Rob Ducey
| Rob Ducey | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: May 24, 1965 Toronto, Ontario |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| May 1, 1987 for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| July 22, 2001 for the Montreal Expos | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .242 |
| Hits | 309 |
| Runs batted in | 146 |
| Teams | |
Robert Thomas Ducey (born May 24, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former outfielder in Major League Baseball.
Raised in Cambridge, Ontario,[1] Ducey graduated from Seminole Community College, and was first signed by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1984. After playing in the Blue Jays' organization from 1987 to 1992, he moved on to the California Angels (1992), Texas Rangers (1993-1994), Seattle Mariners (1997-1998), Philadelphia Phillies (1999-2000, 2000-2001) and Montreal Expos (2001), with a brief return to Toronto in 2000. He ended his 13-year major league career with a .242 batting average and 31 home runs in 703 games.
He was a designated hitter for Team Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which finished in fourth place. He is also working with Jason Romano and A. J. Zapp helping professional athletes find living accommodations.[citation needed] Ducey was part of a Major League anomaly, being essentially traded for himself during the 2000 MLB season when he was traded by the Phillies to the Blue Jays on July 26 (for John Sneed). He was then traded by the Blue Jays to the Phillies on August 7 (for Mickey Morandini).
Ducey was the first Canadian to have played for both of Canada's MLB teams, the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays, in addition to the Canadian Olympic team. Matt Stairs, Denis Boucher and Shawn Hill are the only other Canadian players to achieve that goal. Ducey was hired by the Blue Jays as a scout for Asia and Europe, but he was fired by Alex Anthopoulos in October 2009.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Brown, Josh (2008-08-02). "Rob Ducey: Cambridge native's back - as a coach". Waterloo Region Record. http://news.therecord.com/article/393572. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball people from Ontario
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- California Angels players
- Canadian expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Canada
- Montreal Expos players
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Oklahoma City 89ers players
- Olympic baseball players of Canada
- People from Cambridge, Ontario
- People from Toronto
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Seattle Mariners players
- Syracuse Chiefs players
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Texas Rangers players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Black Canadian sportspeople
