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Tracy Woodson
Tracy Woodson
	Third baseman / Manager
	Born: October 5, 1962 (age 62); Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	April 7, 1987, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
	October 2, 1993, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average	.247
Home runs	5
Runs batted in	50
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Los Angeles Dodgers (1987–1989); St. Louis Cardinals (1992–1993);
Career highlights and awards
	World Series champion (1988);

Tracy Michael Woodson (born October 5, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and college coach. He played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1987 to 1989 and 1992 to 1993, primarily as a third baseman. He recently coached the Richmond Spiders baseball team.

Playing career

Woodson played college baseball for NC State from 1982 to 1984.^[1] His teammates included Doug Davis, Dan Plesac, Doug Strange, and Jim Toman. In 1983, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[2]

Over his five-year major league career, he played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Woodson was a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers team that won the 1988 World Series. Notably, against the Cincinnati Reds on September 16 of that year, he struck out for the 27th and final out in Tom Browning's perfect game. Woodson pinch-hit for Dodgers right-hander Tim Belcher. His first career home-run came off of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan.

Coaching career

After his playing career was over, he managed for several years in minor league baseball, where he compiled a record of 443 wins and 468 losses and the 2003 Southern League championship with the Carolina Mudcats. Prior to the start of 2007 season, he was named the head baseball coach at Valparaiso, where he coached for seven seasons (2007–13) and led the program to two NCAA Tournament appearances. Prior to the start of the 2014 season, he left Valparaiso to become the head coach of Richmond.^[3]

He also works as a Division I men's college basketball referee.^[4]

Minor League Baseball managerial record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1998	Erie SeaWolves	New York-Penn League	26–50	14th	Pittsburgh Pirates
1999	Hickory Crawdads	South Atlantic League	70–70	6th	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lost in 2nd round
2000	Lynchburg Hillcats	Carolina League	66–72	6th	Pittsburgh Pirates	Lost League Finals
2001	Mobile BayBears	Southern League	65–73	6th	San Diego Padres
2002	Fort Wayne Wizards	Midwest League	69–68	8th	San Diego Padres
2003	Carolina Mudcats	Southern League	80–58	1st	Florida Marlins	League Champs
2004	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pacific Coast League	67–77	12th	Florida Marlins
	Total		443–468

Head coaching record

The following is a table of Woodson's NCAA head coaching records.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Valparaiso Crusaders (Mid-Continent Conference) (2007)
2007	Valparaiso	22–34	10–10	3rd	Mid-Con Tournament
Valparaiso Crusaders (Horizon League) (2008–2013)
2008	Valparaiso	21–35	8–13	6th	Horizon Tournament
2009	Valparaiso	28–24	12–11	4th	Horizon Tournament
2010	Valparaiso	24–32	9–10	4th	Horizon Tournament
2011	Valparaiso	25–32	14–10	4th	Horizon Tournament
2012	Valparaiso	35–25	22–8	1st	NCAA Regional
2013	Valparaiso	32–28	13–11	t-2nd	NCAA Regional
Valparaiso:		187–210 (.471)	88–73 (.547)
Richmond Spiders (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2014–2023)
2014	Richmond	24–28	13–12	5th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2015	Richmond	28–25	15–9	2nd	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2016	Richmond	28–24	11–13	10th
2017	Richmond	17–36	6–17	12th
2018	Richmond	32–24	15–9	4th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2019	Richmond	28–25–1	13–8	5th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2020	Richmond	5–12	0–0		Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Richmond	19–17	5–11	6th (South)
2022	Richmond	30–26	11–13	7th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
2023	Richmond	27–28	14–9	5th	Atlantic 10 Tournament
Richmond:		238–245–1 (.493)	103–101 (.505)
Total:		425–455–1 (.483)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "North Carolina State University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2005. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
^ "Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League" (PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
^ O'Connor, John (July 17, 2013). "Woodson to Be Named UR Baseball Coach, Sources Say". TimesDispatch.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
^ Ryan, Sean (February 6, 2013). "Inside: With Valparaiso's Tracy Woodson". CollegeBaseballInsider.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
^ "2013 The Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). TheSummitLeague.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
^ "2012 Horizon League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Horizon League. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
^ "2012 Horizon League Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
^ "2013 Horizon League Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy and Cynthia Mills. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2013.