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TIGERS FRONT OFFICE
MANNY
CRESPO
DIRECTOR, LATIN
AMERICAN PLAYER
DEVELOPMENT
Entering his eighth season with the Tigers after joining the organization on November 7, 2005.
• Coordinates baseball instruction in the Tigers baseball academies in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela
and serves as an international liaison for Tigers players in the low minors.
• Served as bench coach for Spain in the 2012 European Championship as the team finished in third place...also
served as bench coach for Spain during the World Baseball Classic Qualifier as the team won the tournament and
advanced to the World Baseball Classic for the first time.
• Prior to joining the Tigers organization, Crespo spent the previous three seasons as the Latin American
Coordinator of Instruction for the San Diego Padres.
• Served as manager of the Gulf Coast League Yankees and as a South Florida area scout with the New York
Yankees during the 2002 season.
• Part of the Florida Marlins organization from 1996-2001, serving as a hitting coach with the Gulf Coast League
Marlins during his first three seasons with the organization and the organization’s roving minor league infield
instructor in his final three seasons.
• Went into private business from 1984-95, teaching hitting and directing the MC Bulldogs, a baseball team of 11-14year-olds
who traveled to tournaments during the summer.
• Served as a roving minor league infield instructor for the San Diego Padres for five seasons 1979-83.
• Began his coaching career with Miami Dade-New World Center following the 1976 season and also coached at
Florida International University for one season before joining the Padres as a scout and instructor in 1978.
• A third-round draft selection by the Boston Red Sox in 1968, he played nine seasons before retiring in 1976.
• His son, Manny, works at Gulliver Prep High School in Miami, FL, and serves as the baseball team’s hitting coach.
• His daughter, Jessica, has two sons, Roger Jr. and Jian.
• Resides in Miami, FL with his wife, Maria.
DICK
EGAN
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO
THE GENERAL MANAGER
Entering his 53rd season in professional baseball and 12th with the Tigers organization after joining the club as a
major league scout on January 24, 2002.
• Named special assistant to the general manager on October 18, 2007, after spending the previous six seasons
as a major league scout with the organization.
• Prior to joining the Tigers, Egan spent the previous 10 seasons with the Florida Marlins, serving as a
professional scout (1999-2001), crosschecker (1996-98) and West Coast supervisor (1992-95).
• Spent the 1986-91 seasons with the Texas Rangers, joining the club in 1986 as a minor league pitching
coordinator, before joining the major league staff as a bullpen coach in 1988...after two seasons as bullpen
coach with the Rangers, Egan served as pitching coach with Triple A Oklahoma City in 1990 and managed
Rookie level Butte in 1991.
• Following his playing career, Egan joined the Major League Scouting Bureau in 1974, working with the bureau
until joining the Rangers in 1986.
• Began his career in professional baseball as a pitcher with seven organizations over a 13-year span from
1957-69...he logged major league time with the Tigers in 1963-64, the California Angels in 1966 and the Los
Angeles Dodgers in 1967.
• Resides in Garland, TX with his wife, Kandi.
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