Dodgers name former Rangers manager Chris Woodward as 1B coach

The Los Angeles Dodgers named former Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward as their first-base coach.Woodward replaces Clayton McCullough, who was named the Miami Marlins manager earlier this month.

Dodgers name former Rangers manager Chris Woodward as 1B coach

The Los Angeles Dodgers named former Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward as their first-base coach.

Woodward replaces Clayton McCullough, who was named the Miami Marlins manager earlier this month.

A native of the Los Angeles area, Woodward was the Rangers’ manager from 2019 into the 2022 season before he was dismissed after compiling a 211-287 record. He was an adviser to the Dodgers’ player-development staff last season and was the Los Angeles third-base coach from 2016-18.

The 48-year-old played 12 seasons in the major leagues, batting .239 with 33 home runs and 191 RBIs over 659 games for five teams, including his first six seasons (1999-2004) with the Toronto Blue Jays before returning to Toronto in 2011.