History of Coaching Staffs

msc123123 · 01-08-2014, 05:11 PM

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.

Snarf054 · 01-09-2014, 08:57 AM

I don't think you can not have a team trainer. I had a manager and pitching coach leave in my minor leagues and decided to wait to sign a new one and the AI hired them for me. I would assume if you don't hire a trainer the game will.

The Game · 01-09-2014, 08:07 PM

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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.

1909 from little I read.
Coach (baseball) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I have never tried to not have a trainer I am interested what effect it would have.

tnfoto · 01-09-2014, 10:43 PM

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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.

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)

DelinoDeShields · 01-12-2014, 05:36 PM

I totally thought this thread was gonna be about a place for team history that showed coaching staffs, like the starting players/register of players pages.

This is a good idea I just thought of.

01-08-2014, 05:11 PM	#1
msc123123 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 98	History of Coaching Staffs 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.

01-09-2014, 08:57 AM	#2
Snarf054 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 127	I don't think you can not have a team trainer. I had a manager and pitching coach leave in my minor leagues and decided to wait to sign a new one and the AI hired them for me. I would assume if you don't hire a trainer the game will.

01-12-2014, 05:36 PM	#5
DelinoDeShields Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida, America. Posts: 54	I totally thought this thread was gonna be about a place for team history that showed coaching staffs, like the starting players/register of players pages. This is a good idea I just thought of.