Jeff Datz

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Jeff Datz
Jeff Datz 2012.jpg
Datz pitching batting practice with the Mariners, 2012
Seattle Mariners – No. 13
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1959-11-28) November 28, 1959 (age 53)
Camden, New Jersey
Batted: Right Threw: Right 
MLB debut
September 5, 1989 for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1989 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Batting average     .200
Hits     2
Walks     1
Teams

As player

As coach

Jeffrey William Datz (born November 28, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball player and current third base coach for the Seattle Mariners. A former catcher, Datz played in seven games for the Detroit Tigers in 1989. He was a coach with the Cleveland Indians from 2002 until the end of the 2009 season, when general manager Mark Shapiro fired the entire coaching staff.

He was manager of the minor league Buffalo Bisons in 1998 and 1999. Datz lead the Bisons to league championship crown in 1998.

At the 2008 Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, Datz pitched for Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore.

Datz served as the bench coach for the Baltimore Orioles in 2010.

On November 4, 2010, Datz was hired to be third base coach for the Seattle Mariners 2011 season.[1]

Before a Mariners game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 27, 2013, Datz announced that he is diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer,[2] and Tacoma Rainiers manager Daren Brown was promoted to substitute for Datz.[3]

References [edit]

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  2. ^ "Mariners' 3B coach diagnosed with cancer". Yahoo! Sports. 2013-04-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28. 
  3. ^ Associated Press (2013-05-02). "Mariners add Brown to coaching staff". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2013-05-02. 

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