Education
Born in Monterey, California, Wasinger attended Old Dominion University and was a third-round selection by the Padres in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.
Born in Monterey, California, Wasinger attended Old Dominion University and was a third-round selection by the Padres in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.
A third baseman, second baseman and shortstop, he appeared in 50 MLB games between 1986 and 1988 for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He threw and batted right-handed, and was listed at 6 feet (18 m) tall and 165 pounds (75 kg). He rose through the Padre system, batted above.300 four times in his first five pro seasons, and was named a 1985 All-Star in the Double-A Texas League.
But, following a three-game trial with San Diego in September 1986, he was traded to San Francisco in April 1987 and would spend the rest of his big-league tenure with the Giants.
He split 1987 season between the Giants and Triple-A, and collected 22 hits in a reserve role for San Francisco. On May 9, 1987, in his second game as a Giant, Wasinger collected four hits in five at bats, including a home run, and scored three runs, in a 9–4 defeat of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Candlestick Park.
His 888-game minor-league playing career essentially ended after the 1993 season. He managed in independent league baseball, then became a scout for the Padres (1996–2002), where he scouted and signed Jake Peavy in 1999.
He joined the Boston Red Sox in 2003, working as an amateur scouting regional cross-checker, a professional scout and special assignment scout for general managers Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington.
He was promoted to special assistant/player personnel in January 2015.
