Minor Managers, Major Additions: Quad Cities Angels

  This will be the eleventh in series on the minor league managers of the different minor league teams from Iowa.  Today we will break down the Quad Cities Angels. The Angels existed from 1962 to 1978 and 1985-1991.  Many major leaguers have come through here, including Frank Tanana, R C Stevens, Jim Edmonds and Dante Bichette.  

John Fitzpatrick

1962 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

9 cards in TCDB

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1953–1955)
• Milwaukee Braves (1958–1959)

Chuck Tanner

1963-64 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

98 cards in TCDB

• As Player
  • Milwaukee Braves (1955–1957)
  • Chicago Cubs (1957–1958)
  • Cleveland Indians (1959–1960)
  • Los Angeles Angels (1961–1962)

  As Manager

  • Chicago White Sox (1970–1975)
  • Oakland Athletics (1976)
  • Pittsburgh Pirates (1977–1985)
  • Atlanta Braves (1986–1988)

Harry Dunlop

1965-66 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

24 cards in TCDB

• Kansas City Royals (1969–1975)
• Chicago Cubs (1976)
• Cincinnati Reds (1979–1982; 1998–2000)
• San Diego Padres (1983–1987)
• Florida Marlins (2005)

 Ken Blackman

1965 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

0 cards in TCDB

As manager

• Washington Nationals (2007–2009)
• Cleveland Indians (2010–2012)

As coach

• Montreal Expos (2002–2004)
• New York Mets (2005–2006)
• Seattle Mariners (2016–present)

Fred Koenig

1967-69 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

12 cards in TCDB

• As coach
  • California Angels (1970–1971)
  • St. Louis Cardinals (1976)
  • Texas Rangers (1977–1982)
  • Chicago Cubs (1983)
  • Cleveland Indians (1986)

Tom Morgan 

1968 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

55 cards in TCDB

• New York Yankees (1951–1952, 1954–1956)
• Kansas City Athletics (1957)
• Detroit Tigers (1958–1960)
• Washington Senators (1960)
• Los Angeles Angels (1961–1963)

Mike Stubbins

1970 -71Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

0 cards in TCDB

Dick Kinaman

1972-73 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

1 cards in TCDB

Jimy Williams

1974 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

65 cards in TCDB

As player

• St. Louis Cardinals (1966–1967)

As manager

• Toronto Blue Jays (1986–1989)
• Boston Red Sox (1997–2001)
• Houston Astros (2002–2004)

Bobby Knoop

1975 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

66 cards in TCDB

As player

• Los Angeles / California Angels (1964–1969)
• Chicago White Sox (1969–1970)
• Kansas City Royals (1971–1972)

Moose Stubing

1976 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

10 cards in TCDB

• California Angels (1967)

Chuck Cottier

1977 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

67 cards in TCDB

As player

• Milwaukee Braves (1959–1960)
• Detroit Tigers (1961)
• Washington Senators (1961–1965)
• California Angels (1968–1969)

As manager

• Seattle Mariners (1984–1986)

As coach

• New York Mets (1979–1981)
• Seattle Mariners (1982–1984)
• Chicago Cubs (1988–1994)
• Baltimore Orioles (1995)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1997–2000)

Cotton Nash

1978 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

19 cards in TCDB

• Chicago White Sox (1967)
• Minnesota Twins (1969–70)

Bill Lachemann

1985-86 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

15 cards in TCDB

• California Angels (1995–1996)

Eddie Rodriguez

1987-89 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

19 cards in TCDB

Don Long

1990 Angels Manager (Angels affiliate)

15 cards in TCDB

• Pittsburgh Pirates (2008–2010)
• Cincinnati Reds (2014–2018)
• Baltimore Orioles (2019–2021)

Mitch Seoane

1991 River Bandits Manager (Angels affiliate)

26 cards in TCDB