In 14 games, he had two hits in 13 at bats. He recorded his first hit, also as a pinch hitter, off Joe Klink of the Oakland Athletics on September 27. He was a September call-up with the Rangers in 1990 and made his MLB debut at the age of 24 as a pinch hitter on September 3, 1990, against the Cleveland Indians. Haselman spent 19 with the Double-A Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League. In 1988, he was promoted to the Port Charlotte Rangers of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League, where he hit. He began his professional career that year for the Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League. Haselman was drafted as the 23rd pick of the first round of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers. He also played briefly for the UCLA Bruins football team-while some sources state he was a backup for starting quarterback Troy Aikman, Haselman has stated this is incorrect, as during his half-season with the team, the starting quarterback was David Norrie. There, he played for the UCLA Bruins baseball team as an understudy to Todd Zeile. He committed to play college football at the University of Nevada, Reno, but backed out in order to attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). At Saratoga, he played high school football in addition to baseball. Haselman was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and graduated from Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California. He has also served as a manager in Minor League Baseball. He later was the bullpen coach and first base coach for the Red Sox, and currently is the third base coach for the Los Angeles Angels. A first-round selection in the 1987 MLB draft, he played for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 13 seasons between 19. William Joseph Haselman (born May 25, 1966) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. September 27, 2003, for the Boston Red Sox

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