# Don McCormack

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{{short description|American baseball player and coach (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Don McCormack
|image=Don McCormack - Oklahoma City 89ers.jpg
|position=[Catcher](/source/Catcher)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1955|9|18}}
|birth_place=[Omak, Washington](/source/Omak%2C_Washington)
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 30
|debutyear=1980
|debutteam=[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 4
|finalyear=1981
|finalteam=[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.400
|stat2label=[Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball))
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=[Strikeout](/source/Strikeout)s
|stat3value=1
|teams=
*[Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) ({{By|1980}}–{{By|1981}})
|highlights=
}}
'''Donald Ross McCormack''' (born September 18, 1955) is a former professional baseball player and coach. He was a fourth round draft pick (75th overall) in the [1974 Major League Baseball draft](/source/1974_Major_League_Baseball_draft), by the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies) out of [Omak High School](/source/Omak_High_School). On September 30, 1980, the 25-year-old McCormack made his major league debut with the Phillies. However, he would end up playing only 5 games total in the majors (in 1980 and 1981 with the Phillies), while spending most of nine years playing in the minor leagues in the Philadelphia and [Detroit Tigers](/source/Detroit_Tigers) farm systems.

McCormack went on to manage the [Reading Phillies](/source/Reading_Phillies) (AA [Eastern League](/source/Eastern_League_(1938%E2%80%932020))) and is currently the [bench coach](/source/bench_coach) of the [Long Island Ducks](/source/Long_Island_Ducks) ([Atlantic League](/source/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball)).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mccordo01.shtml |title=Donald Ross McCormack |work=[Baseball-Reference.com](/source/Baseball-Reference.com) |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |accessdate=March 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Joe |last=McDonald |url=http://www.nysportsday.com/news/ducks/1164750254.php |title=LaPoint Named New Ducks Manager |work=NY Sports Day |publisher=Sportsday Publishing, LLC |date=November 28, 2006 |accessdate=March 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501174122/http://www.nysportsday.com/news/ducks/1164750254.php |archive-date=May 1, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2005, McCormack reached a milestone, posting his 800th win as a manager. The Ducks' manager position was taken over by [Dave LaPoint](/source/Dave_LaPoint), a former major league pitcher, on November 28, 2006. [Bud Harrelson](/source/Bud_Harrelson) later took his place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liducks.com/ducks/staff/?staff_id=4 |title=Staff – Bud Harrelson |publisher=[Long Island Ducks](/source/Long_Island_Ducks) |accessdate=March 20, 2013}}</ref> As a result of this transition, McCormack became the team's bench coach.

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Baseball players from Washington (state)
Category:1955 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Omak, Washington
Category:Reading Phillies managers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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