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{{short description|American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1958)}}
{{For|the football player|Allen Trammell}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name = Alan Trammell
|image = Alan Trammell 2010.jpg
|image_size = 200
|caption = Trammell with the Chicago Cubs in 2010
|position = [[Shortstop]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|bats = Right
|throws = Right
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|21}}
|birth_place = [[Garden Grove, California]], U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate = September 9
|debutyear = 1977
|debutteam = Detroit Tigers
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate = September 29
|finalyear = 1996
|finalteam = Detroit Tigers
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value = .285
|stat2label = [[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
|stat2value = 2,365
|stat3label = [[Home run]]s
|stat3value = 185
|stat4label = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
|stat4value = 1,003
|stat5label = Managerial record
|stat5value = 187–302
|stat6label = Winning %
|stat6value = {{Winning percentage|187|302}}
|teams=
'''As player'''
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1996}})
'''As manager'''
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|2003}}–{{mlby|2005}})
*[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ({{mlby|2014}})
'''As coach'''
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|1999}})
*[[San Diego Padres]] ({{mlby|2000}}–{{mlby|2002}})
*[[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|2007}}–{{mlby|2010}})
*[[Arizona Diamondbacks]] ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2014}})
*[[Detroit Tigers]] ({{mlby|2015}})
|highlights=
*6× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1980]], [[1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1984]], [[1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1985]], [[1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1987]], [[1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1988]], [[1990 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1990]])
*[[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1984}})
*[[World Series MVP]] (1984)
*4× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
*3× [[Silver Slugger Award]] (1987, 1988, 1990)
*[[Detroit Tigers#Retired numbers and honorees|Detroit Tigers No. 3]] retired
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|hoftype = National
| hofdate = [[2018 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2018]]
| hofvote = 81.3%
| hofmethod = Modern Baseball Era Committee
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{bb|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Baseball Classic]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2017 World Baseball Classic|2017 Los Angeles]]|Team}}
}}
'''Alan Stuart Trammell''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|æ|m|ɛ|l}} {{respell|TRAM|el}};<ref>[http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_80.pdf Detroit Tigers 1980 Press-TV-Radio Guide (pronunciations on page 38).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414200411/http://www.mlb.com/det/downloads/mediaguides/mediaguide_80.pdf |date=April 14, 2021 }} Retrieved April 14, 2021</ref> born February 21, 1958) is an American former professional [[baseball]] [[shortstop]], [[manager (baseball)|manager]], and [[coach (baseball)|coach]]. He is a member of the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]]. He played for the [[Detroit Tigers]] for the entirety of his 20-year playing career in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). Trammell has served as a special assistant to the general manager of the Detroit Tigers since the 2014 season.

Trammell won the [[1984 World Series]] championship over his hometown [[San Diego Padres]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenney |first=Kirk |date=2018-07-22 |title=Alan Trammell's Hall of Fame roots trace to the canyons of Serra Mesa and playgrounds of Kearny High |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2018/07/22/alan-trammells-hall-of-fame-roots-trace-to-the-canyons-of-serra-mesa-and-playgrounds-of-kearny-high/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Togerson • • |first=Derek |date=2017-12-10 |title=FINALLY … Alan Trammell is Going to Cooperstown |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/finally-alan-trammell-is-going-to-cooperstown/30015/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> earning [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|Series MVP honors]]. His team also won an [[American League East]] division championship in 1987. Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws, ultimately winning four [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove awards]]. Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, [[Lou Whitaker]]. The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major league history, playing 19 seasons together. At the plate, Trammell was one of the best-hitting shortstops of his era and won three [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger awards]].

