Major League Baseball Coaches

[FatJack]

A couple of sweet shots of Roy McMillan as a Brewers coach in today's Vault release. (These would also work as interim manager images, though that's the Arizona facility)

Ooops. Forgot the pictures for a sec.

[Rainmaker]

Some of baseball's most memorable players have been sitting, largely obscure, in the Vault because they were shot as coaches and were frequently portrayed with teams other than for whom they'd made their marks.



Rudy York (Red Sox)



Harry Breechen (AZ 335)



Al Vincent (BK 911)



Tony Cuccinello (BT 166)



Jimmy Cooney (GZ 189)

[Rainmaker]

Second (of three) groups of all-time coaches in need of photo cleanup. Bio info will follow when images are fixed!



Dick Phillips



Jack Paepke



Dick Sisler



Ray Berres



Jim Gleeson

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Solly Hemus



Jim Hegan



Johnny Sain



Harry Craft



Frank Oceak

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[Rainmaker]

Taking it from the top:

1) Frank Oceak coached for the Pirates from 1958-64 and 1970-72 and the Reds in 1965. He was the third base coach who shook Bill Mazeroski's hand as he circled the bases after winning the 1960 World Series. He had a 17-year minor league career, but never played an inning in the majors. He also served as a minor league manager from 1942-57 and again from 1966-69.

2) Harry Craft managed the Houston Colt 45s from their onset in 1962 through 1964. He first skippered the Athletics from 1957-59 and was one of the Cubs' "College of Coaches" in 1961, officially managing 16 games. His major league playing career, all with the Reds, ran from 1937-42. At that point, he was dealt to the Yankees and sent to the minors. He went to Navy flight school and served from 1944-45. He coached the Athletics from 1955 until his battlefield promotion in '57 and also coached with the Cubs in 1960. He was a minor league manager from 1949-56, and was Mickey Mantle's first professional manager.

3) Johnny Sain had already made his rep as a championship pitcher when he retired in 1955. In 1954, recalibrated save stats showed he was the best closer in baseball that year, earning 22 saves for the Yankees. His first big league coaching job came in 1959 for the Athletics, but after a year he returned to his Arkansas car dealership. But he rejoined the Yankees as their pitching coach from 1961-63, resigning when Yogi Berra was named manager. He coached the Twins from 1965-66, the Tigers from 1967-69 (where he coached 30-game winner Denny McLain). He came on hard times, serving as White Sox minor league pitching instructor in 1970, then coached the White Sox from 1971-75. Coming full circle he was pitching coach for Braves in 1977, again from 1985-86. In between, he worked in the Braves' farm system.

4) Jim Hegan had a chance, after a 17-year major league playing career (15 with the Indians), to coach for the Yankees from 1960-73. Four of those seasons, his son Mike was also a Yankee. Jim went on to coach for the Tigers from 1974-78 and returned to the Yankees for the 1979 and 1980 seasons.

5) Solly Hemus looks out of place in a Cleveland uniform -- he only coached there 1964-65 -- because it seemed as if he were a Cardinals lifer. He played for the Redbirds from 1949-56 and again in 1959. In between, he logged two-plus seasons with the Phillies. He was a rare player-manager in '59 and skippered the Cardinals for two more seasons before winding up being a coach on the original 1962 Mets. He spent one more season in New York before moving to Cleveland for rthe fnal two seasons of his career.

[DeweyintheHall]

Looking for an image of Euky Rojas in a Red Sox uni. Euky served as a bullpen coach in 2003 and for the champions in 2004.

The larger the image the better.

Any help is appreciated!

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

Looking for an image of Euky Rojas in a Red Sox uni. Euky served as a bullpen coach in 2003 and for the champions in 2004.

The larger the image the better.

Any help is appreciated!

You might have better luck using a person's given name. Nothing turns up for "Euky" Rojas. I doubt Google even knows what a "Euky" is. But, for Euclides Rojas? Different story. I'm not one to talk. I spent a long time looking for a player whose first name was Bob. Nothing. But one face palm and trying of "Robert" later, I was in business.

The Getty images below are from 2003 and 2004 respectively.

[Merkle923]

How great is this Topps shot of Grover Resinger, going off at auction tonight? Taken before Atlanta's first, second or third road game ever (April 15-17, 1966 in New York; the bunting gives away Opening Day).

51 by the time he made his MLB coaching debut with the '66 Braves. Then, White Sox (67-68) Tigers (69-70) Angels (75-76).

[DeweyintheHall]

Plenty of images of Stanley as a Sox player, but I'm trying to dig one showing him during his single season as the team's bench coach, 2002.

Thanks!

[FatJack]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

Plenty of images of Stanley as a Sox player, but I'm trying to dig one showing him during his single season as the team's bench coach, 2002.

Thanks!

Team issued postcard via the Trading Card Database. Oddly, the 2002 Photo Day Red Sox shoot has a seemingly endless number of coaches. I've never seen so many coaches. It's like if you wandered by Fenway and didn't have a job, they made you a coach. But no Stanley. I recommend yearbooks, personally. In similar situations, that's been my best solution.

