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Trey Hillman 22 |
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Full Name: Thomas Brad Hillman
Title: Manager
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Royals Managerial Career
Entering his second season as a Major League manager with the Royals in 2009...Was named the 15th full-time manager in Kansas City Royals history on Oct. 19, 2007...In his fi rst year as a manager, led the squad to a 75-87 record, a 6-win improvement over the 2007 season...fi nished
in fourth place in the A.L. Central, 13.5 games back of the division-champion White Sox...Finished strong, leading the Royals to an MLB-best 18-8 record in September.
Pre-Royals Coaching/Managerial Career
Finished strong, leading the Royals to an MLB-best 18-8 record in September...Compiled a 351-324-14 (.520 winning pct.) over his fi ve seasons, including leading the Fighters to three post
season appearances...Made the playoffs in 2004, 2006 and 2007...won the Japan Series title and Konami Cup in 2006, defeating the
Chunichi Dragons, four games to one...the title was the Fighters fi rst since 1962...Following the 2006 season, was named the 2006 Japan Sportsman of the Year by the 2006 Foreign Sportswriters
of Japan...Led his team to the 2007 Japan World Series, winning his second pennant in as many years and just the fourth
pennant in Fighters history...defeated Bobby Valentines Chiba Lotte Marines in the Pacifi c League Championship...
dropped the Japan Series to the Chunichi Dragons...Prior to his tenure in Japan, served as the Director of Player Development with the Texas Rangers in 2002...Managed in the New York Yankees system for 12 seasons from 1990-2001...compiled an overall mark of 855-761
(.529) and led his teams to 8 winning seasons and 4 playoff appearances...Began his managerial career as a 27-year old skipper with Oneonta (A) in 1990 and led his team to a fi rst-place
finish...Earned the Florida State League Manager of the Year with Tampa (A) in 1996 as well as the Baseball America
Class A Manager of the Year...Led Norwich (AA) to a 73-69 record in 1997 and the franchises fi rst post-season appearance...Also led Columbus (AAA) to an International League best 85-58 mark in 1999 and then collected league Manager
of the Year in 2000...Began his coaching career in 1989 with Class A Prince William, helping coach the team to a Carolina League
championship...Began his non-playing career as a scout in the Cleveland organization from 1987-1988.
Playing Career
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent on June 22, 1985...played 3 seasons in the Indians system before
moving into scouting...Played with the Batavia Trojans, Waterloo Indians, Waterbury Indians and Kinston Indians in his 3 professional
seasons.
Miscellaneous Notes
Hillman and his wife, Marie, have two children, T.J. and Brianna, and reside in Liberty Hill, Texas...Has a restaurant in Sapporo, Japan named after him, Hillmans Hang Out, an American-style bar and grill...Attended and played baseball at the University of Texas-Arlington where he was a standout shortstop, earning
All-Southland Conference honors for 3 seasons...Inducted into the University of Texas-Arlington Hall of Honor in 1992...was recognized at the 43rd Annual
Distinguished Alumni Gala on Oct. 11, 2008 at UT-A...also served as the keynote speaker at the 25th Anderson
Sport Performance Lecture...He and Royals GM Dayton Moore started the Get In the Game Foundation prior to the 2009 season. Get In the
Game is a tax-exempt public foundation dedicated to improving the socio-economic conditions within urban
core, rural, and disaster impacted communities within the greater Kansas City area. The Foundation intends to
fund programs and events that use sports, business, and civic leaders to identify, inspire, and empower young
people to engage in social enterprise.
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