Bill Dancy
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William Woodruff Dancy (born November 10, 1951, at Saint Augustine, Florida)[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/D/Pdancb801.htm Retrosheet] is an American baseball manager and coach. He was third base coach for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050120&content_id=932774&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null|title=Dancy in Majors after 31-year wait|last=Mandel|first=Ken|date=January 20, 2005|work=MLB.com|accessdate=24 January 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061003&content_id=1697214&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Three coaches won't return to Phils|last=Mandel|first=Ken|date=October 3, 2006|work=MLB.com|accessdate=24 January 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3102112&l_id=&t_id=|title=Dancy reaches the Majors|date=November 17, 2004|work=oursportscentral.com|accessdate=24 January 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-10-16-roundup_x.htm|title=Phillies add Howe, Lopes, Williams to coaching staff|date=November 15, 2006|agency=AP|accessdate=24 January 2010 | work=USA Today}} Currently, Dancy is the Minor League Field Coordinator for the Detroit Tigers.
Baseball career
Bill Dancy played for six years in the Phillies minor league system. His achievements include: hitting a home run batting both left-handed and right-handed in a game, batting .311 in one season for a Triple A baseball team, and hitting eight straight pinch hits (occurred during his fifth year).
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