Keith Bodie
From BR Bullpen
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Born February 13, 1956
Keith Bodie was selected by the New York Mets in the third round of the 1974 amateur draft. He never made the majors as a player. Once his playing career ended, he went on to manage in the minor leagues for over a decade, most recently with the Harrisburg Senators.
Bodie began his coaching career with the Auburn Astros in 1984 and the Columbus Astros in 1985. He was the San Francisco Giants' minor league field coordinator from 1994 to 1999. In 2001, Bodie was promoted after the minor league season to coach the Kansas City Royals - the first time in his 28 years of pro ball to be in the majors. That same year, his cousin Nicholas Chiofalo, a New York firefighter, was among the missing after responding to the World Trade Center attack. The Royals players collected $20,000 for Chiofalo's family and presented the check to Bodie. The Glass family matched the gift.
Bodie was the Royals' roving minor league outfield instructor in 2004. In 2008 he will be the hitting coach for the Salem Avalanche.
