Dick Tracewski

Dick Tracewski
Dick Tracewski
	Tracewski in 1966
	Infielder
	Born: February 3, 1935; Eynon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 12, 1962, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
	September 27, 1969, for the Detroit Tigers
MLB statistics
Batting average	.213
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	91
Teams
	As player Los Angeles Dodgers (1962–1965); Detroit Tigers (1966–1969); As coach Detroit Tigers (1972–1995); As manager Detroit Tigers (1979, 1989);
Career highlights and awards
	4× World Series champion (1963, 1965, 1968, 1984);

Richard Joseph Tracewski (born February 3, 1935), nicknamed "Trixie", is an American former baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he was an infielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball, appearing in 614 games over eight seasons, from 1962 to 1969.

Tracewski was a four-time World Series champion as a player and coach. He participated in three Fall Classics 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.

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