What position in MLB did the first winner of the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award play?
Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award The Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Pacific Coast League. Managers from the 16 Pacific Coast League teams and media representatives in each city across the league vote for the winner of the award. In 1967, Johnny Lipon won the first ever Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award. The only manager to have won the award on three occasions is Dan Rohn who won in 2001, 2004, and 2005. Other managers with more than one award are Rocky Bridges, Jim Lefebvre, and Jimy Williams, each with two wins. Lefebvre (1985 and 1986) and Rohn (2004 and 2005) won the award in consecutive years.
Lance Parrish Lance Michael Parrish, aka "Big Wheel" (born June 15, 1956), is an American former professional baseball player, and is currently the manager of the Erie SeaWolves. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Detroit Tigers (1977–1986), Philadelphia Phillies (1987–1988), California Angels (1989–1992), Seattle Mariners (1992), Cleveland Indians (1993), Pittsburgh Pirates (1994), and the Toronto Blue Jays (1995). He was regarded as one of the best catchers in the 1980s, for both his offensive and defensive play.