Batting average .247 Role Baseball player Name Tracy Woodson | Runs batted in 50 Home runs 5 | |
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Education North Carolina State University | ||
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Tracy Michael Woodson (born October 5, 1962) is a retired professional baseball player and college coach. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1987 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993, primarily as a third baseman. He currently coaches the Richmond Spiders baseball team.
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- Coach report tracy woodson 5 27 13
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Head coaching record
- References
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Playing career
Woodson played college baseball for NC State from 1982 to 1984. His teammates included Doug Davis, Dan Plesac, Doug Strange, and Jim Toman.
Over his five-year major league career, he played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Woodson was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. Notably, against the Cincinnati Reds on September 16 of that year, he struck out for the 27th and final out in Tom Browning's perfect game. Woodson pinch-hit for Dodgers right-hander Tim Belcher. His first career home-run came off of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.
Coaching career
After his playing career was over, he managed for several years in minor league baseball. Prior to the start of 2007 season, he was named the head baseball coach at Valparaiso, where he coached for seven seasons (2007–13) and led the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances. Prior to the start of the 2014 season, he left Valparaiso to become the head coach of Richmond.
He also works as a Division I men's college basketball referee.
Head coaching record
The following is a table of Woodson's NCAA head coaching records.