Torey Lovullo

Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo (born July 25, 1965) is an American professional baseball manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB), appointed November 4, 2016.

Lovullo served as the first base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays from to, then as the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox from until.

He attended Montclair College Preparatory School in Van Nuys, California, where he was part of California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship baseball teams in 1981 and 1982.

He was also part of the CIF basketball championship team in 1981 and runner-up in 1982.

Lovullo attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

He was named small schools player of the year in 1983.

He is sixth on the CIF all-time career runs scored list, with 142.

He was first selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 27th round of the 1986 MLB draft, but did not sign.

While playing college baseball for the UCLA Bruins, he was honored as first-team All-American second baseman by Baseball America, the American Baseball Coaches Association and Sporting News in 1987.

At the time of his graduation, he held the UCLA career records for home runs (51), hits (266), runs batted in (RBIs) (188), runs scored (211), walks (180), and at bats (856).

An infielder in his playing days, Lovullo was listed at 6 ft and 185 lb and was a switch hitter who threw right-handed.

The Detroit Tigers then selected him in the fifth round of the 1987 MLB draft, and made his major-league debut with the Tigers on September 10, 1988.

He also played in MLB for the New York Yankees, California Angels, Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, and Philadelphia Phillies.

Lovullo first reached the major leagues for a brief trial in September 1988, during his second professional season.

Replacing Tom Brookens at third base in the late innings of a 9–4 Tiger loss to the Yankees at Yankee Stadium on September 10, he singled off Rick Rhoden in his first major-league at bat.

Lovullo played one full season and parts of seven others in MLB.

In his only full campaign, with the 1993 California Angels, he appeared in 116 games and collected 92 hits for a career-high .251 batting average.

He was the Angels' most-used second baseman, starting in 79 of the team's 162 games.

He was a teammate that season of pitcher John Farrell, and formed an association that influenced Lovullo's managerial and coaching career.

Overall, Lovullo appeared in 303 MLB games, including 133 at second base, and 67 each at first base and third base.

He batted .224 (165-for-737), with 15 home runs and 60 runs batted in (RBIs).

During Lovullo's playing career, he had spent all or parts of three seasons (1995; 1997–98) as a player for the Bisons and won two championships: one in the American Association and one in the International League.

He appeared in his final major-league game on October 3, 1999.

After his MLB career ended, Lovullo spent one season in Japan as a member of the Yakult Swallows in 2000.

In Nippon Professional Baseball in 2000, he played in only 29 games and batted .197 with one home run and two RBIs.

Lovullo's long minor league playing career — 1,433 games with 1,193 hits, and a batting average of .267 — included extended stays with the Toledo Mud Hens, Columbus Clippers and Buffalo Bisons.

He later returned to manage in both Buffalo and Columbus.

Lovullo's off-field career began in the Cleveland organization in 2001 as a minor league infield coach.

His earlier managing career included service in the Cleveland Indians' and Red Sox' farm systems (2002–10).

Lovullo is from Santa Monica, California, and attended University of California, Los Angeles.

Lovullo was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in the San Fernando Valley.

The youngest of four children, he has two sisters and one brother.

After Farrell joined the Indians' front office as director of player development that November, Lovullo became the manager of the 2002 Columbus (Georgia) RedStixx of the Class A South Atlantic League, and guided them to the finals of the SAL playoffs.

He then moved up to the High Class A Kinston Indians (2003–04) and the Double-A Akron Aeros (2005), which he piloted to an 84–58 win–loss record and the Eastern League championship.

In 2003, he also had received the highest honor awarded to an alumnus of Buffalo baseball, as he was inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame, alongside his teammate from the 1997 and 1998 championship squads, Jeff Manto.

His 2005 success led to his first MLB managerial audition, when he was invited to interview for the vacant managerial job for the Los Angeles Dodgers prior to the 2006 season.

When the Dodgers settled on Grady Little for their manager position, Lovullo resumed managing in the Indians' organization as skipper of the Buffalo Bisons, the Tribe's Triple-A affiliate.

In three campaigns (2006–08) as the Bisons' manager, he led the club to two winning records, and compiled a mark of 214–212.

He also served as Boston's interim manager for the final seven weeks of the 2015 season when his boss, John Farrell, stepped aside for successful treatment for lymphoma.

Lovullo compiled a win–loss record of 28–20 (.583) from August 14, 2015, through the final day of the season, October 4.