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Ed Nottle
Manager
Ottawa Rapidz
Birth date: 10/22/39
Height: 5-10
Weight: 190
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Resides: Evansville, IN
Ed Nottle is in his sixth decade of professional baseball and
his third season as manager of the Ottawa Rapidz. Nottle's
previous managerial stops included Bend (OR), Waterbury (CT),
Tacoma (WA), New Britain (CT), Pawtucket (RI), Sioux City (IA),
and Duluth-Superior
(MN).
In 1981, while with Tacoma, Nottle was named Baseball America's
Minor League Manager of the Year and Pacific Coast League
Manager of the Year. In 1985, Nottle was hired as manager of the
Red Sox AA affiliate, the New Britain Red Sox, and in 1986 was
appointed manager for the AAA affiliate, Pawtucket Red Sox. In
1987, he was named International League Manager of the Year.
Since joining Brockton, Nottle has sent six Rox players (Brooks
Kieschnick, Chris Cosbey, Darren Blakely, Conor Brooks, Tony
Stutz, and Nestor Smith) and two members of his coaching staff
(Rich Sauveur and John Duffy) to major league organizations
In five seasons with the Pawtucket Red Sox, Nottle sent 34
players – more than any other minor league manager during that
span – to the parent club. He is the only manager in the Rox’
three-year history.
Fun Facts:
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Led Rox to Northeast
League championship in 2003. |
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Have more than 1,150 wins
as a minor league manager. |
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While managing in Sioux
City he also served as team owner and president. |
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Known as the ‘Singing
Manager,’ Nottle recorded an album with the Oakland
Symphony Orchestra entitled, "To Baseball, with
Love." |
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His life story is the
subject of “I’m Still Standing,” The Life Story
Of Singing Ed Nottle, an independent film currently in
production. |
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