Fred Stanley (baseball)

Infobox MLB retired
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bgcolor2=#1c2841
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Fred Stanley
position=Shortstop
birthdate=birth date and age|1947|8|13
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 11
debutyear=1969
debutteam=Seattle Pilots
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=1982
finalteam=Oakland Athletics
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.216
stat2label=On base percentage
stat2value=.301
stat3label=Runs
stat3value=197
teams=
*Seattle Pilots (by|1969)
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|1970)
*Cleveland Indians (by|1971-by|1972)
*San Diego Padres (by|1972)
*New York Yankees (by|1973-by|1980)
*Oakland Athletics (by|1981-by|1982)
highlights=
*American League pennant: 1976, 1977, 1978
*World Series champion: 1977, 1978

Frederick Blair Stanley (born August 13, 1947 in Farnhamville, Iowa) was a Major League Baseball player from 1969 to 1982 for the Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, and Oakland Athletics. Stanley, whose nickname was "Chicken," primarily played as a backup shortstop and was a key backup player to Bucky Dent on the Yankees teams in the late 1970s. Stanley was clearly a favorite player of Phil Rizzuto, who did the play by play announcing during this timeframe. Rizzuto would fondly say things like "How 'bout that Chicken??!!" when Stanley would make a great play. Fact|date=February 2007

Since 1960, no other non-pitcher has had as many seasons( nine) with at least 30 at-bats and five or fewer extra base hits. His batting average was .216

On October 12, 2007, he was appointed as the San Francisco Giants Director of Player Development.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stanlfr01.shtml Fred Stanley career stats"]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3060640 Appointment as the SF Giants Director of Player Development]