CLETE BOYER (Manager, Ft. Lauderdale)
"Clete has spent 11 years as a coach, including six years as third base coach for the Oakland A's, joining Billy Martin's staff in 1980 after a three-year coaching stint with Atlanta. He played 16 years in the major leagues.
In 1958 Clete led International League shortstops in putouts with 222 and assists with 371. In 1961, he led American League third basemen in assists with 373, and in 1962 led AL third basemen in putouts with 187, assists with 396 and double plays with 41. In 1965, he led AL third basemen in assists with 354 and double plays with 46, and in 1967 and 1969 led National League third basemen in fielding percentage.
Clete played in five World Series for New York. In the '62 Series his seventh inning home run in the first game broke a 2-2 tie with San Francisco.
This will be Clete's first managerial position. He will be at Ft. Lauderdale in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
BRIAN BUTTERFIELD (Manager, Oneonta)
"Brian graduated from Florida Southern College with a B.S. in physical education in 1980. Signed as a free agent by the Yankees in June 1979, he coached at Florida Southern (1979) and Eckerd College (1980-81). He was named Most Valuable Player of the Ft. Lauderdale squad in 1981.
He is the son of the late Jack Butterfield, who was Yankees Vice-President of Player Development and Scouting. In 1988 Brian was named manager of the year in the Gulf Coast League. He led the Sarasota Yankees to the division title and the league championship, where they won a one-game playoff.
Brian will be the manager at Oneonta in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
TONY CLONINGER (roving pitching instructor)
"Tony spent over eight seasons in the Milwaukee-Atlanta Braves organization. He won 19 games for the Braves in 1964 and bettered that with 24 wins in 1965, the Braves' last season playing in Milwaukee. He was traded to Cincinnati along with Clay Carroll and Woody Woodward for Milt Pappas, Ted Davidson and Bob Johnson on June 11, 1968.
He conducted baseball camps and clinics in the years following his retirement in 1972. Tony will be the roving pitching instructor in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
BUCKY DENT (Manager, Columbus)
"Drafted by the White Sox in the 1st round of the secondary phase of the June 1970 draft, Bucky played in the first major league game he ever saw in 1973. After four years in Chicago, he was acquired by the Yankees just prior to the start of the 1977 World Championship season.
In 1978, Dent won the Eastern Division playoff game for the Yankees at Boston with a dramatic three-run homer off Mike Torrez, erasing a two-run Red Sox lead. He went on to lead the Yankees in their six-game World Series victory over the Dodgers, hitting .417 while earning the Most Valuable Player award [Babe Ruth Award] for the Series.
He was traded to the Texas Rangers in August 1982 and played there through 1983. In 1984, he had a short stint with the Columbus Clippers before joining the Kansas City Royals for their stretch drive to the AL West title.
Bucky managed Ft. Lauderdale from 1985-86 and his 1986 club narrowly missed the playoffs, by a .005 margin. His '87 Clippers swept through the International League playoffs (6-0) to capture the Governor's Cup.
1989 will be Dent's third consecutive season as manager of Columbus."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
KEN DOMINGUEZ (Coach, Sarasota)
"Ken attended Florida College in Temple Terrace and Southern Benedictine College in Cullman, Alabama, where he graduated with a B.S. in physical education. He obtained his Master's degree in physical education at Western Kentucky University. Ken played college baseball for four years.
He was a coach on the U.S. team that won the Silver Medal at the 1987 Pan-American Games. He guided the University of Tampa to two College World Series as a coach.
Ken will be a coach at Sarasota in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
RICK DOWN (roving hitting instructor)
"Drafted by the Montreal Expos in June of 1969, Rick spent seven years in the Expos organization. He launched his coaching career in 1976 with the West Palm Beach Expos of the Florida State League and in 1977 led Bellingham (Seattle) to the Northwest League championship. The following season, Rick managed Stockton in the California League.
He spent the next six seasons as a coach with the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He served as a minor league batting instructor and as a special assignments coach with the California organization through 1988.
Rick will be the Yankees' roving hitting instructor for the minor leagues in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
JACK GILLIS (Manager, Sarasota)
"Gillis did not play pro baseball but built a strong reputation as a college coach at two Florida schools- Eckerd and St. Leo. He joined the Yankees organization in 1980 as a coach at Oneonta. Jack managed the Sarasota Yankees in 1984. The East Coast Cross-Checker for the Yankee scouting department, Jack will be the manager at Sarasota in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
MARC HILL (roving catching instructor)
"Marc was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 10th round of the June 1970 free agent draft. He spent five years in the Cardinals' minor league system and played with four major league teams in parts of 14 seasons.
