Coaching Career
After his retirement as a player, Magadan was hired by the Padres as their minor league hitting instructor in 2002, and served as their major league batting coach from 2003 to 2006. On June 15, 2006, with the Padres batting .252 as a team (last in the National League), Magadan was fired by Padres GM Kevin Towers and replaced by former Padres hitting coach Merv Rettenmund. Their .322 in on base percentage and .391 slugging percentage was second to last to the Chicago Cubs.
On October 20, 2006, Magadan was named hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox. In his first season on the job, Magadan's Red Sox would go on to see great improvements in batting average (.269 to .279), slugging percentage (.435 to .444) and on base percentage (.351 to .362), and led the American League with 689 walks. In 2007, Boston would finally end their arch rival New York Yankees' nine year run as American League Eastern division champions, and went on to sweep the Colorado Rockies in the 2007 World Series. The team batted .333 in the World Series.
The Red Sox were among the league leaders in all batting categories again in 2008, leading the major leagues with a .358 on-base percentage and 646 walks, and ranking second in the American League in batting average (.280), runs (845), doubles (353), RBIs (807) and total bases (2,503), and finishing third in slugging percentage (.447).
Magadan was suspended for one game on June 26, 2009 for arguing balls and strikes with home plate umpire Bob Davidson on June 24. While still making the post season as a wild card, the Red Sox saw a substantial dip in all categories in 2009, and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Angels.
On October 19, 2012, Magadan was named hitting coach for the Texas Rangers.
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