OPENING DAY AGE: 55
SIGNED THROUGH: 2013
FORMER POSITION: Shortstop
BORN: Feb. 21, 1958 - Garden Grove, Calif.
RESIDENCE: Pacific Beach, Calif.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Trammell enters his third season as D-backs Bench Coach and his 14th season in a managerial/coaching capacity... spent his 20-year playing career with the Detroit Tigers... was the 1984 World Series MVP, a 6-time AL All-Star in 1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990, a 4-time AL Rawlings Gold Glove winner in 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1984 and a 3-time AL Silver Slugger at shortstop in 1987, 1988 and 1990...teammates with Kirk Gibson for 12 seasons with the Tigers (1979-87, 1993-95).
Enters his third season as D-backs Bench Coach and 14th season in a managerial or coaching capacity...Served as the Cubs' bench coach under manager Lou Piniella from 2007-10...in 2007-08, the Cubs won back-to-back NL Central Division titles for the first time in franchise history and posted a NL-best .563 winning percentage (182-141)...Went 186-300 as Tigers'managerfrom2003-05...named the 35th manager in Tigers history on Oct. 9, 2002 and became the ninth manager in club history to have previously played for the Tigers...Kirk Gibson was his bench coach in all three seasons as manager...Guided the Tigers to a 72-90 record in 2004, a 29-win improvement and the second-largest in franchise history behind the 1961 Tigers' 30-win increase...in 2003, received one third-place vote in AL Manager of the Year balloting after the club finished 43-119...Served as the Padres' first base coach from 2000-02...Was the Tigers' hitting coach in 1999 after spending two seasons in 1997-98 in the Tigers front office as an assistant to baseball operations,focusing on player instruction and scouting...Spent his entire 20-year playing career with the Tigers, hitting .285 with 185 homers and 1,003 RBI...the six time AL All-Star and three-time AL Silver Slugger also earned four AL Gold Gloves and posted a .977 career fielding percentage at shortstop...joined Hall of Famers Ty Cobb and Al Kaline as the only players to play 20 or more seasons with the Tigers...Finished his career in the Top 10 in many of Detroit's offensive categories, including games played (2,293, fifth) hits(2,365,seventh), doubles(412,sixth),RBI(10th) and stolen bases (236, fifth)...he and teammate Lou Whitaker hold the AL record after combining to play 1,918 games together at shortstop and second base...Finished second in the AL Most Valuable Player Award voting in 1987 after posting career bests with a .343 batting average, 205 hits, 28 home runs and 105 RBI as the Tigers won the AL East Division Title...Was named Most Valuable Player during the 1984 World Series after batting .450 (9-for-20)with 2 home runs and 6 RBI as the Tigers defeated the Padres in 5 games...Made his debut in 1977 at 19 years old after being selected in the second round of the 1976 draft...Was a teammate with Gibson on the Tigers for 12 seasons from 1979-87 and 1993-95.PERSONAL
Alan Stuart Trammell..He and his wife, Barbara, have two sons, Lance and Kyle,
and a daughter, Jade...Inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2000
and the San Diego Hall of Champions' Breitbard Hall of
Fame in 1998.
TRAMMELL'S COACHING HISTORY
1999: Hitting Coach - Detroit Tigers
2000-02: First-Base Coach - San Diego Padres
2003-05: Manager - Detroit Tigers
2007-10: Bench Coach - Chicago Cubs
2011-present: Bench Coach - Arizona Diamondbacks
