Career
Ducey was raised in Cambridge,Ontario [2] and graduated from Seminole Community College.
The Toronto Blue Jays signed Ducey as a free agent in 1984. He debuted in MLB with the Blue Jays in 1987 and played with the team until the end of July 1992. He then played in MLB for 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. [1] [3] He also played for the Nippon-Ham Fighters in Nippon Professional Baseball in 1995 and 1996,hitting 51 home runs,topping his 31 home runs in MLB. [1] [4]
Ducey was part of a major league anomaly in 2000,when he was traded by the Phillies to the Blue Jays on July 26 for minor league pitcher John Sneed,and was then traded by the Blue Jays back to the Phillies on August 7 for Mickey Morandini. [5] [6]
Ducey served as a designated hitter for Canada in the 2004 Summer Olympics,which finished in fourth place. As a result,he became the first Canadian to have played for two Canadian MLB teams,the Expos and Blue Jays,and the Canadian Olympic team. [7] Matt Stairs,Denis Boucher,and Shawn Hill are the only other ballplayers to achieve such distinction. [4]
Subsequently,Ducey spent one year each in the New York Yankees' and Expos organizations as a minor league hitting coach, [8] before being hired in 2006 by the Blue Jays as a talent scout. [7] His responsibilities included covering both the major and minor leagues,as well as spring training camp before moving to the Pacific Rim department. In October 2009,he was dismissed by then-new Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos when coverage of Asia was not a priority for the organization. [9]
Ducey was hired to scout for the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2011 season, [10] then joined the Phillies minor league system in 2014,again serving as a hitting coach through 2017. [8] [11] In 2020,Ducey was the hitting coach for the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). [12]
Ducey also coached Canada in the 2006 World Baseball Classic,2008 Olympics,and 2015 WBSC Premier12. [13] [3]
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