He was an All-Missouri choice as a prep star in both baseball and basketball. Marc was the first athlete in the history of Lincoln County (MO) High School to win letters in three sports (baseball, basketball, track) as a sophomore.
This will be Marc's first year with the Yankee organization. He will be their roving catching instructor for the minor leagues in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
TREY HILLMAN (Coach, Ft. Lauderdale)
"Trey attended the University of Texas at Arlington where he was an All-Southland Conference player for three years. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent in June of 1985.
He played three years in the Indians' minor league system. In 1987 and 1988 he scouted for Cleveland in the Oklahoma-Texas area.
This will be Trey's first coaching position. He will be at Ft. Lauderdale in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
JACK HUBBARD (Coach, Prince William)
"Jack attended the University of Baltimore and graduated in 1971 with a B.S. in marketing. He was head coach of the school's baseball team from 1972 through 1975. He coached at the Community College of Baltimore in 1971 and Essex Community College in 1973.
He scouted for the Milwaukee Brewers from 1984 through 1986 and also for the Major League Scouting Bureau in 1987 as a South Florida area scout.
Jack will coach at Prince William in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
DAVE JORN (Pitching Coach, Prince William)
"Dave attended Southeast Missouri State University where he earned a B.S. in education. He was signed out of a tryout camp by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1976. Dave was the pitching coach at the University of Arkansas from 1983 through 1988. He will be the pitching coach at Prince William in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
DAVE KENT (Coach, Oneonta)
"Dave attended Parsons College and the University of Tampa, where he graduated in 1972 with a B.S. in physical education. He was drafted by the Yankees in 1968.
After a six-year minor league career, he coached high school baseball in Tampa at Jesuit High from 1979-83 and Chamberlain High in 1987 and 1988. Dave will be a coach at Oneonta in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
BOB MARIANO (Coach, Albany-Colonie)
"Bob attended Gulf Coast Community College and Lousiana State University, where he graduated in 1980 with a B.A. in liberal arts. He signed with the Yankees as a free agent in August 1980.
He was a player-coach with the Charlotte Orioles in 1985. He rejoined the Yankee organization in June of 1988 as a coach with the Albany-Colonie Yankees. Bob will be back at Albany in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
"Bob Mariano returns for his second year of coaching with the Albany-Colonie Yankees. The Pittsburgh, PA native now makes his home in San Mateo, California.
He attended Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida and after two years attended Louisiana State University, graduating in 1980. He played varsity baseball at both colleges, earning All-South and All-SEC honors at third base while at LSU.
Mariano started his pro baseball career by signing with the Yankee organization in 1980 and played rookie ball at Bradenton and Paintsville, hitting over .300 at the latter.
In 1981 Bob spent time at both Class A Ft. Lauderdale and AA Nashville. In 1982 he had a fine season for Ft. Lauderdale, hitting .301 and winning the Rawlings Silver Glove Award for his play at third base. 1983 found Bob in the Oriole chain at double A Charlotte of the Southern League. He stayed with Charlotte through 1985 and was a player-coach there in '85.
1986 saw Bob go the international route, playing with Team Rome in the Italian League. In 1987, he was a player-manager in the same league, this time with Team Anzio. That year he traveled some more, and after the Italian season went to Australia and was the player-manager of the Newport entry.
In 1988, it was back to the Yankee organization, and fans will remember Bob as the A-C Yanks' first base coach."
-1989 Albany-Colonie Yankees Yearbook
RUSS MEYER (Pitching Coach, Albany-Colonie)
"Russ began his professional baseball career in 1942. He led 1946 Southern Association pitchers with 48 appearances. He made his major league debut in 1946 with the Cubs and played in the majors through 1959. Meyer was a member of the 1950 National League champion Philadelphia Phillies [and 1953 and 1955 NL champion Brooklyn Dodgers].
He coached at Illinois Valley Community College before joining the Yankees organization in 1981. Monk's 1985 Oneonta staff had a combined ERA of 1.87.
Monk will work with Buck Showalter for the fifth straight season in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
"With [manager] Buck Showalter comes his pitching coach of the last five seasons, former major league pitcher Russ Meyer. Meyer played 13 seasons in the big leagues compiling a 94-73 won-lost record, highlighted in 1949 with the Philadelphia Phillies when he was 17-8 and in 1953 with the Brooklyn Dodgers when he was 15-5. Russ also played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City A's. The Illinois native appeared in three World Series with Phillies and Dodgers.
