William Woodruff Dancy (born November 10, 1951, at Saint Augustine, Florida)[1] is an American baseball manager and coach. He was third base coach for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.[2][3][4][5] Currently, Dancy is the Minor League Field Coordinator for the Detroit Tigers.
Baseball career
editBill Dancy played for six years in the Phillies minor league system. His achievements include: hitting a home run batting both left-handed and right-handed in a game, batting .311 in one season for a Triple A baseball team, and hitting eight straight pinch hits (occurred during his fifth year).
References
edit- ^ Retrosheet
- ^ Mandel, Ken (January 20, 2005). "Dancy in Majors after 31-year wait". MLB.com. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Mandel, Ken (October 3, 2006). "Three coaches won't return to Phils". MLB.com. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Dancy reaches the Majors". oursportscentral.com. November 17, 2004. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Phillies add Howe, Lopes, Williams to coaching staff". USA Today. AP. November 15, 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- Dietz, Doyle (August 26, 1983). "Phils guess right with Bill Dancy". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Bill Dancy to manage at Portland". The Bulletin. November 20, 1984. Archived from the original on 2016-01-30. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zVIiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2qYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6102,3477690&dq=baseball bill-dancy&hl=en
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