Coaching career
Datz was manager of the minor league Buffalo Bisons in 1998 and 1999. He led the Bisons to the league championship crown in 1998.
On March 19,2002,Datz was hired as the bench coach for the Cleveland Indians under manager Charlie Manuel. [5] In 2003,Manuel was replaced by Eric Wedge,and he moved Datz to first base coach. [6] Datz served on Cleveland's coaching staff until the end of the 2009 season,when general manager Mark Shapiro fired the entire coaching staff. [7] At the 2008 Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium,Datz pitched for Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore. [8]
On October 29,2009,Datz was hired as the bench coach for the Baltimore Orioles. [9]
On November 4,2010,Datz was hired to be third base coach for the Seattle Mariners starting with the 2011 season. The hiring reunited him with Eric Wedge,who had recently been hired as the Mariners' manager. [10] Before a Mariners game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on April 27,2013,Datz announced that he was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer, [11] and Tacoma Rainiers manager Daren Brown was promoted to substitute for Datz. [12] On August 23,2013,Datz resumed his position on the team as an extra coach.
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