David Ritchie Machemer is a former professional baseball

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 player and current minor league manager. He played two seasons for the California Angels

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 and Detroit Tigers

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 of Major League Baseball

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. He is currently the manager of the Richmond Flying Squirrels

Richmond Flying Squirrels

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.

Biography

Machemer has recorded over 1,000 victories since his managerial debut in 1985. He led the Stockton Ports

Stockton Ports

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 to the California League

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 championship in 1986 and guided the AZL Giants to their third league title in five years with a win over the AZL Angels on Aug. 31, 2008.

He also spent time as a minor league manager or coordinator with the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers

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 (1985–91), Montreal Expos

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 (1992–95) and Baltimore Orioles

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 (1996–2002).

Machemer came to the Giants system in 2005 after working the previous three years with the Montreal Expos

Washington Nationals

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 organization (2002–04). He was at Double-A Harrisburg

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 in 2003-04 when he earned his 1,000th triumph on Aug. 22, 2003.

He has spent 35 years in professional baseball. He guided the Norwich Navigators to a 71–71 record in 2005, then took the Connecticut Defenders

Connecticut Defenders

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 to a 64–77 mark in 2006, and 41–58 ledger in 2007, to run his career win total to 1,233 entering the 2008 season.

In 2008, the veteran minor league skipper returned for his fourth season with the San Francisco Giants

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 organization, his first at helm of the Arizona League Giants, a rookie-level team based in Scottsdale, Arizona

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. He managed the previous three years at Double-A Connecticut.

Other managerial stops include: Double-A Bowie

Bowie Baysox

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 (2001), Class A Advanced Frederick

Frederick Keys

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 (2000), Triple-A Rochester

Rochester Red Wings

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 (1999), Class A Delmarva

Delmarva Shorebirds

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 (1998), Double-A El Paso

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 (1988 and 1996–97), Triple-A Denver (1989–90), Class A Advanced Stockton (1986–87) and Rookie-level Beloit (1985).