[DeweyintheHall]

Originally Posted by FatJack

Team issued postcard via the Trading Card Database. Oddly, the 2002 Photo Day Red Sox shoot has a seemingly endless number of coaches. I've never seen so many coaches. It's like if you wandered by Fenway and didn't have a job, they made you a coach. But no Stanley. I recommend yearbooks, personally. In similar situations, that's been my best solution.

I have a good number of Sox yearbooks...still trying to fill in my collection, which is particularly thin after 1999. Anyway, and I doubt he'd even make a yearbook, I'm now trying to find something of Nelson Norman, whose MLB coaching career consists of serving as Joe Kerrigan's bench coach for the last 2.5 months of 2001, after Kerrigan took over from Jimy Williams.

[Rainmaker]

Baseball fans well know about the tirade then-Mississippi Braves manager Phil Wellman had in 2007; the video has been viewed over 1.6 million times.
Less exciting but important enough is that Wellman managed the M-Braves to the Southern League championship in 2008. As has been a common reward by the Braves, the manager of a pennant-winning minor league club is "called up" in September as is made a de facto member of the Atlanta coaching staff.
This photo was taken that September by Chattanoogan.com writer and photographer Tim Evearitt. Otherwise, he's been a career minor league coach and manager since 1992 and is currently in his second season as skipper for the San Antonio Missions.

[DeweyintheHall]

In putting together a complete image collection of Boston coaches, I still need images of the following coaches in Red Sox Unis:
Nelson NORMAN
Jerry McNERTNY
Jack BURNS
Bill MCKECHNIE
Eddie MAYO
Johnny SCHULTE
Billy BURWELL
Jack ONSLOW
Bob COLEMAN
Lefty LEIFIELD
Paul KRICHELL

Also, images of the following men in uniform as coaches, as opposed to players or managers, are needed:
Darrell JOHNSON
Ski MELILLO
Billy GARDNER

Finally, larger images than what I have are needed of these fellows:
Bibb FALK
Fritz DORISH

Thanks!

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

In putting together a complete image collection of Boston coaches, I still need images of the following coaches in Red Sox Unis:
Nelson NORMAN
Jerry McNERTNY
Jack BURNS
Bill MCKECHNIE
Eddie MAYO
Johnny SCHULTE
Billy BURWELL
Jack ONSLOW
Bob COLEMAN
Lefty LEIFIELD
Paul KRICHELL

Also, images of the following men in uniform as coaches, as opposed to players or managers, are needed:
Darrell JOHNSON
Ski MELILLO
Billy GARDNER

Finally, larger images than what I have are needed of these fellows:
Bibb FALK
Fritz DORISH

Thanks!

Nelson Norman (2001), Jerry McNertney (1988), Jack I. Burns (1955), Bill McKechnie (1952-53) & Johnny Schulte (1949-50). I do not have Mayo as a Red Sox coach.

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

In putting together a complete image collection of Boston coaches, I still need images of the following coaches in Red Sox Unis:
Nelson NORMAN
Jerry McNERTNY
Jack BURNS
Bill MCKECHNIE
Eddie MAYO
Johnny SCHULTE
Billy BURWELL
Jack ONSLOW
Bob COLEMAN
Lefty LEIFIELD
Paul KRICHELL

Also, images of the following men in uniform as coaches, as opposed to players or managers, are needed:
Darrell JOHNSON
Ski MELILLO
Billy GARDNER

Finally, larger images than what I have are needed of these fellows:
Bibb FALK
Fritz DORISH

Thanks!

Bill Burwell (1944), Bob Coleman (1928) & Lefty Leifield (1926). I do not have Jack Onslow or Paul Krichell as Red Sox coaches.

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

In putting together a complete image collection of Boston coaches, I still need images of the following coaches in Red Sox Unis:
Nelson NORMAN
Jerry McNERTNY
Jack BURNS
Bill MCKECHNIE
Eddie MAYO
Johnny SCHULTE
Billy BURWELL
Jack ONSLOW
Bob COLEMAN
Lefty LEIFIELD
Paul KRICHELL

Also, images of the following men in uniform as coaches, as opposed to players or managers, are needed:
Darrell JOHNSON
Ski MELILLO
Billy GARDNER

Finally, larger images than what I have are needed of these fellows:
Bibb FALK
Fritz DORISH

Thanks!

Coach images of Darrell Johnson (1968), Ski Melillo (1953) & Billy Gardner (1965).

[tnfoto]

Originally Posted by DeweyintheHall

In putting together a complete image collection of Boston coaches, I still need images of the following coaches in Red Sox Unis:
Nelson NORMAN
Jerry McNERTNY
Jack BURNS
Bill MCKECHNIE
Eddie MAYO
Johnny SCHULTE
Billy BURWELL
Jack ONSLOW
Bob COLEMAN
Lefty LEIFIELD
Paul KRICHELL

Also, images of the following men in uniform as coaches, as opposed to players or managers, are needed:
Darrell JOHNSON
Ski MELILLO
Billy GARDNER

Finally, larger images than what I have are needed of these fellows:
Bibb FALK
Fritz DORISH

Thanks!

Not knowing what you already have, here are two options each for Bibb Falk (1934) and Fritz Dorish (1963).