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KenRaffensberger16 · 02-14-2015, 09:47 AM

Does anyone have any photos of Bill Dancy (today - age 63). After six years as a player in the Phillies minor league system Dancy got his first minor league managing job in the Phillies system in 1979.
He managed 24 years in the minors, with 20 years in the Phillies system. He was the Chief Coordinator for the Phillies' Spring Training for a number of years and was a major league coach for the Phillies in 2005 and 2006. He also managed in the Braves and Cubs systems and last managed in 2011, guiding a Cubs - AA Southern League team to the playoffs..
He never realized his goal to manage in the majors, but officially compiled a 1668-1543 minor leagues managing record. One season (2001) he replaced a manger for nearly an entire season due to the previous manager's illness. For some strange reason the official record was credited to the manager who took ill and not Dancy. If this had been credited to Dancy his final record would have been
1734-1600, .520 winning percentage.
I have seen this happen once before when Don Zimmer took over managing the Yankees for an extended period of time.due to Joe Torre's illness. The Yankees record during Zimmer's stewardship was credited to Torre. I don't know how you can credit a managing record to someone who is either in the hospital or recuperating at home and is not even at the ballpark. It seems like a dumb rule to me that should be changed.

02-14-2015, 09:47 AM	#24530
KenRaffensberger16 Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New jersey most of my life; Gulf Coast Florida since 2010. Posts: 422	Bill Dancy - Phillies coach, Minor leagues Manager Does anyone have any photos of Bill Dancy (today - age 63). After six years as a player in the Phillies minor league system Dancy got his first minor league managing job in the Phillies system in 1979. He managed 24 years in the minors, with 20 years in the Phillies system. He was the Chief Coordinator for the Phillies' Spring Training for a number of years and was a major league coach for the Phillies in 2005 and 2006. He also managed in the Braves and Cubs systems and last managed in 2011, guiding a Cubs - AA Southern League team to the playoffs.. He never realized his goal to manage in the majors, but officially compiled a 1668-1543 minor leagues managing record. One season (2001) he replaced a manger for nearly an entire season due to the previous manager's illness. For some strange reason the official record was credited to the manager who took ill and not Dancy. If this had been credited to Dancy his final record would have been 1734-1600, .520 winning percentage. I have seen this happen once before when Don Zimmer took over managing the Yankees for an extended period of time.due to Joe Torre's illness. The Yankees record during Zimmer's stewardship was credited to Torre. I don't know how you can credit a managing record to someone who is either in the hospital or recuperating at home and is not even at the ballpark. It seems like a dumb rule to me that should be changed. Last edited by KenRaffensberger16; 02-14-2015 at 01:23 PM.