Where Are They Now?
Former Spokane Indians and ex-area high school or college players active in professional baseball during the first half of the 1998 season. Major-league players are listed chronolog ically. Specified minor-league teams are members of the Kansas City Royals organization, except for Las Vegas and Mobile, the Triple-A and Double-A affiliates of the previous parent club, San Diego. Players in other organizations are grouped by leagues. Their years with Spokane or, where appropriate, their major-league organization or school, are shown in parentheses.
Major league officials
General manager *Jim Beattie (1981) Montreal, special assistant *Preston Gomez (1960-62) Anaheim, vice-president new ballpark development and communications Steve Greenberg (1973-74) Pittsburgh, special assistant Larry Himes (1965) Cubs, special assistant Wilbur “Moose” Johnson (1952-53) Toronto, vice-president/general manager Tommy Lasorda (1969-71) Los Angeles, assistant general manager *Steve Lubratich (1982, 1987-88) Detroit, community relations director *Don Newcombe (1961) Los Angeles, West scouting supervisor Ed Pebley (1979-80) White Sox, special assistant *Bill Rigney (1938) Oakland, trainer Steve Sayles (1985-86) Oakland, senior vice-president and general manager Kevin Towers (1989-90) San Diego, coordinator of minor league instruction *Tye Waller (1988, 1994) San Diego.
Major league managers
Bobby Valentine (1969-70) Mets, Tim Johnson (1971) Toronto, Tony Muser (1978) Kansas City, Bruce Bochy (1989) San Diego.
Major league players
American League: Sandy Alomar Jr. (1984) Cleveland, Joey Cora (1985) Seattle, Ricky Bones (1986) Minnesota, Doug Brocail (1986) Detroit, Dave Hollins (1987) Anaheim, Bryce Florie (1989) Detroit.
National League: Jim Tatum (1985) New York, Thomas Howard (1986) Los Angeles, Jose Valentin (1987) Milwaukee, Luis Lopez (1988) New York, Matt Mieske (1990) Chicago, Lance Painter (1990) St. Louis.
Major league coaches
Joe Coleman (1980-82) California, Mike Cubbage (1974-75) Astros, Tim Flannery (1993), San Diego, Gene Glynn (1990-91) Colorado, Frank Howard (1959-60, 1976) Tampa Bay, Von Joshua (1969-71) White Sox, Art Kusnyer (1976-77) White Sox, Rene Lachemann (1979-81) St. Louis, Davey Lopes (1970) San Diego, *Charlie Hough (1970-71) Los Angeles, Pete Mackanin (1973-74) Montreal, Sam Mejias (1976) Seattle, Jerry Narron (1980, 1982) Texas, Rob Picciolo (1986-87) San Diego, Jamie Quirk (1978) Kansas City, Tom Robson (1974-75) Mets, Ned Yost (1978) Atlanta, Stan Williams (1966) Seattle. (All managers and coaches except Glynn played in the major leagues.)
Broadcasters
*Ron Fairly (1960) Seattle, *Ed Farmer (1978) White Sox, Dave Henderson (1980-81) Seattle, *Tom Paciorek (1970-71) White Sox, *Lary Sorenson (1977) Detroit, *Don Sutton (1968) Atlanta.
Scouts
*Juan Bernhardt (1979) White Sox, *Ramon Conde (1960-61) Milwaukee, *Ed Crosby (1979) White Sox, *Bob Darwin (1969, 1972) Los Angeles, Manny Estrada (1979-81) Baltimore, *Dick Egan (1966, 1968) Florida, *Jim Fairey (1967) Texas, *Tim Harkness (1961) San Diego, R.J. Harrison (1980) Atlanta, *Mike Humphreys (1988) Detroit, Chris Knabenshue (1985) Arizona, *Don LeJohn (1963) Los Angeles, *Lloyd Merritt (1959) Philadelphia, *Bob Milliken (1958-59) St. Louis, *Mel Nelson (1960) Houston, Lance Nichols (1966) Colorado, *Jack Pierce (1979) San Diego, Al Ronning (1958) Major League Scouting Bureau, *Manny Sarmiento (1980) St. Louis, *Bill Singer (1964-66) Los Angeles, *Jerry Stephenson (1970-71) Boston, *Larry “Moose” Stubing (1982) California, *Roy White (1967) Yankees.
