Charles Keith Cottier is a former second baseman

Second baseman

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, manager

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, coach

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 and scout  in American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

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. He is currently a special assistant to the general manager

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 of the Washington Nationals

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Cottier graduated from Grand Junction, Colorado

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, High School, where he lettered in four sports — baseball, basketball

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, football

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 and wrestling

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. He was a good-fielding, light-hitting infielder during his nine-year big league playing career. He appeared in 580 games and compiled a lifetime batting average

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 of .220 with 19 home run

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s with the Milwaukee Braves (1959–60), Detroit Tigers

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 (1961), Washington Senators

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 (1961–65), and California Angels

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 (1968–69). Cottier batted and threw right-handed, standing 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) tall and weighing 178 pounds (81 kg). His playing career ended in May when he sustained an Achilles tendon

Achilles tendon

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 injury as a member of the Angels. He began his minor league

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 managing career in .

Cottier was in his third season as the third-base coach of the Seattle Mariners

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 when he was chosen to replace Del Crandall

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 as Seattle's manager with 27 games left in the campaign. He led the team through the entire season and into the first 28 games of . With the M's in sixth place in May 1986 with a record of 9-19, Cottier was fired and succeeded by interim manager Marty Martínez

Marty Martínez

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 for one game before Dick Williams

Dick Williams

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 took over. His career major record as a major league manager was 98-119 (.452).

Cottier also served as a coach for the New York Mets

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 (1979–81), Chicago Cubs

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 (1988–94), Baltimore Orioles

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 (1995) and Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1997–2000). Through the season, he was a major league scout

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 for the New York Yankees

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