Sunday, March 18, 2018

Dick Tracewski

Career: Played in the big leagues for eight seasons with the Dodgers (1962-65) and the Tigers (1966-69).

Did you know? Scored the eventual winning run in the Dodgers 5-2 victory over the Yankees in Game One of the 1963 World Series.

Post game: Served as the Detroit Tigers first-and-third base base coach from 1972 to 1995, and posted a 2-0 record as Detroit's interim manager in 1979.

Sources: Baseball Reference; Retrosheet; Detroit Free Press, 2/23/1972; Port Huron Times Herald, 11/29/1995.

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