Carney Lansford
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Carney Ray Lansford (born February 7, 1957) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball and former hitting coach of the Colorado Rockies.
Lansford, who played for the California Angels (1978–80), Boston Red Sox (1981–82) and Oakland Athletics (1983–92), batted and threw right-handed.
Personal life
Lansford had a cameo role as Kit "Hit or Die" Kesey, the Chicago White Sox batter that Mel Clark (played by Tony Danza) retires for the final out in the Angels' pennant-winning game in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield.
He claims to be a direct descendant of Sir Francis Drake, who died with no known children.
His son, Jared, was drafted by Oakland in the second round of the 2005 amateur draft. His other son, Josh, was a third baseman in the Chicago Cubs minor league system. His brother, Jody Lansford, spent nine seasons in the minor leagues, briefly breaking into the big leagues with the San Diego Padres, for whom he recorded 30 at bats with six hits in parts of two seasons, with one career home run. His other brother, Phil Lansford, was drafted 10th overall in the 1978 draft but never made it to the majors.
He played for the Briarwood Little League team, from Santa Clara, California, which made it to the finals of the 1969 Little League World Series. In the final game of the World Series on August 2, Carney's team was defeated 5-0 by the team from Taipei City, Taiwan. Lansford is one of fewer than a dozen men who have played in both the Little League World Series and the MLB World Series.
In 2019, Lansford created a personal web page where he announced he would be starting a web page dedicated to recapping and commenting on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Lansford is an avid Star Wars fan and has always stated that his favorite character was Boba Fett. However, as of 2020, the web page has been deactivated and Lansford never offered any additional public commentary on the show.
Lansford went to Wilcox High School in Santa Clara, California. The school's baseball field is named for him.
Career
Lansford, the Angels' most popular rookie in 1978 and ranked third in the overall AL Rookie of the Year poll. Lansford was traded by the Angels to the Red Sox in 1980. In 1981, he captured the American League batting championship in the strike-shortened season, becoming the league's first right-handed hitter to do so in 11 years. Nevertheless, Wade Boggs' arrival in the Red Sox sent Lansford to Oakland in a trade that involved Tony Armas during the 1982 offseason. Lansford was the A's regular third baseman from 1988 to 1992, often coming in second place behind Rickey Henderson. Lansford barely escaped winning his second batting title in 1989 with a.336 average (Minnesota's Kirby Puckett finished with a.339 average). Although his power numbers fell during those years and he missed virtually every part of the 1991 season due to injuries, Lansford's energy and hard hitting made him a major contributor to the A's dynasty. He competed in three World Series with the A's, losing in 1988 and 1990 and winning in 1989.
Lansford was a.290 hitter with 151 home runs, 874 RBI, and 224 stolen bases in 1862 games during his 15-year career. He hit.305 (39-for-188) with two home runs and 18 RBI in three American League Championship Series and three World Series covering 33 games.
Bill James, a baseball writer, ranked Lansford as the 39th best 3rd baseman all time, but also said, 'He was a good hitter but he was an awful third baseman.'
Coaching career
Lansford served as a hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants between 2008 and 2009. Following the 2009 season, Lansford was deprived of his service. Lansford was hired by the Rockies for the 2011 season. Lansford served as a Batting Coach for the Lamigo Monkeys of the CPBL in 2015.