Marion Danne "Bill" Adair (February 10, 1913 – June 17, 2002) was an American

United States

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 coach

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 and interim manager

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 in Major League Baseball

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. A second baseman

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, he was a career minor-league

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 player who never rose about the Class AA level but who spent 21 years as a manager in the minors.

History

Born in Mobile, Alabama

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, Adair was a skipper in the Braves

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 organization (he managed farm clubs for all three cities the Braves played in), as well as the Detroit Tigers

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, San Diego Padres

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, Montreal Expos

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, and the Chicago White Sox

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 organizations. He compiled a 1,611-1,305 (.552) record in the minors, but his managing career in the major leagues was limited to ten games with the 1970

1970 in baseball

-Major Leagues:*World Series MVP: Brooks Robinson*All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium: National League, 5-4 ; Carl Yastrzemski, MVP-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Navegantes del Magallanes *College World Series: USC...

 White Sox. Skipper Don Gutteridge

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 was fired September 3 with 26 games left in the season. Adair then compiled a 4-6 (.400) record before Chuck Tanner was appointed permanent manager on September 14, 1970. The White Sox lost 106 games that season.

Adair also was a major league coach for the Braves (1962

1962 in baseball

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; 1966

1966 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers ; Frank Robinson, MVP*All-Star Game, July 12 at Busch Stadium: National League, 2–1 ; Brooks Robinson, MVP-Other champions:*College World Series: Ohio State...

), White Sox (1970) and Expos (1976

1976 in baseball

-Major League Baseball:*World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees ; Johnny Bench, MVP*All-Star Game, July 13 at Veterans Stadium: National League, 7-1; George Foster, MVP-Other champions:*Caribbean World Series: Naranjeros de Hermosillo...

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