Editing Rob Ducey (section)

==Career==
Ducey was raised in [[Cambridge, Ontario]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Brown |first=Josh |date=August 2, 2008 |title=Rob Ducey: Cambridge native's back – as a coach |url=http://news.therecord.com/article/393572 |access-date=January 15, 2009 |work=[[Waterloo Region Record]]}}</ref> and graduated from [[Seminole Community College]]. 

The [[Toronto Blue Jays]] signed Ducey as a free agent in {{baseball year|1984}}. He debuted in MLB with the Blue Jays in {{baseball year|1987}} and played with the team until the end of July {{baseball year|1992}}. He then played in MLB for the [[California Angels]] (1992), [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] ({{baseball year|1993}}–{{Baseball year|1994}}), [[Seattle Mariners]] ({{baseball year|1997}}–{{baseball year|1998}}), [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1999}}–{{baseball year|2000}}, 2000-{{baseball year|2001}}), and [[Montreal Expos]] (2001), with a brief return to Toronto in 2000. He ended his 13-year major league career with a .242 [[Batting average (baseball)|batting average]] and 31 [[home run]]s in 703 games.<ref name="bbrefduceymaj" /><ref name=":0">{{Sabrbio|rob-ducey}}</ref> He also played for the [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters|Nippon-Ham Fighters]] in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] in 1995 and 1996, hitting 51 home runs, topping his 31 home runs in MLB.<ref name="bbrefduceymaj" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Rob Ducey |url=https://baseballhalloffame.ca/hall-of-famer/rob-ducey/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=[[Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref>

Ducey was part of a major league anomaly in 2000, when he was traded by the Phillies to the Blue Jays on July 26 for minor league pitcher John Sneed, and was then traded by the Blue Jays back to the Phillies on August 7 for [[Mickey Morandini]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stark |first=Jayson |author-link=Jayson Stark |date=August 12, 2000 |title=Ducey for Ducey? Not quite, but close enough |url=https://assets.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark_jayson/679879.html |access-date=June 10, 2015 |work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 10, 2000 |title=Sneed battles self, Altoona |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20000810&id=mvohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aaMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1324,5689696&hl=en |access-date=June 10, 2015 |publisher=[[Reading Eagle]] |pages=C3 |via=Google News Archive}}</ref>

Ducey served as a [[designated hitter]] for [[Canada national baseball team|Canada]] in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]], which finished in fourth place. As a result, he became the first Canadian to have played for two Canadian MLB teams, the Expos and Blue Jays, and the Canadian Olympic team.<ref name="mlbpr">{{cite web|title=Blue Jays add Ducey to scouting staff|url=http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060109&content_id=1293013&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610085841/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060109&content_id=1293013&vkey=pr_tor&fext=.jsp&c_id=tor|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2015|website=MLB.com|date=January 9, 2006}}</ref> [[Matt Stairs]], [[Denis Boucher]], and [[Shawn Hill]] are the only other ballplayers to achieve such distinction.<ref name=":1" />

Subsequently, Ducey spent one year each in the [[New York Yankees]]' and Expos organizations as a minor league [[Coach (baseball)#Offensive coaches: hitting coach and base coaches|hitting coach]],<ref name=milb/> before being hired in 2006 by the Blue Jays as a [[Scout (sport)|talent scout]].<ref name=mlbpr/> His responsibilities included covering both the major and minor leagues, as well as [[spring training|spring training camp]] before moving to the [[Pacific Rim]] department. In October 2009, he was dismissed by then-new Jays [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] [[Alex Anthopoulos]] when coverage of Asia was not a priority for the organization.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffin|first1=Richard|title=Blue Jays struck by winds of change|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/2009/10/10/blue_jays_struck_by_winds_of_change.html|access-date=June 10, 2015|work=Toronto Star|date=October 10, 2009}}</ref>

Ducey was hired to scout for the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] in the 2011 season,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gill|first1=Cliff|title=An accomplished athlete in baseball and basketball|url=http://tbo.com/pasco-county/an-accomplished-athlete-in-baseball-and-basketball-6634|access-date=June 10, 2015|work=The Tampa Tribune|date=February 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610092821/http://tbo.com/pasco-county/an-accomplished-athlete-in-baseball-and-basketball-6634|archive-date=June 10, 2015|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> then joined the Phillies minor league system in 2014, again serving as a hitting coach through 2017.<ref name="milb">{{cite news |last1=Karbach |first1=Kirsten |date=April 6, 2015 |title=Legg Returns to Lead New-Look Staff |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-116557422 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610090359/http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20150406&content_id=116557422&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_t566&sid=t566 |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |access-date=June 10, 2015 |work=[[Minor League Baseball]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rob Ducey Intl, MLB, Minor League, Independent Baseball Statistics |url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/796/ |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=The Baseball Cube}}</ref> In 2020, Ducey was the hitting coach for the [[Fubon Guardians]] of the [[Chinese Professional Baseball League]] (CPBL).<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Josh |date=2021-05-27 |title=Cambridge's Rob Ducey takes a swing at a new career |url=https://www.therecord.com/sports/baseball/cambridge-s-rob-ducey-takes-a-swing-at-a-new-career/article_5cfa12f2-0c2e-5bdb-8fdc-9ad8f68522ec.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250410072835/https://www.therecord.com/sports/baseball/cambridge-s-rob-ducey-takes-a-swing-at-a-new-career/article_5cfa12f2-0c2e-5bdb-8fdc-9ad8f68522ec.html |archive-date=2025-04-10 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=[[The Waterloo Region Record]]}}</ref>

Ducey also coached Canada in the [[2006 World Baseball Classic]], [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympics]], and [[2015 WBSC Premier12]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baseball Canada Announces Coaching Staff for World Baseball Classic |url=https://baseball.ca/?alias=baseball-canada-announces-coaching-staff-for-world-baseball-classic |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=[[Baseball Canada]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" />