Trammell later served as the Tigers' [[manager (baseball)|manager]] from [[2003 Detroit Tigers season|2003]] through [[2005 Detroit Tigers season|2005]]. He also served as the interim manager for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] during the final three games of the [[2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season|2014 season]]. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

==Playing career==

===Early years===
Trammell attended [[Kearny High School (California)|Kearny High School]] in [[San Diego|San Diego, California]] and played [[American Legion Baseball]]. He was named the 1989 American Legion Graduate of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduate of the Year |url=https://www.legion.org/get-involved/youth-programs/baseball/american-legion-baseball-awards/american-legion-graduate-of-the-year |website=American Legion}}</ref>

The [[Detroit Tigers]] selected him in the second round of the [[1976 MLB draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 16, 2015 |title=Tigers great Alan Trammell puts San Diego investment property up for sale |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-alan-trammell-house-20151016-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> While playing for the Tigers' farm team in Montgomery of the [[Southern League (1964–2020)|Southern League]], Trammell played his first game with teammate [[Lou Whitaker]] before the two infielders were promoted, making their major league debut at [[Fenway Park]] together, during the second game of a double-header on [[1977 Detroit Tigers season|September 9, 1977]], the first of nineteen seasons together. Both players became regulars at their positions the following season.

Trammell [[batting average (baseball)|batted]] .300 in 1980 as he made the [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] team for the first time. In 1983, he batted .319 with 14 [[home run]]s, 66 [[runs batted in]] and 30 [[stolen base]]s.<ref name="br">{{Cite web |title=Alan Trammell |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trammal01.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222073648/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trammal01.shtml |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |website=Baseball-Reference}}</ref> Having hit .258 in both 1981 and 1982, Trammell won the 1983 [[MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award]] in the [[American League]] (AL).

Trammell and Whitaker made a cameo appearance on the television show ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'', starring [[Tom Selleck]], during the 1983 season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnum, P.I.: A Sense of Debt episode on TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/magnum-p.i./a-sense-of-debt/episode/16065/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119073509/http://www.tv.com/magnum-p.i./a-sense-of-debt/episode/16065/summary.html |archive-date=January 19, 2010 |access-date=February 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|Oc_yETYratI}}</ref> Selleck's character was a Tigers fan, as is Selleck himself.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1991 |title=Selleck Strikes Out For Tigers |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/04/04/selleck-strikes-out-for-tigers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208152809/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-04-04/sports/9101310022_1_tom-selleck-bat-marchant-stadium |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>

===1984===
The Tigers enjoyed a championship-winning season in 1984, when they started the season 35–5 and led the AL wire-to-wire en route to winning the World Series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bless You Boys: A Celebration of the '84 Tigers |url=http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/history/bless_you_boys.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615115132/http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/history/bless_you_boys.jsp |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |publisher=Detroit Tigers}}</ref> Despite a season-long battle with [[tendinitis]] in his shoulder that caused him to miss 23 regular season games, Trammell finished fifth in the AL batting race with a .314 mark and ranked eighth in [[on-base percentage]] (.382). In the [[1984 American League Championship Series|AL Championship Series]] against the [[Kansas City Royals]], he hit .364 with one home run and three RBI. Finally, in the [[1984 World Series|World Series]], he hit .450 (9-for-20) against the [[San Diego Padres]], including a pair of two-run home runs that accounted for all of the Tigers' scoring in a Game 4 victory. Detroit won the series 4–1, and Trammell was named [[World Series MVP Award|World Series MVP]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kappler |first=Brian |date=October 15, 1984 |title=Bad knee didn't halt Trammell |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SlwxAAAAIBAJ&pg=2649,2000827 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=The Montreal Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Atkins |first=Harry |date=October 16, 1984 |title=Trammell picks up car |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YqoyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3283,1636238 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=Gettysburg Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

===1985–1988===
In 1985, after two consecutive years of batting not lower than .314, Trammell was hampered by injuries and posted only a .258 batting average. He underwent postseason surgery on his left knee and right shoulder. The following season, a fully healthy Trammell hit 21 homers and stole 25 bases, becoming only the second player in Detroit history to hit 20+ home runs and steal 20+ bases in the same season. ([[Kirk Gibson]] was the other, while [[Curtis Granderson]] and [[Robbie Grossman]] later joined the club.) Trammell also set a career-high with 75 RBI.

