Midwest League Managers

John Massarelli

Two Midwest League seasons:

Manager, Michigan [Astros] (2001-02)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Houston Astros, 8th round, 1987 (Catcher, Akron University).
Professional Career: 11 seasons in the Astros, Marlins, Indians, and Padres organizations; five AAA seasons.
Midwest League: Never played in the Midwest League.

Management style

Massarelli's teams have been very aggressive, and very successful, on the basepaths. He rarely issues intentional bases on balls.

New
19jan01
Changed
20jan08
Major Change
21dec07

Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
John Massarelli
DOB: January 23, 1966			Dover, Ohio


2007	Washington	Frontier (Indy)	Wild Things	95						55	40	.579
			Playoff Qualifier
2007	Malone College	American Mideast (Collegiate)	Pioneers	Assistant Coach
2006	Washington	Frontier (Indy)	Wild Things	96						59	37	.615
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier; Manager of the Year
2006	Malone College	American Mideast (Collegiate)	Pioneers	Assistant Coach
2005	Washington	Frontier (Indy)	Wild Things	95						63	32	.663
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier
2004	Washington	Frontier (Indy)	Wild Things	96						62	34	.646
			Best Record, Playoff Qualifier; Manager of the Year
2003	Salem	Carolina (A)	Astros	138	6	18	155	.74	58	73	65	.529
2002	Michigan	Midwest (A)	Astros	140	4	5	245	.71	40	79	61	.564
			Playoff Qualifier
2001	Michigan	Midwest (A)	Astros	137	8	7	289	.77	17	82	55	.599
			Playoff Qualifier
2000	Auburn	New York- Pennsylvania (A-)	Astros	74	0	7	143	.67	12	32	42	.432
1999	Michigan	Midwest (A)	Astros	Coach
1998	Walsh University	American Mideast (Collegiate)	Cavaliers	Assistant Coach
1997	Walsh University	American Mideast (Collegiate)	Cavaliers	Assistant Coach
1997-98
1987-96				Playing Career

Minors		4 Seasons		489	18	37	832	.73	127	266	223	.544
Coach		1 Season
Independent		4 Seasons		382						239	143	.626
Coach		4 Seasons

Total		5 (11) Seasons		871	18	37	832	.73	127	505	366	.580
Some statistics are not currently available.

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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here. 2002 Michigan Battle Cats Program

2002 Midwest League Managers
Carter	Claus	Garcia	Machemer	Massarelli
Money	Phillips	Regan	Schofield	Scott
Sheaffer	Szekely	Thurman	Woodson

2001 Midwest League Managers
Boykin	Carter	Garcia	Gates	Hall
Lawless	Massarelli	Money	Morman	Phillips
Scarsone	Scott	Szekely	Thurman	Werner

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 14 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

John Massarelli

Playing Career

Management style

John Massarelli

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources