The Las Angeles Angels hired longtime MLB catcher Brad Ausmus as their new manager on Sunday, the team announced.
Ausmus spent 18 years in the major leagues during a nomadic career that featured stops with the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers as well as two stints apiece with the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros. He won three Gold Glove Awards and earned an All-Star Game appearance in 1999.
The 49-year-old Connecticut native was named the Tigers' manager in November 2013 following the retirement of Jim Leyland.