COACHING CAREER
2013 marks third season as bullpen coach and 11th with the organization...In April 2012, filled in as first base coach while Alfredo Griffin was away from the team for personal reasons... Spent eight previous seasons (2003-2010) as Angels' bullpen catcher...Filled in as bullpen coach for part of 2007 season while Orlando Mercado recovered from surgery on his left Achilles tendon...In 2002, served as volunteer coach for the Yuma (AZ) Bullfrogs in the independent Western League.
PLAYING CAREER
Spent eight professional seasons as catcher with Cleveland (1993-99) and San Diego (2000-01) franchises...Compiled .236 batting average (345/1463) with 168 runs scored, 62 doubles, 3 triples, 13 home runs and 144 RBI in 473 minor league games...Was catcher in the 1998 Triple-A World Series... Originally selected by Indians in 13th round of 1993 free agent draft...Signed by Padres, Nov. 22, 1999, after being granted free agency following 1999 season...Elbow injury sidelined him in 2001 and eventually ended his playing career.
PERSONAL
Played four seasons at Cal State Los Angeles, earning third team All-American and team MVP honors in 1993...A 1989 graduate of Rio Mesa High in Oxnard (CA)...Active in off-season in youth baseball camps and clinics...Assists Angels Community Relations during the season with various youth baseball clinics, hospital visits and community appearances...Also participated in Mike Scioscia's annual Youth Baseball Clinic in Thousand Oaks, CA in 2007...One of the leaders of Angels Youth Baseball Clinics for the past three seasons, instructing children at various clinics around Southern California...Full name is Steven Soliz Jr...Married in 2009 to Heather Butler.
