doug, holmquist, douglas, leonard, holmquist, october, 1941, bridgeport, connecticut, february, 1988, altamonte, springs, florida, american, minor, league, baseball, player, manager, well, major, league, baseball, coach, york, yankees, played, professionally, . Douglas Leonard Holmquist October 4 1941 in Bridgeport Connecticut February 27 1988 in Altamonte Springs Florida was an American minor league baseball player and manager as well as Major League Baseball coach for the New York Yankees He played professionally as a catcher from 1962 to 1965 and later managed and or coached at the professional level from 1978 to 1985 He led his teams to win league championships in 1980 and 1982 Doug HolmquistHolmquist as the manager of the Nashville Sounds in 1983First base coachBorn 1941 10 04 October 4 1941Bridgeport Connecticut U S Died February 27 1988 1988 02 27 aged 46 Orlando Florida U S Batted RightThrew RightTeamsAs coach New York Yankees 1984 1985 At the collegiate level Holmquist coached at Sacred Heart University 1968 the University of Vermont 1969 to 1971 and started the baseball program at the Florida Technological University coaching there from 1973 to 1975 In 1970 he coached collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League leading the Chatham Anglers citation needed His entire seven year managerial career was spent in the Yankees farm system He served for four years at their Class A Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Florida State League then a year at the Class A Greensboro Hornets of the South Atlantic League and then a year at their Double A Nashville Sounds of the Southern League After sitting out 1984 as skipper Holmquist returned for a final year in 1985 managing the Triple A Columbus Clippers of the International League That year he managed 22 games before being replaced by Stump Merrill In 1984 and 1985 he was the first base coach for the major league Yankees wearing 42 Holmquist died of a heart attack at age 46 in 1988 1 References Edit Barnes Craig 29 February 1988 Turbulence In Panama Scares Kelly Sun Sentinel com South Florida SunSentinel Retrieved 18 May 2020 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Minors or RetrosheetSporting positionsPreceded byRoy White New York Yankees First Base Coach1984 Succeeded byStump MerrillPreceded byStump Merrill New York Yankees First Base Coach1985 Succeeded byRoy White nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball manager or coach is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Doug Holmquist amp oldid 1170052651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