Meyer has been with the Yankee organization since 1981."
-1989 Albany-Colonie Yankees Yearbook
KEN ROWE (Pitching Coach, Columbus)
"Ken signed with Detroit in 1953 and was drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers in December 1955. After two years in the Army stationed in Germany, he returned to win 28 games over the next two seasons.
In 1962, he was converted to a reliever. Ken won 16 games and led the PCL in appearances (88) at Spokane in 1964. He was purchased by Baltimore later that year and earned a victory on his first day in the majors. He set a professional baseball record for appearances that season with 94.
Ken earned All-Star honors six times in his career. He spent 15 years in the Oriole organization, the last one and a half as the big league pitching coach. Ken returns to Columbus in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
DAVE SCHULER (Pitching Coach, Ft. Lauderdale)
"Dave attended the University of New Haven (Connecticut) and graduated with a B.S. in business administration. He was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in June 1975.
He played professional baseball for 12 seasons and spent parts of three seasons in the major leagues: from 1979-80 with the California Angels and in 1985 with the Atlanta Braves.
In 1984, Dave was a coach at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He will be the pitching coach at Ft. Lauderdale in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
BUCK SHOWALTER (Manager, Albany-Colonie)
"Buck graduated from Central (Florida) High School in 1975. He attended Chipola J.C. in Marianna, FL and graduated from Mississippi State University in 1979. He was named an All-American at both Chipola and Mississippi State. In 1980, Buck led the Southern League in hits, finished second in batting and was named to the Southern League All-Star team. He also led the Southern League in hits with 152 in 1982.
He coached at Ft. Lauderdale in 1984, and in 1985 earned New York-Penn League Manager of the Year laurels in his inaugural campaign. His O-Yanks set a league mark for wins with 55 in 1985, only to better that with 59 in 1986. Buck's '87 Ft. Lauderdale club had the Florida State League's best record, marking the third straight season a club of his has achieved that distinction.
Buck will be the manager at Albany-Colonie in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
EASTERN LEAGUE CHAMPS NAME NEW MANAGER
"The New York Yankees have named William Nathaniel 'Buck' Showalter to be the 1989 Albany-Colonie Yankee manager. Showalter has managed Ft. Lauderdale, the Yankees' Florida State League entry, the past two seasons, winning the championship in 1987. Two years prior to his Florida stint, he managed Oneonta of the New York-Penn League, winning the overall title in 1985 and the Northern Division pennant in 1986. The 31-year-old Showalter played for seven years in the Yankee minor league system, finishing his career with Columbus of the International League. He is a graduate of Mississippi State University where he was an All-American in baseball. Buck is married and is the father of a two-year-old daughter and is an avid golfer."
-1989 Albany-Colonie Yankees Yearbook
"The new face in the Yankees' dugout this season is that of 31-year-old William Nathaniel Showalter III, or Buck if you will.
Showalter succeeds veteran organization man Stump Merrill who took over the Albany-Colonie club last June and guided the team to the Eastern League playoff championship.
Showalter is a proven winner in his short minor league managerial career, which began in 1985. That summer, he guided the Yankees' Oneonta affiliate in the New York-Penn League to a 55-23 (.705 percentage) record and first place in the league's Northern Division. The O-Yanks went on to win all three playoff games as well.
Hard as it seems, Showalter topped that performance by leading Oneonta to a 59-18 (.766) the following year, which included another Northern Division title. Newark ruined the O-Yanks hopes of a second straight New York-Penn League playoff chance with a win in the one-game opening round of the playoffs.
Showalter's success in Oneonta earned him a promotion to Fort Lauderdale, where his team won a Southern Division title with an 85-53 (.616) record in 1987 and then went 5-1 to win the Florida State League playoffs.
Showalter's involvement in the rookie and Class A leagues has allowed him to be in on the development of such future stars as Hensley 'Bam-Bam' Meulens, Dave Eiland, Andy Stankiewicz, Kevin Maas, Jim Leyritz, Oscar Azocar, Bernie Williams and Rodney Imes.
'The Double-A level represents a big stage in the development of a player,' says Showalter, himself a Triple-A player with Columbus in 1981 and 1983. 'It's where a player tries to gain the consistency to go along with his natural talent. It's the same for a manager. I'm always trying to gain that consistency.
