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Brad Mills 2 |
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Full Name: James Bradley Mills
Title: Bench Coach
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COaching Career
Brad served as Red Sox bench coach for the 5th season in 2008...Assumed the role of manager for
3 games, from May 13-14 and again on June 1 with Terry Francona missing the contests due to
family responsibilities...Is 6-5 in his career when stepping in for the Red Sox skipper...Was named
to the post on January 9, 2004, reuniting with Francona, his teammate and roommate at the
University of Arizona...The pair also played together with the Expos from 1981-83...Mills served
as Franconas first base coach with the Phillies from 1997-2000...His other major league coaching
experience includes a stint as Frank Robinsons Bench Coach with the Expos in 2003...Mills, who
served as the Cubs Advance Scout in 2001, has also managed 11 seasons in the minor leagues in
the Cubs (1987-92), Rockies (1993-96) and Dodgers (2002) organizations, moving into managing
immediately upon the completion of his playing career...With the Cubs, he managed Rookie-level
Wytheville in 1987, Single-A Charleston, WV in 1988, Single-A Peoria in 1989, Single-A Winston-
Salem in 1990-91 and Triple-A Iowa in 1992...He piloted the Rockies Triple-A club in Colorado
Springs from 1993-96, guiding the SkySox to the playoffs in 1994 and to the Pacific Coast League
championship in 1995...Received the organizations Player Development Man of the Year award...
Mills last managed in 2002, when he guided the Dodgers Triple-A Las Vegas affiliate to a clubrecord
85 wins and the PCLs Southern Division championship.
Playing Career
Montreals 17th-round pick in 1979 reached the major leagues for the first time on June 8, 1980
and went on to hit .256 with a homer and 12 RBI in 106 games for the Expos from 1980-83...Was
up and down between Triple-A and the majors in each of those seasons before concluding his
career by playing in Triple-A exclusively for the Expos, Astros and Cubs from 1984-86, when 18
games into the season, he sustained a right knee injury that ended his playing career at the age of
29...Primarily a third baseman, Mills--who also saw time at first and second base--batted .288 with
36 home runs and 294 RBI in his minor league career...Before hanging it up, he became forever a
part of the major league record books, when on April 27, 1983 he was Nolan Ryans 3,509th career
strikeout victim, lifting Ryan past Walter Johnson as baseballs all-time strikeout king.
PERSONAL
Brad and his wife, Ronda, have 3 children: Taylor Candice (6/28/81), Rochelle Cathleen (1/18/83)
and Beau Bradley (8/15/86)...Beau was drafted by the Red Sox out of high school in 2004 and
attended Fresno State University and Lewis-Clark State College...Was selected as a 1B/3B by the
Cleveland Indians with the 13th overall pick in the first round of the 2007 draft...Beau batted .261
with 6 homers and 42 RBI in 62 games with 3 clubs in his 1st pro season...Brad graduated from
the College of the Sequoias after attending the University of Arizona for 2 years...Was a 2ndteam
All-American for U of A in 1978 and a 3rd-team All-American in 1979, when he helped the
Wildcats to the College World Series...Graduated from Exeter (CA) High School in 1975...Enjoys
golf and reading.
In 2008, attended the Diamond Dinner in Ft. Myers to benefit the Childrens Hospital of Southwest
Florida; participated in the Red Sox Destinations program in spring training; took part in a baseball
clinic in Japan; worked the Babe Ruth Coaches Clinic; attended Picnic in the Park to benefit the Red
Sox Foundation; and spoke at the Boston Parks & Recreation Departments summer program.
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