Trey Hillman
| Trey Hillman | |||
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Hillman with Los Angeles Dodgers, April 2013
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| SK Wyverns – No. 88 | |||
| Manager/Coach | |||
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Born: January 4, 1963 Amarillo, Texas |
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| Professional debut | |||
| NPB: 2003, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |||
| MLB: March 31, 2008, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Games | 689 | ||
| Win–loss record | 351–323 | ||
| Winning % | .521 | ||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Games | 359 | ||
| Win–loss record | 152–207 | ||
| Winning % | .423 | ||
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Thomas Brad "Trey" Hillman (born January 4, 1963 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American baseball manager and coach. He was the manager of both the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League and the Kansas City Royals in the American League and a coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the manager for the SK Wyverns of the Korea Baseball Organization.
Hillman signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1985 after playing college ball at the University of Texas at Arlington. He played in the Indians farm system from 1985 to 1987, appearing in 162 games and hitting .179 while playing various infield positions.
Hillman became a scout for the Indians in 1988. He became a manager in the New York Yankees minor league system in 1990 and remained in the Yankees farm system through 2001, including three years (1999–2001) as manager of the AAA Columbus Clippers. He won the league championship in 1990 with the Oneonta Yankees of the New York–Penn League.
He left the Yankees to become the director of player development for the Texas Rangers in 2002.
Hillman was invited to manage the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2003. His team won the Pacific League championship in 2006, and returned to defend their title in 2007. It was the first pennant for the franchise in 25 years when they won the championship in 2006, and the repeated success in 2007 was accomplished despite the loss of key players such as Michihiro Ogasawara and Hideki Okajima. His team also won the Japan Series and Asia Series in 2006. The team set a franchise-record 14-game winning streak during the 2007 season.
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