Buck Coats (born June 9, 1982) is a former

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Career

Coats was drafted in the 18th round (523rd overall) of the 2000 MLB Draft by the

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. Coats made his Major League debut for the Cubs on August 22, 2006, against the

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. After the 2006 season, he finished batting .167 with one home run and one RBI. Coats was then traded to the Reds for a player to be named later. Buck finished hitting .206 and two RBIs, a personal best. The Reds then dealt him to the

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for right-handed pitcher Justin James. Coats only played eight games for the

before being sent back down to the minors. He finished the season batting .200, with one hit, and a single stolen base. Coats signed a minor league contract with the

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on November 25, 2009. Coats was traded to the

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organization and assigned to the AA

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on May 4, 2010. Coats hit .338 with two home runs and 8 RBI in 68 at-bats with the Barons before being promoted to the Triple-A

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. On December 15, 2010, Coats signed a minor league contract with the

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. Due to injury, he was limited to only nine games with the Double-A

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, batting .261 with 3 RBI. In 2015, Coats, along with

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, were named co-hitting coaches of the

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, the minor league rookie affiliate of the

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References

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