Lawrence George "Moose" Stubing (March 31, 1938 – January 19, 2018) was an American professional

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third-base coach. Stubing attended high school in

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, before signing his first professional contract in 1956. A

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, he threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . His playing career consisted of just five pinch-hit at-bats with the

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in the

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season. He was a longtime fixture as a minor league player from 1956 to 1969 in the

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, New York/San Francisco Giants,

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and Angel organizations before his brief callup in 1967, hitting .283 with 192

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s in 1,410 games. He then became a manager in the minor leagues in the Angels'

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, winning the 1982 Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award. In 1984, his

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became the first Canadian team to win the PCL championship. Stubing later became a coach with the Angels, and when

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was fired in

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, he took over as manager and finished out the season, losing the final eight games. After his coaching career, he scouted for the Angels through . In he became a member of the professional scouting staff of the

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. Moose Stubing was also a referee in Division 1 college basketball, officiating games in the

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and other conferences. Stubing died January 19, 2018.El Paso sports legend Moose Stubing has died
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References

External links

Career statistics, from Baseball Reference
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