Dave Trembley
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David Michael Trembley
- Born October 31, 1951 in Carthage, NY USA
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Dave Trembley managed in the minors for 20 years and is the manager of the Baltimore Orioles.
Trembley began his baseball career by serving as a coach at a Los Angeles high school for several years. From there, he went on to serve as head coach at Antelope Valley Junior College from 1980 to 1984. He then joined the Chicago Cubs organization, first as a scout and later as a minor league coach. In 1986, Trembley got his first managerial job with the unaffiliated Kinston Eagles of the Carolina League. The next year, he took over as manager of the Harrisburg Senators and was named Baseball America Minor League Manager of the Year.
Trembley spent time managing in the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, and Chicago Cubs farm systems before joining the Baltimore Orioles as skipper of the Bowie Baysox in 2003. After two years there, he spent two seasons leading the Ottawa Lynx. He managed continuously in the minors from 1986 to 2006, except for the 1990 season, when he was manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor league training complex in Bradenton, FL.
In 2007, he was named the bullpen coach for the Orioles. On June 18, he was appointed interim manager after the club fired Sam Perlozzo. The team was in last place in the AL East, with a record of 29-40 at the time. After Joe Girardi turned down the job, Trembley was given an extended chance to see if he would have the job long-term. In late August, 2007, it was announced that Trembley would return as Orioles' manager for the 2008 season. The O's promptly lost 15 of their next 17 games, including a game where they gave up an AL-record 30 runs to the Texas Rangers. The team's abysmal pitching was more to blame than Trembley, however.
| Preceded by Sam Perlozzo | Baltimore Orioles Manager 2007- | Succeeded by Current |
