Wayne Richard Krenchicki was a Major League Baseball third baseman.
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18 Facts About Wayne Krenchicki
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Wayne Krenchicki played all or parts of eight seasons in the majors from 1979 until 1986.
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Wayne Krenchicki was a past manager of the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League.
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Wayne Krenchicki was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the eighth round of the 1972 MLB draft, shortly after his high school graduation.
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Wayne Krenchicki opted to accept an athletic scholarship from the University of Miami where he majored in physical education.
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Wayne Krenchicki was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.
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Wayne Krenchicki appeared with the United States national baseball team at the Baseball World Cup in 1973 and the Pan American Games in 1975, winning a gold and silver medal respectively.
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Wayne Krenchicki was on the Boulder, Colorado team that won the National Baseball Congress World Series in 1975.
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Wayne Krenchicki was the seventh player chosen overall by the Baltimore Orioles in the secondary phase of the January 1976 Major League Baseball draft.
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Wayne Krenchicki made his major league debut with the Orioles in June 1979, then spending parts of the next two seasons with them.
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Wayne Krenchicki was sent to the Cincinnati Reds on February 15,1982 to complete a transaction from five days prior in which the Orioles had acquired Paul Moskau.
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Wayne Krenchicki was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Pat Underwood on June 30,1983.
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Wayne Krenchicki was traded to the Montreal Expos the following offseason, and in 1986 he played mostly at first base for the Expos, backing up Andres Galarraga.
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In 1989 and 1990, Wayne Krenchicki played in the Senior Professional Baseball Association.
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In 1995, Wayne Krenchicki began managing in various independent minor leagues.
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Wayne Krenchicki managed the Newark Bears again in 2008 after which on December 16,2008, he was named the manager of the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League.
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