Dick Tracewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American baseball player and coach
Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1935
Place of Birth: Archbald, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Dick Tracewski
- Richard Joseph Tracewski (born February 3, 1935 in Eynon, Pennsylvania) is a retired American professional baseball player, coach and manager.
- During his active career, he was an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, appearing in 614 games over eight seasons (1962–69).
- He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 160 pounds (73 kg). Tracewski was a four-time World Series champion as a player and coach.
- He participated in three World Series as a player: two with Los Angeles (1963, 1965) and one with Detroit (1968).
- He was the starting second baseman in the Dodgers' four-game sweep of the Yankees in 1963, and also started four games at second during the seven-game 1965 classic.
- He also served as first-base coach for the Tigers in the 1984 World Series. Tracewski's playing career began in the Brooklyn Dodgers' organization in 1953 and it took him almost a decade to reach the majors.
- After early and late-season trials with the 1962 Dodgers, Tracewski earned a spot as a utility infielder, getting into more than 100 games in both 1963 and 1964.
- He was the Dodgers' second baseman on the evening of September 9, 1965, when Sandy Koufax tossed a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs.
- He was traded to the Tigers for Phil Regan on December 15, 1965, and spent the rest of his career in the Detroit organization. During his eight-season MLB playing tenure, he batted .213, with eight home runs and 91 RBIs.
- He had 262 hits in 1231 at bats.
- He went 4-for-30 (.133) in World Series play. Tracewski then managed in the Detroit farm system for two seasons (1970–71).
- In 1972, he began a 24-year stint as a coach for Detroit, longer than any other coach in Tiger history.
- Tracewski, on two occasions, filled in as the Tigers' interim manager.
- He managed the club for two games in 1979 (the Tigers winning both) before Sparky Anderson arrived, and from May 20, 1989, to early July while Anderson recovered from exhaustion.
- Tracewski retired from baseball after the 1995 season, as did his long-time boss, Anderson.
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