In 1987, asked by manager [[Sparky Anderson]] to replace the departed [[Lance Parrish]] as [[cleanup hitter]], Trammell responded with his best major league season, hitting a career-high 28 home runs and .343 batting average (ranking third in the AL). In addition, Trammell appeared among the league leaders in most other AL offensive categories: third in hits (205), tenth in RBI (105), tied for fifth in [[Run (baseball)|runs]] (109), fourth in [[total bases]] (329), fifth in on-base percentage (.402), eighth in [[slugging average]] (.551), sixth in [[on-base plus slugging]] (.953), fifth in [[OPS+]] (155), and tied for fifth in game-winning RBI (16). In September, he batted .416 with six homers and 17 RBI and put together an 18-game hitting streak in which he hit .457. On the penultimate day of the regular season, he hit a walk-off single against the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] to help his team take the [[American League East|AL East]] division lead, which they clinched the next day. He became the first Tiger to collect 200 [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] and 100 RBI in the same season since [[Al Kaline]] did it in 1955. Trammell also became the first shortstop to hit at least .340 with 20+ home runs and 100+ RBI in a season in big league history. Despite his efforts, Trammell finished second to Toronto's [[George Bell (outfielder)|George Bell]] in the MVP voting (332–311).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Donaghy |first=Jim |date=November 18, 1987 |title=Bell edges Trammell |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uv8gAAAAIBAJ&pg=1219,3336393 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=The Hour |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> After the season finale, Whitaker gave him second base, on which he had written: ''To Alan Trammell, 1987 Most Valuable Player, from your friend Lou Whitaker.''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Holmes |first=Dan |date=September 5, 2014 |title=Whitaker's nice gesture remains one of Trammell's prized possessions |url=https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2014/09/05/whitakers-nice-gesture-remains-one-trammells-prized-possessions/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919174843/https://www.detroitathletic.com/blog/2014/09/05/whitakers-nice-gesture-remains-one-trammells-prized-possessions/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |publisher=Detroit Athletic}}</ref>

Trammell followed up with a .311 season in 1988, though a stint on the disabled list limited him to 128 games that year.

===Later years, injuries, and retirement===
[[File:Alan Trammell.jpg|thumb|260px|Trammell bats at [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], 1991]]
Following the 1990 season, in which he hit .304 with 89 RBI in 146 games, Trammell suffered a long string of injuries that reduced his production over his final years. In 1991, knee and ankle injuries limited Trammell to 101 games. During the following season, he played in 29 games before breaking his right ankle and missing the remainder of the 1992 season. He hit .329 in a resurgent 1993 season but was ineligible to be ranked among the AL batting leaders because he only had 447 plate appearances. In his final five seasons, Trammell averaged 76 games played after averaging 140 games played the first 13 seasons of his career. From 1993 to 1996, Trammell saw less time at shortstop in favor of [[Travis Fryman]] and eventually [[Chris Gomez]] and [[Andújar Cedeño]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Akre |first=Brian S. |date=January 25, 1996 |title=Detroit signs Trammell to play utility role |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19960125&id=YctOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7PwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6879,2735691 |publisher=[[Lakeland Ledger]] |page=C4 |via=Google News Archive Search |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He instead saw playing time at several positions, including shortstop, third base, second base, left field, center field, and designated hitter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alan Trammell Fielding Stats |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/trammal01-field.shtml |website=Baseball Reference}}</ref> Trammell retired following the 1996 season.

In his 20-year career, Trammell batted over .300 seven times, ending with a career average of .285 and 185 home runs with 1,003 RBI, 1,231 runs, 2,365 hits, 412 [[Double (baseball)|doubles]], 55 [[Triple (baseball)|triples]], 236 stolen bases and 850 walks in 2,293 games.<ref name="br" /> He compiled a .977 [[fielding percentage]] at shortstop, his primary position.

===Hall of Fame consideration and induction===
In 2001, Trammell was rated as the ninth-best shortstop of all time in "[[The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract]]", placing him higher than fourteen Hall of Fame shortstops. In subsequent years, Trammell's candidacy for the Hall of Fame picked up increasing support from the sabermetric community. In his first 12 years of eligibility, he received the following percentage of votes: 15.7% (2002), 14.1% (2003), 13.8% (2004), 16.9% (2005), 17.7% (2006), 13.4% (2007), 18.2% (2008), 17.4% (2009), 22.4% (2010), 24.3% (2011), 36.8% (2012), 33.6% (2013), and 20.8% (2014).<ref name="br" /> His boost in later years was likely due to voters being more receptive to advanced metrics, such as [[wins above replacement]].<ref>[http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/24388253/lucky-13-breaking-down-alan-trammells-hall-of-fame-case Eye On Baseball] Retrieved December 27, 2013</ref>

