Scott Ullger
| Scott Ullger | |
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| First baseman / Coach | |
| Born: June 10, 1955 New York City | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 17, 1983, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 30, 1983, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .190 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 5 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Scott Matthew Ullger (born June 10, 1955 in New York City) is a retired Major League Baseball player and coach. He spent 20 seasons (1995–2014) as a coach for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball, serving in four different roles: as third base and first base coach, bench coach and hitting instructor. Ullger was frequently referred to as "Scotty" by Twins faithfuls and by broadcasters Bert Blyleven and Dick Bremer.
Ullger, from Plainview, New York, was drafted by the Twins in 1977 and called up in 1983 after a successful minor league career. This did not, however, translate to big league success as Ullger played only 35 games in the majors, primarily at first base, all in the 1983 season.
After his playing career, he got into coaching. Ullger became the manager of the Visalia Oaks in 1988, becoming the California League Manager of the Year in 1990. He also had successful runs with the Portland Beavers/Salt Lake Buzz when the team was the Twins' AAA affiliate.
In 1995, Ullger became the Twins’ first base coach. He went 3-2 in a brief unofficial managerial stint in 2002, while Manager Ron Gardenhire was absent. Following the 2005 season, Ullger was shifted and became the Twins’ new third base coach, a position which he held through the 2010 season. In December 2010 it was announced he would become the Twins' bench coach, swapping roles with Steve Liddle. This allowed him to work more closely with Manager Ron Gardenhire.
In May, 2008, Ullger managed the team for five games due to the death of Ron Gardenhire's brother Mike, and for a road game in New York at the end of the month while Gardenhire attended his daughter's high school graduation.
External links
- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League)
- Minnesota Twins Biography
- Gardenhire hands over Twins to Ullger. Nystrom, Thor. MLB.com. May 30, 2008. Retrieved on October 12, 2008.
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from New York
- Major League Baseball bench coaches
- Major League Baseball first base coaches
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Major League Baseball hitting coaches
- Major League Baseball third base coaches
- Minnesota Twins coaches
- Minnesota Twins players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Navegantes del Magallanes players
- Orlando Twins players
- Portland Beavers managers
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Sportspeople from New York City
- St. John's Red Storm baseball players
- St. John's University (New York City) alumni
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Visalia Oaks players
- Wisconsin Rapids Twins players