Harold Ross "Lefty" Phillips was an American coach, manager, scout, and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
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10 Facts About Lefty Phillips
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Lefty Phillips was a left-handed pitcher in his playing days but, because of a sore arm, his professional playing career consisted of fewer than five games with the Bisbee Bees of the Class D Arizona–Texas League in 1939.
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Lefty Phillips signed future Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson to his first playing contract in 1953.
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In 1965, Lefty Phillips reached the Major Leagues when he was named pitching coach of the Dodgers.
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Walsh was appointed general manager, while Lefty Phillips was named to the high-ranking post of director of player personnel.
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Angels responded to Lefty Phillips improving from sixth place to third in the American League West Division in 1969 and then—led by batting champion Alex Johnson—winning 86 games in 1970 to again finish third.
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Walsh and Lefty Phillips were fired at the end of the season, and Johnson was traded.
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Lefty Phillips then resumed his scouting career with the Angels, but on June 12,1972, he was stricken with a fatal asthma attack.
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Lefty Phillips died in Fullerton, California, at age 53, and is buried at the Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
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Lefty Phillips was posthumously elected to the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
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