Chuck LaMar

Charles Grant LaMar

• School Texas Christian University
• High School Madison High School (Houston)

• Born July 22, 1956 in Twin Falls, ID USA

Biographical Information

Chuck LaMar began scouting with the Cincinnati Reds in 1986. He was the Pittsburgh Pirates' farm director in 1989-1990 and the Atlanta Braves' director of player development from 1991 to 1995.

Chuck was General Manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1995, shortly after the expansion club was founded, until 2005. He oversaw the teams Expansion Draft on November 18, 1997 and was praised for drafting much of the young talent that formed the core of the 2008 team that reached the World Series.

In 2008, LaMar was working for the Philadelphia Phillies as "Director, Professional Scouting". By 2011 he was "Assistant General Manager, Player Development & Scouting", but resigned in September of that year as a result of disagreements with GM Ruben Amaro. After the 2011 season, he was hired by the Toronto Blue Jays as a special assistant to General Manager Alex Anthopoulos, with an emphasis on amateur scouting.

Preceded by N/A

Devil Rays General Manager 1995-2005

Succeeded by Andrew Friedman

Record as General Manager

Draft Picks

1st Round Picks

• 1996: 29th overall OF Paul Wilder - Cary High School
• 1997: 31st overall P Jason Standridge - Hewitt Trussville High School
• 1998: No Pick (lost for signing Roberto Hernandez)
• 1999: 1st overall OF Josh Hamilton - Athens Drive High School
• 2000: 6th overall OF Rocco Baldelli - Bishop Hendricken High School
• 2001: 3rd overall P Dewon Brazelton - Middle Tennessee State University
• 2002: 2nd overall SS B.J. Upton - Greenbrier Christian Academy High School
• 2003: 1st overall OF Delmon Young - Camarillo High School
• 2004: 4th overall P Jeff Niemann - Rice University
• 2005: 8th overall P Wade Townsend - Rice University

Other Notable Selections

• 1996: 5th round (154th overall) OF Alex Sanchez - Miami-Dade Community College
• 1997: 9th round (294th overall) C Toby Hall - UNLV
• 1998: 5th round (162nd overall) 3B Aubrey Huff - University of Miami
• 1999: 2nd round (52nd overall) OF Carl Crawford - Jefferson Davis High School (Houston, TX)
• 2001: 18th round (529th overall) OF Jonny Gomes - Santa Rosa Junior College

Significant Trades

• November 11, 1997 traded Dmitri Young (as a player to be named later) to the Cincinnati Reds for Mike Kelly
• November 18, 1997 traded Bobby Abreu to the Philadelphia Phillies for Kevin Stocker
• November 18, 1997 traded Brian Boehringer and Andy Sheets to the San Diego Padres for John Flaherty
• November 18, 1997 traded cash to the Atlanta Braves for Fred McGriff
• July 23, 1999 traded Joe Oliver and Humberto Cota to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jose Guillen and Jeff Sparks
• December 13, 1999 traded Rolando Arrojo and Aaron Ledesma to the Colorado Rockies for Vinny Castilla
• January 8, 2001 in a three team trade traded Cory Lidle to the Oakland A's and Roberto Hernandez to the Kansas City Royals for Ben Grieve from Oakland.
• October 28, 2002 traded Randy Winn to the Seattle Mariners for Antonio Perez as compensation for hiring away Lou Piniella
• November 21, 2003 traded Evan Rust and John-Paul Davis to the St. Louis Cardinals for Tino Martinez
• December 14, 2003 traded Brandon Backe to the Houston Astros for Geoff Blum
• July 30, 2004 traded Victor Zambrano and Bartolome Fortunato to the New York Mets for Scott Kazmir and Jose Diaz

Signficiant Signings

• November 18, 1997 signed Roberto Hernandez as a Free Agent from San Francisco Giants
• December 3, 1997 signed Wilson Alvarez as a free agent from San Francisco Giants
• December 9, 1997 signed Wade Boggs as a free agent from New York Yankees
• July 2, 1998 signed Jorge Cantu as a amateur free agent
• December 11, 1998 signed Jose Canseco as a free agent from Toronto Blue Jays
• December 13, 1999 signed Greg Vaughn as a free agent from Cincinnati Reds
• May 15, 2003 signed Julio Lugo as a free agent from Houston Astros

Related Sites

• Chuck LaMar at the SABR Bio Project