Dick Tracewski

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Richard Joseph "Dick" Tracewski (born February 3, 1935 in Eynon, Pennsylvania) was a player and coach in Major League Baseball. In his career, he was an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers.

He participated in three World Series: two with Los Angeles (1963, 1965) and one with Detroit (1968).

In an 8-season playing career, he batted .213, often playing around 75-100 games a year, serving as a good fielding backup infielder. He had 8 career home runs and 91 RBIs. He had 262 hits in 1231 at bats. He is right-handed. He was traded to the Tigers for Phil Regan on December 15, 1965.

Following his playing career, Tracewski managed in the minor leagues. In 1972, he began a 24 year stint as a coach for the Detroit Tigers, longer than any other coach in Tiger history. Tracewski, on occasion, filled in as the Tigers interim manager. He managed the club for 2 games in 1979 before Sparky Anderson arrived, and for several weeks in 1989 while Anderson recovered from exhaustion.

Tracewski retired from baseball after the 1995 season.