Mike Brumley Passes Away Mike Brumley Passes Away

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Former big league player and coach pa sed away yesterday in a car accident, as initially reported by MLB.coms Mark Bowman ( ). Brumley was 61 years old.  A second-round pick for the Red Sox  Trevor Daley Jersey in the 1983 draft, Brumley played in 295 big league games over parts of eight seasons from 1987-1995. The early years of his pro career were defined by his inclusion in a pair of trades involving future Hall-of-Famers  the Red Sox traded Brumley and Dennis Eckersley to the Cubs for Bill Buckner in May 1984, which led to Brumley making his MLB debut in a Chicago uniform in 1987. The Cubbies then dealt Brumley and Keith Moreland to the Padres in February 1988 in the swap that brought Goose Go sage and Ray Hayward to Chicago.  Overall, Brumley was traded four different times as part of his journeyman career. He saw action with six different teams at the Major League level, and his 92 games with the Tigers in 1989 marked the most playing time he received in a season. Besides the Cubs and Tigers, Brumley also played with the Mariners, Red Sox, Astros, and Athletics, and he was a member of four other organizations (Padres, Orioles, Angels, Marlins) without ever appearing with any of those teams in a big league game. He hit .206/.261/.272 over 697 plate appearances while playing mostly shortstop, and also bouncing around the diamond as a second baseman, third baseman, and all three outfield positions.  Brumley moved into a long coaching career after his playing days ended, including stints as a minor league manager with Angels and Dodgers affiliates, while also working as a roving instructor for the Dodgers and as a field coordinator in the Rangers organization. His work in a big league dugout came with two of his former teams  Brumley was a third and first coach with the Mariners from 2010-13, and then an a sistant hitting coach with the Cubs during the 2014 season.  Brumley went on to work as a minor league hitting coordinator with the Braves in 2021, and built some lasting bonds with several members of Atlantas organization that lasted well beyond his lone season in the role.  today about his friendship with Brumley, crediting him behind only Rileys father as his greatest   role models in my baseball career  .  We at MLB Trade Rumors send our condolences to Brumleys family, friends, and colleagues.  Rick Kehoe Jersey