned to the White Sox major league roster but never played due to an arm injury. He finished his playing career in 1970.In 1972, Nottle received his first coaching job and became a manager in 1978 when the Athletics hired him to managed a
Northwest League team. In 1981 while managing the Athletics Triple A team in Tacoma, his team reached thePacific Coast League finals and Nottle was named Minor League Manager-of-the-Year byBaseball America . During the 1983 season, he served as a coach on the Oakland A's major league staff. Within the same year Nottle showcased one his singing talent by recording an album "To Baseball with Love" on his private label Nott's Landing Records.In 1985, Nottle moved on to the Boston Red Sox organization and managed their Double A affiliate, the
New Britain Red Sox , for one season and their Triple A team, thePawtucket Red Sox , for 4 ½ years. Nottle led New Britain to the playoffs once and twice took Pawtucket to the postseason. He was namedInternational League Manager of the Year in 1987 and managed theAmerican League affiliates in the inaugural Triple A All-Star Classic in Buffalo in 1988.Nottle managed the inaugural season with the
Sioux City Explorers of the Northern League in 1993 and stayed with them through the 2000 season. In his eight seasons, he amassed a regular season record of 343 wins and 318 losses and made the playoffs in 1994 and 1999. Nottle managed theDuluth-Superior Dukes for one season before moving on to the Brockton Rox of the then-Northern League East in 2002. With the Rox, he compiled a 187-175 record and won a championship in 2003. For the 2006 season, Nottle returned to his old post as the Explorer's manager in their inaugural year in the American Association.Nottle returned to the former Northeast/now
Can-Am League in 2008 as he became the first manager of the expansionOttawa Rapidz , but after a very poor start to the season, followed by a hot streak that came when Nottle left the team briefly to visit his sick wife, the team's management fired him on July 31, 2008.
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