Bill Dancy
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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 manager of the Iowa Cubs, a Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs.
[edit] Baseball career
Bill 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).
[edit] References
- ^ Retrosheet
- ^ Mandel, Ken (January 20, 2005). "Dancy in Majors after 31-year wait". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050120&content_id=932774&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Mandel, Ken (October 3, 2006). "Three coaches won't return to Phils". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061003&content_id=1697214&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Dancy reaches the Majors". oursportscentral.com. November 17, 2004. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3102112&l_id=&t_id=. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Phillies add Howe, Lopes, Williams to coaching staff". USA Today. AP. November 15, 2006. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-10-16-roundup_x.htm. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- Dietz, Doyle (August 26, 1983). "Phils guess right with Bill Dancy". Reading Eagle. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8dkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6uQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4525,5325252&dq=baseball+bill-dancy&hl=en. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- "Bill Dancy ot manage at Portland". The Bulletin. November 20, 1984. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9WkPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v4YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3650,1781687&dq=baseball+bill-dancy&hl=en. Retrieved 24 January 2010.[dead link]
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