Greg Mahlberg

Gregory John Mahlberg is an American former professional baseball catcher, manager and coach. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed.
Mahlberg attended Wisconsin Lutheran High School in Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was signed by the Texas Rangers as an undrafted free agent in and appeared briefly in Major League Baseball for the Rangers in Texas Rangers season|1978]–79, collecting two hits in 18 at bats for an.111 career batting average. His lone Major League home run came off left-hander Floyd Bannister on September 3, 1979. As a minor leaguer, he batted.241 in 705 games spread over ten seasons.
He began his managing career in the Seattle Mariners farm system in 1983, and spent 15 years as a minor league pilot, also working for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. His career record was 904 victories, 1,050 defeats. He managed in the Class A California League for eight seasons and at one point held the league record for victories by a manager with 526; Lenn Sakata broke the mark in.