Bill Plummer

William Francis Plummer (born March 21, 1947 in Oakland, CA) was a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and the Seattle Mariners. While never a regular player (he was Johnny Bench's backup catcher during the Big Red Machine years), he did play solid defense. He was a lifetime .188 hitter (he only batted above .200 three times in his career). After he retired, he stayed with the Mariners as a third base coach, and when Jim Lefebvre was fired after the by|1991 season, he was hired as manager. He finished last in his only season in Seattle, going 64-98. In one particular incident before a game against the Chicago White Sox, a lineup card was filled out by his third base coach that did not list a designated hitter, and Plummer was blamed for it.fact|date=April 2007 The Mariners, however, went on to win the game.

Plummer has managed in both independent and minor league baseball having managed the Western Baseball League's Chico Heat from 1997-2000 and was recently hired to manage the Arizona Diamondbacks' Triple-A affiliate, the Tucson Sidewinders.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plummbi01.shtml Baseball Reference]