Trammell was on his 15th and final [[Baseball Writers' Association of America]] ballot in 2016, failing to earn enough for induction. Trammell was one of the last candidates to be allowed on the ballot for 15 years after the BBWAA reduced eligibility to ten years, and would next be considered for the [[Veterans Committee]] Expansion starting from 2017. On December 10, 2017, he was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Modern Baseball Committee alongside teammate [[Jack Morris]]. They were inducted in July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCosky |first=Chris |title=Trammell still unsettled by finally getting Hall call |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/12/11/trammell-still-unsettled-finally-getting-hall-call/108515488/ |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Castrovince |first=Anthony |date=July 30, 2018 |title=Morris, Trammell grateful to enter HOF together |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/jack-morris-alan-trammell-enter-hall-of-fame-c288024336 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>

In 1998, Trammell was elected into the [[National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="polishsportshof.com">{{Cite web |title=Alan Trammell |url=http://www.polishsportshof.com/?page_id=162 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110163216/http://www.polishsportshof.com/?page_id=162 |archive-date=January 10, 2015 |access-date=January 4, 2015 |publisher=polishsportshof.com}}</ref>

===Jersey number retirement===
{{MLBBioRet
|Image  = Trammell_DET.png
|Name   = Alan Trammell
|Number = 3
|Team   = Detroit Tigers
|Year   = 2018
|}}
Alan Trammell's jersey #3 was retired by the Tigers in a ceremony on August 26, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 27, 2018 |title=Alan Trammell sees Tigers No.3 jersey retired, lobbies for DP partner Lou Whitaker |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/24485283/alan-trammell-sees-tigers-no3-jersey-retired-lobbies-dp-partner-lou-whitaker |access-date=September 19, 2018 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> His name and number were added to the brick wall in left-center field at [[Comerica Park]], alongside [[Charlie Gehringer]] (#2), [[Hank Greenberg]] (#5), [[Al Kaline]] (#6), [[Sparky Anderson]] (#11), [[Hal Newhouser]] (#16), [[Willie Horton (baseball)|Willie Horton]] (#23), [[Ty Cobb]] (no number) and [[Jack Morris]] (#47). [[Jackie Robinson]]'s #42 was retired throughout baseball in 1997. Double-play mate [[Lou Whitaker]] had his #1 retired in 2022, and it now fittingly stands to the right of Trammel's on the outfield wall.

==Managerial and coaching career==
After his retirement, Trammell coached for Detroit (1999, [[hitting coach]]) and the San Diego Padres (2000–2002, [[first base coach]]) before becoming a manager.<ref name="fire">{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2005 |title=Tigers fire Trammell after 71–91 season |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2179572 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref>

===Detroit Tigers===
Trammell was named the manager of a struggling Tigers team on October 9, 2002.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lage |first=Larry |date=October 9, 2002 |title=Trammell takes Tigers' managerial reins |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/2002-10-09-trammell_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103175148/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/tigers/2002-10-09-trammell_x.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The team lost 119 games in his first season in 2003, an American League record at the time, before posting a 72–90 record in 2004. In the 2005 season, however, the team's record regressed slightly, finishing 71–91. During Trammell's three years as manager, the Tigers compiled a record of 186–300.<ref name="fire" /><ref name="managerial record">{{Cite web |title=Alan Trammell |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/trammal01.shtml |access-date=December 5, 2014 |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC}}</ref>

During the 2003 season, Detroit nearly matched the modern MLB record of 120 losses, set by the expansion [[New York Mets]] (40–120) in 1962. The Tigers won five of their last six games to avoid the distinction. The Mets' major league record and Tigers' American League record for losses was later surpassed by the [[2024 Chicago White Sox season|2024 Chicago White Sox]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doolittle |first=Bradford |date=2024-09-28 |title=121 losses?! The numbers behind the White Sox's season of shame |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41421364/2024-mlb-chicago-white-sox-121-losses-record-1962-new-york-mets-numbers |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

On October 3, 2005, the Tigers released Trammell after three seasons in which the organization failed to post a winning record.<ref name="fire" /> Trammell was replaced by [[Jim Leyland]] on October 4, 2005. Leyland led Detroit to a 24-game improvement in the regular season, an AL pennant, and a [[2006 World Series|World Series]] appearance in 2006. While there was some media criticism regarding Trammell's managerial strategies and "nice" demeanor,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Crasnick |first=Jerry |date=October 20, 2006 |title=Trammell: 'I'll always be a Tiger' |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/playoffs2006/columns/story?columnist=crasnick_jerry&id=2632875 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=ESPN}}</ref> others contend that he was a rookie manager put in charge of a team that was severely lacking in talent, and believe his managerial stint played an integral role in re-instilling professionalism and pride throughout the Tigers organization. Leyland himself attributed a degree of the success that the Tigers saw in the 2006 postseason to Trammell's efforts in the three years prior.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 2006 |title=A Tiger Who Won, and Then Couldn't, Manages to Smile |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/sports/baseball/22trammell.html |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

In October 2006, Trammell returned to [[Comerica Park]] for the first time since his firing to participate, along with [[Sparky Anderson]], in pregame festivities prior to Game 2 of the World Series.<ref name="Cubs">{{Cite web |last=Muskat |first=Carrie |date=October 24, 2006 |title=Trammell raring to go with Cubs |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061024&content_id=1722179&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106001707/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061024&content_id=1722179&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |publisher=Major League Baseball}}</ref> Trammell was showered with a lengthy standing ovation from Detroit baseball fans upon taking the field.

===Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks===
[[File:Alan Trammell 2009.jpg|thumb|260px|Trammell as a Chicago Cubs coach, 2009]]
After being replaced by Leyland, Trammell turned down an offer to stay with the Tigers as a special assistant, instead opting to sit out 2006. In October 2006, he agreed to join the [[Chicago Cubs]] as a bench coach for the 2007 season,<ref name="Cubs" /> a possible precursor to an eventual return to managing a major league club.

During the four-game suspension of [[Lou Piniella]] in 2007, Trammell was acting manager of the Chicago Cubs.

Trammell was passed over for the Cubs' managerial position when [[Lou Piniella]] retired midway through the 2010 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 23, 2010 |title=Mike Quade prepared for hot seat |url=https://www.espn.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5491452 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=ESPN. Associated Press}}</ref>

Trammell was named [[bench coach]] of the Arizona Diamondbacks in October 2010, joining his former teammate [[Kirk Gibson]]. Gibson had previously been Trammell's bench and hitting coach with the Tigers.<ref name="Arizona">{{Cite news |date=October 26, 2010 |title=Gibson reunites with Trammell in Arizona |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/2010-10-26-312501063_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103175143/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/2010-10-26-312501063_x.htm |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |access-date=December 17, 2023 |work=USA Today |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> He and Gibson were fired on September 26, 2014, though Trammell stayed on for the final three games of the season to serve as the interim manager.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 27, 2014 |title=Diamondbacks fire Kirk Gibson |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/11594666/arizona-diamondbacks-fire-manager-kirk-gibson-bench-coach-alan-trammell |access-date=September 28, 2014 |work=ESPN.com}}</ref> He had a record of one win and two losses with Arizona.<ref name="managerial record" />

===Return to Detroit Tigers===
On November 3, 2014, it was announced that Trammell would return to Detroit as a special assistant to Tigers' general manager [[Dave Dombrowski]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Alan Trammell returning to Tigers as assistant to GM |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2014/11/03/alan-trammell-returning-tigers-assistant-gm/18408801/ |access-date=November 3, 2014 |work=The Detroit News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 3, 2014 |title=Trammell returns to Tigers as special assistant |url=http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/100409072/alan-trammell-returns-to-tigers-as-special-assistant |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103213808/http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/100409072/alan-trammell-returns-to-tigers-as-special-assistant |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |publisher=Major League Baseball}}</ref> During the 2015 season Trammell served as interim first-base coach when [[Omar Vizquel]] temporarily left the team on bereavement leave. He wore #4 during this time, as [[Ian Kinsler]] was wearing Trammell's familiar #3.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 25, 2015 |title=Trammell fills in as Tigers' first-base coach |url=https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/alan-trammell-fills-in-as-first-base-coach/c-138650322 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |work=MLB.com}}</ref> Trammell continued to serve as a special assistant to Tigers' GM [[Al Avila]] until Avila was dismissed in August 2022, and Avila was replaced as GM by [[Jeff Greenberg (sports executive)|Jeff Greenberg]] in September 2023, with Trammell maintaining his special assistant role.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Trammell still unsettled by finally getting Hall call |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/12/11/trammell-still-unsettled-finally-getting-hall-call/108515488/ |work=The Detroit News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Petzold |first=Evan |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Detroit Tigers fire general manager Al Avila after 7 seasons |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2022/08/10/detroit-tigers-fire-gm-al-avila-after-seven-seasons/10291309002/ |access-date=August 11, 2022 |work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beck |first=Jason |date=September 29, 2023 |title=Miggy to join Tigers' front office as special assistant |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/miguel-cabrera-named-tigers-special-assistant?partnerID=mlbapp-android_article-share |access-date=October 14, 2023 |work=MLB.com}}</ref>

===Managerial record===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[2003 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||{{mlby|2003}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|43|119}}|| 5th in AL Central || – || – || – || –
|- 
![[2004 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||{{mlby|2004}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|72|90}}|| 4th in AL Central || – || – || – || –
|-
![[2005 Detroit Tigers season|DET]]||{{mlby|2005}}
||162||{{WinLossPct|71|91}} || 4th in AL Central || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|DET total || 486 || {{WinLossPct|186|300}} || || – || – || – ||
|-
![[2014 Arizona Diamondbacks season|ARI]]*||{{mlby|2014}}
||3||{{WinLossPct|1|2}} || 5th in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|ARI total || 3 || {{WinLossPct|1|2}} || || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>{{cite web|title=Alan Trammell|url=https://www.baseballreference.com/managers/trammal01.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=June 14, 2025}}</ref> || 489 || {{WinLossPct|187|302}}|| ||–||–||–||–
|}

==Career highlights==
*1984 [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|World Series MVP]]
*[[1984 World Series]] Champion 
*Inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2018<ref name="a487">{{Cite web |last=Jaffe |first=Jay |date=2017-12-11 |title=Evaluating the Inevitable Hall of Fame Election of Jack Morris, the Pleasant Surprise of Alan Trammell and More |url=https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/12/11/hall-fame-results-jack-morris-alan-trammell-marvin-miller |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=SI.com}}</ref>
*6-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] (1980, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990)
*4-time [[Gold Glove Award|Gold Glove]] (1980, 1981, 1983, 1984)
*3-time Top 10 [[Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] finisher (1984, 1987, 1988)
*3-time [[Silver Slugger Award|Silver Slugger]] (1987, 1988, 1990)
*3-time Tiger of the Year by the [[Baseball Writers' Association of America|BBWAA]]-Detroit Chapter (1980, 1987, 1988)
*[[Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award|Comeback Player of the Year]] (1983)
*Collected both 200th hit of the season and 1,500th career in same [[at bat]] (October 1, 1987)
*Had a 21-game hit streak during the 1987 season.
*Had a 20-game hit streak during the 1984 season.
*Along with teammate [[Lou Whitaker]] holds AL record playing together (1,918 games). They also set the major league record by turning more double plays than any other shortstop-second baseman combination in professional baseball history.
*The Trammell–Whitaker duo twice won Gold Gloves together, joining a list of eight shortstop-second baseman duos who have won the honor in the same season while playing together (1983, 1984).
*Inducted into the [[National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1998<ref name="polishsportshof.com" />
*Inducted into the [[San Diego Hall of Champions]] in 1998<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum » Alan Trammell |url=http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/baseball/alan-trammell/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001180431/http://www.sdhoc.com/awards/hall-of-fame/baseball/alan-trammell/ |archive-date=October 1, 2009 |access-date=2009-06-18 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
*[[List of Gold Glove middle infield duos]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career runs batted in leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders]]
*[[List of Major League Baseball players who spent their entire career with one franchise]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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*{{SABR Baseball Biography Project|5c73bfdf}}

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