'As a manager, I try to do things that come across as natural. I try to treat players like I always expected to get treated when I was a player, which was not that long ago.'
Showalter spent seven seasons in the Yankee organization as a player, with a total of 32 games at the Triple-A level. His manager for four seasons in the minors was Stump Merrill.
'I learned a lot from Stump,' says Showalter, an All-American at Mississippi State. 'But I'd like to think that I've absorbed a lot of things from different people in baseball, and I try to use what works for me.'
Managing at Albany-Colonie this summer will allow Showalter to renew acquaintances with players he hasn't seen for two years while managing some others for a second straight year.
Last year, Showalter's Fort Lauderdale club got off to a 39-29 start, only to lose top players to promotion.
'There's not much you can do about that,' Showalter says. 'But I think the Yankees are building a strong foundation, where they'll be able to replace players from within their organization. Mr. Bradley (Yankees' director of player development George Bradley) seems to be in favor of setting more continuity within the minor league system.'
Showalter is a 1975 graduate of Central High School (Florida) and a 1979 graduate of Mississippi State, where he was named an All-American. In 1980 he led the Southern League in hits (178) and was second in the SL with a .324 batting average while playing for Nashville. He was also named to the All-Star team.
His 152 hits again led the league in 1982, when he batted .294 in 132 games.
Showalter's playing career ended after the 1983 season, which he divided between Columbus and Nashville. He was a coach with Fort Lauderdale in 1984 before getting his first managerial job the next year in Oneonta."
-Bill Palmer, 1989 Albany-Colonie Yankees Yearbook
CHAMP SUMMERS (Hitting Instructor, Columbus)
"Champ graduated from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville with a B.S. degree in education in 1972. He played four years of college basketball but played only 35 games of college baseball in his senior year before signing with the Oakland A's in 1971. Champ did not play football but was offered a tryout with the Dallas Cowboys.
In 1974 he was the first player to pinch-hit for Reggie Jackson. Named American Association Player of the Year in 1978, Summers hit 20 homers in only 246 at-bats (1 HR every 12.3 at-bats) in 1979. He homered (career homer No. 50) in his first at-bat for San Francisco on April 14, 1982.
Champ will serve as the hitting instructor for Columbus again in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
JEFF TAYLOR (Pitching Coach, Oneonta)
"Taylor pitched in the Yankees' farm system for five seasons. He was pitching coach at the University of Delaware in 1983 and head coach at Wilmington College in 1986.
He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1983 with a Master's Degree in physical education. Jeff scouted Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina for the Yankees prior to joining the Oneonta club in June.
1989 will be Jeff's second season as pitching coach at Oneonta."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
MARK WEIDEMAIER (Manager, Prince William)
"Mark graduated from Union University (Tennessee) in 1978 with a B.A. in journalism and obtained a Master's degree from Ohio State in 1980. He was a coach at Ohio State in 1980 and at Montreal-Anderson Junior College (North Carolina) in 1981 and 1982.
In 1983 and 1984, Mark coached in the Kansas City Royals organization. He was a coach and Latin American Scouting Supervisor for the California Angels organization from 1985 to 1988.
Mark will be the manager of the Prince William Cannons in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
HOYT WILHELM (Pitching Coach, Sarasota)
"Hoyt began his pro career in 1942 for the independent Mooresville, North Carolina club near his hometown of Huntersville. He moved into the Giants' farm system in 1948 at Knoxville and reached the big leagues in 1952.
He remained in the majors for the next 21 years, retiring in 1972 at age 46 as baseball's all-time premier relief pitcher. He holds the following major league career records: most games pitched (1,070), most games in relief (1,018), most innings in relief (1,870), most games finished (651) and most wins in relief (124).
Hoyt was used as a starter in the middle of his career (1958-60) and hurled a no-hitter for the Orioles against the Yankees in 1958. He also holds the distinction of hitting a home run in his first major league at-bat (April 23, 1952). He participated in the 1954 World Series with the Giants and was named to the NL All-Star team in 1953 and 1970, and to the AL All-Star team in 1959, 1961 and 1962. Hoyt was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
MARTI WOLEVER (Coach, Sarasota)
"Marti attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha and earned a B.S. in education. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the summer of 1975.
He was an assistant at Kansas State University in 1983 and 1984, and a scout for the Detroit Tigers from 1984 through 1988. Marti will be a coach at Sarasota in 1989."
-1989 New York Yankees Information Guide
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