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Originally Posted by msc123123
I'm doing a historical simulation of Major League Baseball and I was wondering if anyone knows when batting coaches, pitching coaches, and team trainers became regular practice. Also are there any adverse affects of not having a team trainer (longer injuries or more injuries). You can check out my league in historical sims called the beginning of baseball.
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Although Arlie Latham (1909 Giants) is generally regarded as the first full-time coach, Jean Dubuc was a coach for the 1908 Reds. The practice was limited to a handful of teams in the teens. By 1921 15 of the 16 teams had coaches, the last holdout being the Robins (Dodgers) which first used a coach, Ivy Olson, in 1924.
Here's a list of the first coach for each team:
BOS - Jean Dubuc (1918)
BRO - Ivy Olson (1924)
BSN - Dick Rudolph (1921)
CHA - Kid Gleason (1912)
CHN - Oscar Dugey (1921)
CIN - Jean Dubuc (1908)
CLE - Germany Schaefer (1918)
DET - Deacon McGuire (1911)
NY1 - Arlie Latham (1909)
NYA - Tom Daly (1914)
PHA - Danny Murphy (1920)
PHI - Jesse Tannehill (1920)
PIT - Chick Fraser (1921)
SLA - Lefty Leifield (1921)
SLN - Charley O'Leary & Heinie Peitz (1913)
WS1 - Nick Altrock (1921)