After four years of playing and almost forty years of coaching, Joe Maddon is a free agent.
The last time he held that distinction, Maddon was a 21-year-old trying to make it as a catcher in the big leagues. He ultimately joined the Angels — his first and last professional team as a player – in 1975, then played four seasons of A-ball with the Quad Cities Angels, Salinas Angels and Santa Clara Padres before trading in his catcher’s glove for a clipboard. Maddon went from being a scout in the Angel’s farm system, to a manager in the minors, and then to a coach on the Angels’ staff from 1994-2005, including three stints as an interim manager.