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Thomas Brad "Trey" Hillman (born January 4, 1963 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American baseball manager and coach. He was the manager of both the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League and the Kansas City Royals in the American League and a coach with the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is currently the bench coach for the Houston Astros.
Hillman signed with the Cleveland Indians in 1985 after playing college ball at the University of Texas at Arlington. He played in the Indians farm system from 1985 to 1987, appearing in 162 games and hitting .179 while playing various infield positions.
Hillman became a scout for the Indians in 1988. He became a manager in the New York Yankees minor league system in 1990 and remained in the Yankees farm system through 2001, including three years (1999–2001) as manager of the AAA Columbus Clippers. He won the league championship in 1990 with the Oneonta Yankees of the New York-Penn League.
He left the Yankees to became the director of player development for the Texas Rangers in 2002.
From the archives... This was a feature that never took flight. In fact, I don't believe it ever aired at Kauffman Stadium. It was just a bit too "intimate" and required you to be able to really HEAR every word that was spoken... Difficult at The K. Anyhow, i loved working with Trey. He was always incredibly candid and very nice to me. Twitter @timscott411
The Kansas City Royals announced Thursday that Trey Hillman had been fired as manager and Ned Yost is interim manager. Hillman won his last game Thursday afternoon.
In the dugout before the game, Ethier and Hanley were shaking hands and fist bumping players, coaches, even the bat boy. When Hanley got to Trey Hillman, he fist bumped him, then reached toward Hillman with his hand spread open. Trey swatted it away, Hanley reached again and Hillman shoved Ramirez backwards with two hands. Hanley walked out of frame looking very disturbed and Trey looked angry. Hillman kept staring at a point off screen with the same pissed off look. Hanley walked into frame past the bench coach, when Hillman swung at Hanley like he was trying to knock the cap off his head and Ramirez kept walking. At no point did either of them have a smile on their face.
Trey Hillman became the first manager to get fired this season when the Kansas City Royals let him go Thursday after a final win. The Royals are last in the AL Central. (May 13)
Truthwork.com does a two part interview with manager Trey Hillman of the 2006 Japanese Championship Series winning baseball team, the Nippon Ham Fighters!
Part 2 of Truthwork.com's personal interview with manager Trey Hillman of the 2006 Japanese Championship Series winning baseball team, the Nippon Ham Fighters!
日本ハムファイターズ、ファンフェスティバル2007