Question: What position in MLB did the first winner of the Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award play?
Context: The Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual award given to the best player in minor league baseball's Pacific Coast League.  Managers from the 16 Pacific Coast League teams vote for the winner of the award, which is then combined with 16 votes from various general managers, broadcasters, and media representatives around the league to determine a winner.  The award was formerly voted upon by writers from "The Sporting News". The Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best rookie player in minor league baseball's Pacific Coast League.  Managers from the 16 Pacific Coast League teams and media representatives in each city across the league vote for the winner of the award.  In 1998, Jeremy Giambi won the first ever Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year Award. The Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best pitcher in minor league baseball's Pacific Coast League.  Managers from the 16 Pacific Coast League teams and media representatives in each city across the league vote for the winner of the award.  From 1927 to 2000, PCL pitchers were eligible to win the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) as no award was designated for pitchers.  A total of 10 pitchers have won the MVP Award.  In 2001, Denny Stark won the first ever Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award. The Florida State League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Florida State League.  In 2004, Omar Malavé won the first ever Florida State League Manager of the Year Award.  Malavé is also the only manager to have won the award multiple times (2004, 2008, and 2014). John Joseph Lipon (November 10, 1922 – August 17, 1998) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop for the Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns and Cincinnati Reds over the course of nine seasons (1942; 1946; 1948–1954).  The native of Martins Ferry, Ohio, threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 ft tall and weighed 175 lb .  He served in the United States Navy during World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations, as an aviation machinist's mate, third class. The Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's Pacific Coast League.  Managers from the 16 Pacific Coast League teams and media representatives in each city across the league vote for the winner of the award.  In 1967, Johnny Lipon won the first ever Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award.  The only manager to have won the award on three occasions is Dan Rohn who won in 2001, 2004, and 2005.  Other managers with more than one award are Rocky Bridges, Jim Lefebvre, and Jimy Williams, each with two wins.  Lefebvre (1985 and 1986) and Rohn (2004 and 2005) won the award in consecutive years. Ronald Michael "Pop" Warner (born December 2, 1968, at Alhambra, California) is an American professional baseball coach, and a former minor league manager and player.  Warner spent as manager of the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League, his third successive year in the post.  His professional career began in 1991 and its entirety has been spent in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization.  On December 10, 2014, Warner was named the Cardinals' roving minor league infield coordinator, and was replaced as manager of the Redbirds by Mike Shildt. Patrick Alan Listach (born September 12, 1967) is the current Manager of the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers of the Pacific Coast League and a former Major League Baseball shortstop, minor league manager, and major league third base coach. The International League Manager of the Year Award is an annual award given to the best manager in minor league baseball's International League.  In 1967, Jack Tighe won the first ever International League Manager of the Year Award.  The only manager to have won the award on three occasions is Joe Altobelli who won in 1971, 1976, and 1980.  Other managers with more than one award are Buddy Bailey, Eddie Haas, Dave Miley, Charlie Montoyo, Joe Morgan, Al Pedrique, Rick Sweet, and Jack Tighe, each with two wins.  Tighe (1967 and 1968), Altobelli (1976 and 1977), Haas (1981 and 1982), Pedrique (2016 and 2017), and Sweet (2008 and 2009) won the award in consecutive years. Orville Ernest Mohler (May 29, 1909 – November 26, 1949), sometimes referred to as Orv Mohler, was an American football and baseball player.  He grew up in Alhambra, California, and attended the University of Southern California (USC).  His father was a second baseman in the Pacific Coast League.  While attending USC, the younger Mohler was the student council president, played baseball and played at the quarterback position for the USC Trojans football team.  He led the 1931 USC Trojans football team to a national championship and a victory in the 1932 Rose Bowl, and, at the end of the 1931 season, he was selected by the Central Press Association as a second-team All-American fullback and by the Associated Press as a third-team All-American quarterback.  In 1933, after graduating from USC, Mohler played professional baseball in the Pacific Coast League for the Mission Reds.  He was married in 1933 to Bernadine Olson.  He died in the crash of an Air Force plane in 1949 and was posthumously inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 1995.  He was buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
Answer: shortstop