Minor leagues
Minor league instructors
Duane Espy (1977-78) San Diego, Mike Humphreys (1988) Detroit, Jack Maloof (1984-85) Florida, *Orlando “Marty” Martinez (1973-74) Detroit, Gary Pettis (1982) White Sox, *Don Reynolds (1981) Texas.
Triple-A
Las Vegas (Pacific Coast): Matt Clement (1994), Bubba Dixon (1994), Brad Kaufman (1993), Greg LaRocca (1994), Juan Melo (1994), *Heath Murray (1994), Chris Prieto (1993), *Scott Sanders (1990) (San Diego), coach *Dave Smith (1994), *Jason Thompson (1993), Bryan Wolff (1993).
Omaha (Pacific Coast): @Jeremy Giambi (1996), @coach *Gary Lance (1979-80).
International League: Coach *Harry “Bud” Black (1981) Buffalo (Cleveland), *Todd Erdos (1992-93) Columbus (Yankees), *Paul Faries (1987) Toledo (Detroit), Earl Johnson (1993) Toledo (Detroit), *Greg Keagle (1993) Toledo (Detroit 0-5, 5.59), *Joey Long (1992) Ottawa (Montreal), *Pedro Martinez (Aquino) (1987-88) Toledo (Detroit), *Melvin Rosario (1992-93) Rochester (Baltimore), *A.J. Sager (1988) Toledo, Todd Schmitt (1992) Ottawa (Montreal), Jerrey Thurston (1991) Ottawa (Montreal).
Pacific Coast League: Manager Greg Biagini (1979) Oklahoma (Texas), Bobby Bonds II (1992) Fresno (San Francisco), trainer Keith Dugger (1990-91) Colorado Springs (Colorado), *Warren Newson (1986) Oklahoma (Texas), coach *Al Pedrique (1995) New Orleans (Houston), coach *Pete Richert (1961, 1963-64) Edmonton (Oakland), coach *Wilfred “Sonny” Siebert (1986) Colorado Springs (Colorado), coach *Bruce Tanner (1990) New Orleans (Pittsburgh).
Double-A
Mobile (Southern): Gary Matthews (1994), Brett Walters (1994).
Wichita (Texas): Jason Gooding (1997), Tony Miranda (1995-96), Kit Pellow (1996), Steve Prihoda (1995), Mark Quinn (1995), Dan Reichert (1997), Matt Saier (1995), *Jose Santiago (1995).
Eastern League: Coach *Rob Ellis (1976-77) New Britain (Minnesota), manager *Joe Ferguson (1971) Bowie (Baltimore), coach Brian Peterson (1988) Portland (Florida).
Southern League: Scott Bream (1991) Jacksonville (Detroit).
Texas League: General manager Monty Hoppel (1984-85) Midland (Anaheim), manager *Bobby Jones (1973-75) Tulsa (Texas), manager Ed Romero (1978, 1994) El Paso (Milwaukee).
Single-A
Lansing (Midwest): Jordy Alexander (1997), Aaron Carter (1997), Joe Caruso (1997), Joe Dillon (1997), manager Bob Herold (1996), Jeremy Hill (1997), Scott Key (1997), Juan LeBron (1997), coach *Rodney McCray (1984), Rod Metzler (1997), Carlos Pagan (1997), Justin Pederson (1997), Rick Pitts (1996), Goefrey Tomlinson (1997), Jeremy Williamson (1995), Dave Willis, Kris Wilson (1997), Eric Yanz (1997).
Spokane (Northwest): Francisco Bautista (1997), @Merrell Ligons (1997), Ricardo Montas (1997), Corey Thurman (1997).
Wilmington (Carolina): Brandon Baird (1996), Carlos Beltran (1996), Brandon Berger (1996), Ryan Brewer (1996), Dermal “Dee” Brown (1997), Enrique Calero (1996), Jake Chapman (1996), Roman Escamilla (1996), Emiliano Escandon (1995), Pat Hallmark (1995), coach *Rick Keeton (1996), Justin Lamber (1997), Jason Layne (1996), Aaron Lineweaver (1996), Kenderick Moore (1996), Scott Mullen (1996), Allen Sanders (1995-96), Ethan Stein (1996), Brett Taft (1996), Dave Ullery (1997).
Appalachian League: Coach *Jim Shellenback (1973-74) Elizabethton (Minnesota).
Arizona League: Manager John Kuehl (1988) Scottsdale (Oakland), manager Nate Oliver (1961-65, 1967) Mesa (Cubs).
