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Jim Saul attended East Tennessee State University.
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The 2008 season marked Saul"s 50th season in professional baseball, all but three of them at the minor-league level In Major League Baseball, Saul coached for three seasons, with the Chicago Cubs (1975-1976) and Oakland Athletics (1979). As a player, he threw right-handed, batted left-handed, stood 6"3" (1905 cm) tall and weighed 210 pounds (95 kg).
His catching career consisted of 14 seasons (1959-1972) in the farm systems of the Saint Louis Cardinals, Cincinnati Reds, Cubs, Cleveland Indians and California Angels.
He was a journeyman who played for 19 different clubs over that span. He began his managing career in the Angels" organization in 1973, as skipper of the Salinas Packers of the Class A California League.
Through 2004, he managed for 22 seasons in the Angels, Cubs, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves organizations, including five seasons at the Double-A level Saul began coaching for Rookie-level farm teams in 2005.
From 2007 to 2009, he was a coach for the Bluefield Orioles, then Baltimore"s affiliate in the Appalachian League.
