Dick Phillips
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Richard Eugene Phillips (November 24, 1931 – March 29, 1998) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. A native of Racine, Wisconsin, who attended Valparaiso University, Phillips batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 180 pounds (82 kg).
Phillips' playing career extended from
Milwaukee Braves and San Francisco Giants
.
After he won the 1961
Washington Senators where he would spend the entire 1963 and 1964 campaigns on Washington's roster, starting 67 games at first base for the 1963 Senators and 52 more there in 1964.[2] In 1965, he returned to the minors, as a first baseman with the Senators' Triple-A Hawaii Islanders affiliate. Apart from a late-season call-up in 1966, he spent the remainder of his playing career with Hawaii.[3]
As a Major Leaguer, Phillips compiled a lifetime
runs batted in
.
Phillips remained in the game after his playing career ended,
independent league baseball
in 1995–96.
Phillips served as manager of the PCL's Vancouver Canadians in 1982–83, and also was the team's assistant general manager during the early 1990s.
He died in
Burnaby, British Columbia
, at the age of 66.
References
- ^ Sharp, Andrew. "Dick Phillips". Society for American Baseball Research Biography Project. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ "Dick Phillips Stats".
- ^ "Dick Phillips Minor & Independent Leagues Statistics & History".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference