Rick Sofield

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Richard Michael Sofield

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 195 lb.

School University of South Carolina, University of Minnesota
High School Morristown High School

Debut April 6, 1979
Final Game October 4, 1981
Born December 16, 1956 in Cheyenne, WY USA

[edit] Biographical Information

Sofield turned down a football scholarship to the University of Michigan when the Minnesota Twins made him a first round pick in the 1975 amateur draft.

After saying goodbye to baseball in 1983, he enrolled at the University of South Carolina, intending to go out for football (as a quarterback). Alas, he was ruled ineligible when it was revealed that he had briefly attended the University of Minnesota in 1975. He became, instead, an assistant baseball coach at the University of South Carolina (1983-1986), and later went on to become the head coach at the University of Utah (1988-1994).

Sofield later went back into professional baseball and became a minor league manager at the AA level with the Harrisburg Senators (Expos), and then the Las Vegas 51s (Dodgers AAA affiliate), and Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Rockies AAA affiliate). In addition, he has been a field coordinator for a number of major league clubs, including the Dodgers, Pirates, and Yankees (2004-2007).

In 2007, Sofield was hired as the first head baseball coach for the University of South Carolina Beaufort.

[edit] Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1995	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	35-45	14th	Montreal Expos		replaced Gomer Hodge (19-36) on June 4
1996	West Palm Beach Expos	Florida State League	68-67	7th	Montreal Expos
1997	Harrisburg Senators	Eastern League	86-56	1st	Montreal Expos	League Champs

2001	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	68-76	11th	Los Angeles Dodgers

2003	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Pacific Coast League	73-70	6th	Colorado Rockies