Mike Scioscia won't return as Angels manager in 2019

Mike Scioscia, a fixture in the Angels dugout for nearly two decades and the manager who led the franchise to its only World Series championship in 2002, announced on Sunday that he is stepping down, ending his 19-year run as the team’s field boss.

Scioscia, who turns 60 in November, built a Hall-of-Fame-worthy resume in Anaheim. He led the Angels to six division titles—five in a six-year span from 2004 to 2009—and the American League championship series in 2005 and 2009.

The former Dodgers catcher, in the final year of the 10-year, $50-million contract he signed before 2009, is baseball’s longest-tenured manager. He entered Sunday’s game with a 1,649-1,428 record and will finish his Angels…