Bob Dernier

Robert Eugene Dernier (born January 5, 1957), also known as "Bobby", is an American former professional baseball center fielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, in the 1980s. The fleet-afoot 1984 Gold Glove Award winner was also known as "The Deer", to fans at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Dernier experimented as a switch hitter during part of the 1983 season with Philadelphia.

Bob Dernier
Dernier as the Cubs' 1st base coach in 2011
Center fielder
Born: (1957-01-05) January 5, 1957
Kansas City, Missouri
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 7, 1980, for the Philadelphia Phillies
Last MLB appearance
October 1, 1989, for the Philadelphia Phillies
MLB statistics
Batting average.255
Home runs23
Runs batted in152
Stolen bases218
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Biography

After graduating from high school in Kansas City, Missouri, Dernier attended Longview Community College, where he played baseball and majored in journalism. He led the minor leagues three times in stolen bases—77 with Peninsula in 1979, 71 with Reading in 1980, and 71 for Oklahoma City in 1981.[1]

Dernier was the leadoff hitter for the Cubs' 1984 N.L. East division championship team. Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg batted second and the lead-off pair was dubbed "The Daily Double" by Cubs announcer Harry Caray.[2] Dernier was a member of the 1983 Phillies team, which won the National League pennant but lost the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, and the 1984 Cubs team which won the NL East but lost in the playoffs to the San Diego Padres. He homered leading off the first inning of Game 1 in the 1984 National League Championship Series to kick off a 13-0 victory for the Cubs, but they dropped the series, three games to two.

From the mid-1990s through at least 2004, Dernier was an instructor at a baseball training academy in Kansas City.[3] Dernier was named the Cubs major league first base coach on August 23, 2010,[4] after serving as the team's minor league outfield and base-running coordinator since 2007. He remained a Cub coach until the end of the 2012 season.

See also

References
  1. Norman MacLean, ed. (1986). 1986 Who's Who in Baseball. New York: Who's Who in Baseball Magazine Company, Inc.
  2. Synnes, Curt (2008-06-18). "Curt's Replays: Major Leagues can thank Helena for some big guns". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 2008-07-14.
  3. Synness, Curt (June 18, 2004). "Dernier was part of star-studded Phillies teams". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. "Chicago Cubs names Bob Dernier first base coach". Chicago Sun-Times. 2010-08-23. Archived from the original on August 27, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-24.


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