James Richard Leyland is an American former professional baseball player,coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
John Rikard Dempsey is an American former professional baseball player. He played for 24 seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1969 to 1992,most prominently for the Baltimore Orioles where he played for 10 years and was a member of the 1983 World Series winning team. Dempsey was known for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era. In 1997,he was inducted into the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame.
James Edwin Tracy is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager and player. He played for the Chicago Cubs in 1980 and 1981,and has managed the Los Angeles Dodgers,Pittsburgh Pirates,and Colorado Rockies. Tracy was named Manager of the Year in 2009,only the second manager to win the award after being hired mid-season,joining Jack McKeon for the Florida Marlins.
Peter Mackanin,Jr.,is an American former professional baseball utility player,coach,scout,and manager,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers,Montreal Expos,Philadelphia Phillies,and Minnesota Twins,from 1973 to 1981.
Frederick Wayne Honeycutt,nicknamed "Honey",is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher. Honeycutt pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six different teams over 21 years,from 1977 to 1997. He pitched in 30 post-season games,including 20 League Championship Series games and seven World Series games,and never lost a game,going 3–0. Honeycutt gave up no runs in the 1988 and 1990 post-seasons,and was a member of the Oakland Athletics' 1989 World Series championship team. He was also the pitching coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2006 through 2019.
Richard Joseph Hebner is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from 1968 through 1985,most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that won five National League Eastern Division titles in six years between 1970 and 1975 and won the World Series in 1971. After his playing career,Hebner spent several years as a hitting coach at the major league and minor league levels. He also managed minor league teams in the Pirates,Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles organizations.
Clinton Merrick Hurdle is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and manager. Hurdle played for the Kansas City Royals,Cincinnati Reds,New York Mets,and St. Louis Cardinals,and managed the Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jeffery Todd Banister is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He is the bench coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Before that,he was a special assistant for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He served as the manager of the Texas Rangers from 2015 through 2018. Before joining the Rangers,Banister spent 29 years within the organization of the Pirates as a player and coach in both the Pirates' major and minor league system. After leaving the Rangers,Banister served the Director of Player Development with the University of Northern Colorado Bears baseball program in 2021 before landing with the D-backs.
Brian David Harper is an American former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for teams in both the American and National Leagues during his 16-year career (1979-1995). He most recently served as the hitting coach of the Double-A Erie SeaWolves.
Paul L. D. Blair was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1964 through 1980,most notably as the center fielder for the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1971. He also played for the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds.
Russell Jay Kuntz is an American baseball coach and former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. He played for the Chicago White Sox,Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers between 1979 and 1985. He never appeared in more than 84 games in any season during his playing career. In the final game of the 1984 World Series,Kuntz hit a pop fly to the second baseman that became the deciding run batted in (RBI).
Robert John Apodaca is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher,and an assistant to Colorado Rockies General manager Jeff Bridich. Since 2013,he has worked with pitchers in the Rockies' lower-level minor league affiliates.
Donald Robert "Duffy" Dyer is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1968 to 1981,most prominently as a member of the New York Mets team that won two National League pennants and won the World Series in 1969. He also played for the Pittsburgh Pirates,Montreal Expos,and the Detroit Tigers.
Randal Harold Niemann is an American professional baseball coach and a former pitcher who appeared in 122 Major League games,all but 10 in relief,in 1979–80 and 1982–87 for the Houston Astros,Pittsburgh Pirates,Chicago White Sox,New York Mets and Minnesota Twins. Niemann was a southpaw pitcher who stood 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg).
Gregory Michael Quade is an American professional baseball coach and manager. The manager of the Rochester Red Wings,Triple-A farm system affiliate of the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2017,Quade is currently the roving outfield coordinator in the Minnesota farm system. He had spent 2014 as a roving outfield and baserunning instructor for the New York Yankees' organization.
Richard Avina Renteria is a Mexican-American former professional baseball infielder and former manager of the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Renteria played in parts of five seasons between 1986 and 1994 with the Pittsburgh Pirates,Seattle Mariners,and Florida Marlins. He then coached and managed in the Marlins organization until 2001,and in the San Diego Padres organization until 2013. He was the manager of the Chicago Cubs in 2014. Renteria was also the bench coach for the Chicago White Sox in 2016.
Nicholas Tomas Leyva is an American former professional baseball player,coach,and manager. After his retirement as a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) player,Leyva moved into coaching. His Major League Baseball (MLB) coaching stops included the St. Louis Cardinals,Toronto Blue Jays,Milwaukee Brewers,and Pittsburgh Pirates. Leyva was the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1989 though early 1991.
Robert Cuellar is an American former professional baseball player who played briefly with the Texas Rangers of the Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1977 as a relief pitcher. He is a graduate from the University of Texas and is of Mexican American descent. He has held several coaching positions in baseball,including pitching coach,bullpen coach,and manager. He is currently a special assistant in the player development department of the Los Angeles Dodgers
Nathan Edward Ott,nicknamed "Otter",was an American professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1974 to 1981 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the California Angels. Ott was a member of the 1979 World Series champions with the Pirates. After his playing career,Ott was a coach for the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers.
John William Russell is an American former catcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB),and former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played 10 seasons from 1984 to 1993 with the Philadelphia Phillies,Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers,mostly as a platoon or reserve player.