California League: Manager Mike Basso (1986) Rancho Cucamonga (San Diego), coach Saul Soltero (1987) Stockton (Milwaukee).
Carolina League: Tom Doyle (1993) Salem (Colorado). Coach *Jack Lamabe (1987-88, 1991) Salem (Colorado).
Florida State League: Coach *Jack Billingham (1965-67) Kissimmee (Houston), coach *Stew Cliburn (1982) Fort Myers (Minnesota), Erick Corps (1993) St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay), Keith Davis (1994) Lakeland (Detroit), coach Greg Harris (1985) St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay), coach Rick Waits (1973-75) Binghampton (Mets).
Gulf Coast League: president *Tom Saffell (1958-59).
Midwest League: Manager Tom Levasseur (1986) Clinton (San Diego), coach *Bill Madlock (1973) Michigan (Boston).
New York-Pennsylvania League: Manager Dick Berardino (1963-64) Lowell (Boston), coach *Dennis Rasmussen (1982) Lowell (Boston).
Northwest League: Coach *Cirilo “Tommy” Cruz (1975) Everett (Seattle), manager Greg Sparks (1984) Southern Oregon (Oakland), coach *Gary Wheelock (1979-80) Everett (Seattle).
South Atlantic League: Coach Juan Lopez (1976-78) Capital City (Mets), coach *Ken Rowe (1962-64) Columbus (Cleveland).
Other leagues
Dominican Summer League: Coach *Rafael Vasquez (1980) Salcedo.
Northern League (Independent): Coach Barry Moss (1992-93) St. Paul, manager *Jay Ward (1963-64) Thunder Bay.
Western League (Independent): Adrian Hollinger (1992) Tri-City, manager *Bill Plummer (1979) Chico.
Area collegians
*Marvin Benard (Lewis-Clark State) San Francisco, Shawn Buhner (LCSC) Orlando (Seattle), Ken Cameron (Washington State) Arkansas (St. Louis), *Steve Decker (LCSC) Norfolk (Mets), coach *Tom Edens (LCSC) Portland (Colorado), Gary Hagy (Eastern Washington) Reno (Western League), Terrel Hansen (WSU) Chico (Western), *Scott Hatteberg (WSU) Boston, Mike Kinkade (WSU) Louisville (Milwaukee), Larry “Bucky” Jacobsen (LCSC) Beloit (Milwaukee), manager Don Long (WSU) Midland (California), *Tom McGraw (WSU) Ottawa (Montreal), Scott Morgan (Gonzaga) Akron (Cleveland), *John Olerud (WSU) Mets, Rob Ramsay (WSU) Trenton (Boston), manager *Frank Reberger (Idaho) Bakersfield (San Francisco), *Steve Reed (LCSC) San Francisco, *Aaron Sele (WSU) Texas, scout *Doug Sisk (WSU) Mets, *Mark Small (WSU) Oklahoma City (Texas), vice president of baseball operations *Bill Stoneman (Idaho) Montreal, manager *Rick Sweet (GU) Harrisburg (Montreal), John Tsoukalas (GU) Sioux Falls (Northern), *David Wainhouse (WSU) Colorado Springs (Colorado), *Bob Wells (CCS) Seattle, Kenny Woods (LCSC) Fresno (San Francisco).
Area preps
Jeremy Affeldt (Northwest Christian) Gulf Coast Royals (Kansas City), Darin Blood (Post Falls/Central Valley/Gonzaga University) Fresno (San Francisco), *Mike Redmond (Gonzaga Prep/Gonzaga University) Florida, Rob Ryan (Shadle Park/WSU) Tucson (Arizona), Matt Sachse (Ferris) Wisconsin (Seattle), John Schroeder (Coeur d’Alene) Fort Myers (Minnesota), Tate Seefried (Central Valley) Birmingham (White Sox), *Kevin Stocker (Central Valley) Tampa Bay, John Thompson (Shadle Park) Memphis (Seattle).
Sons of former Indians
*Frank Bolick (Frank Bolick, 1973-74) Anaheim/Vancouver (Anaheim), manager *Mike Brumley (*Mike Brumley, 1960, 1963) Tucson (Arizona), Dan Cey (*Ron Cey, 1971) New Britain (Minnesota), Billy Lott (George Lott, 1969-71) Rochester (Baltimore), *Robb Nen (*Dick Nen, 1963-64) San Francisco.
*Denotes major-league playing experience #Denotes disabled list