Midwest League Managers

Mike Bucci

One Midwest League season:

• Manager, Burlington [Rangers] (1985)

Playing Career

• Drafted/Signed: Texas Rangers, 1975, 16th round (Outfielder, West Chester University).
• Professional Career: 9 minor league seasons, mostly in the Texas organization and usually in the Pacific Coast League.
• Midwest League: Played for Wausau in 1983, and appeared in one game at Burlington while he was their manager.

Management style

Bucci was a "little game" manager; his teams bunted and ran wild on the basepaths.

Note: Mike's put on baseball clinics (RBI Baseball Academy) since his retirement from the professional game, including many as part of a Phillies outreach program.

Michael Carmen Bucci

Sources

My standard sources are described here.

• 1979 Major League Year and Note Book

Note: The 1990 TSN Guide lists Mike Brown as the 1989 GCL Indians' manager. Bucci is listed as manager in the 1989 Blue Book and the 1990 BA Almanac.