| 词条 | Willie Blair |
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| name = Willie Blair | image = You Gotta Stop Walking Guys 2 (6048754864) (cropped).jpg | caption = Blair with the Fort Wayne TinCaps in 2011 | team = | number = | position = Pitcher | bats = Right | throws = Right | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|12|18}} | birth_place = Paintsville, Kentucky | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = April 11 | debutyear = 1990 | debutteam = Toronto Blue Jays | finalleague = MLB | finaldate = July 26 | finalyear = 2001 | finalteam = Detroit Tigers | statleague = MLB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 60–86 | stat2label = Earned run average | stat2value = 5.04 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 759 | teams =
}} William Allen Blair (born December 18, 1965) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball and current pitching coach for the West Michigan Whitecaps. Playing careerBlair played baseball for Morehead State University before the Toronto Blue Jays drafted him in the 11th round of the 1986 amateur draft.[1] He spent four seasons in the Blue Jays minor league system, playing for the St. Catharines Blue Jays (1986), the Dunedin Blue Jays (1987–1988), the Knoxville Smokies (1988), and the Syracuse Chiefs (1989).[2][3][4] Blair made his major league debut with the Blue Jays on April 11, 1990 and spent the season with the major league squad. He was traded in the offseason to the Cleveland Indians for Alex Sanchez (pitcher), and played in 11 games for the Indians that year. Blair was then traded to the Houston Astros with Eddie Taubensee for Kenny Lofton and Dave Rohde. After a season with Houston, he was picked up by the Colorado Rockies in their expansion draft. After the Rockies (1993–1994), he played for the San Diego Padres (1995–1996), Detroit Tigers (1997, 1999–2001), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), and New York Mets (1998). His best year was 1997, in which he had 16–8 record and an earned run average (ERA) of 4.17. In 1999, Blair was the starting pitcher for the final Opening Day in Tiger Stadium history.[5] Coaching careerHe was the pitching coach for the Fort Wayne TinCaps for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and on December 11, 2012, he was named bullpen coach of the San Diego Padres, replacing Jimmy Jones.[6] On December 2, 2015, Blair was named the pitching coach for the Double-A Erie SeaWolves.[7] He was transferred to the Single-A Whitecaps in December 2018. References1. ^{{cite news |title=Six-foot-10 pitcher racking up Ks at Morehead State |agency=Associated Press |first=Tim |last=Whitmire |date=April 17, 1999}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Dunedin Blue Jays on winning streak |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=May 22, 1987 |page=G3}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Jays acquire Tenace as a batting coach, add 10 roster rookies |first=Dave |last=Perkins |newspaper=Toronto Star |date=November 17, 1988 |page=B6}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Glenallen Hill sacrifices power and his batting average soars |newspaper=Toronto Star |first=Neil |last=MacCarl |date=July 26, 1989 |page=F3}} 5. ^{{cite book |title=The Final Season |page=12 |first=Tom |last=Stanton |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books, An imprint of St. Martin's Press |location=New York, NY |year=2001 |isbn=0-312-29156-6}} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Brock |first=Corey |url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121211&content_id=40607794&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd |title=Padres elevate Blair to bullpen coach |publisher=MLB.com}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2015/12/02/detroit-tigers-farm-system/76688946/|title=Tigers announce minor-league coaching staffs|last=Fenech|first=Anthony|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 2, 2015|accessdate=December 2, 2015}} External links{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}{{Baseballstats|br=b/blairwi01|fangraphs=1001033|cube=4160|brm=blair-001wil}}, or Retrosheet, or Pelota Binaria (Venezuelan Winter League){{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, Willie}} 28 : 1965 births|Living people|Arizona Diamondbacks players|Baseball players from Kentucky|Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players|Cardenales de Lara players|Cleveland Indians players|Colorado Rockies players|Colorado Springs Sky Sox players|Detroit Tigers players|Dunedin Blue Jays players|Houston Astros players|Knoxville Blue Jays players|Major League Baseball bullpen coaches|Major League Baseball pitchers|Minor league baseball coaches|Morehead State Eagles baseball players|People from Paintsville, Kentucky|San Diego Padres coaches|San Diego Padres players|New York Mets players|St. Catharines Blue Jays players|Syracuse Chiefs players|Toledo Mud Hens players|Toronto Blue Jays players|Tucson Toros players|West Michigan Whitecaps players|Baseball coaches from Kentucky |
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