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donnelly with the seattle mariners left steubenville , ohio seattle mariners third base coach 3 august 1946 26 rich donnelly mariners mmp july 2014.jpg rich donnelly
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rich donnelly

richard francis donnelly -lrb- born august 5 , 1946 , at steubenville , ohio -rrb- is an american professional baseball coach .
on march 7 , 2014 , he was named third-base coach of the seattle mariners , replacing john stearns .
donnelly has been a major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- coach for over 25 years , and was a catcher during his active career in minor league baseball .
donnelly had been slated to spend as manager of the tacoma rainiers of the pacific coast league , the mariners ' triple-a affiliate .
however , stearns underwent hiatal hernia surgery prior to spring training on february 24 , and his slower-than-expected recovery caused him to step down to a professional scouting post with the mariners .
donnelly was then named to take his place on the staff of skipper lloyd mcclendon , whose playing tenure with the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1990 -- 1994 -rrb- coincided with donnelly 's service on jim leyland 's coaching staff .
prior to joining the mariners ' organization in 2014 , donnelly spent three seasons -lrb- 2011 -- 2013 -rrb- as skipper of the brooklyn cyclones of the new york-penn league , short season-a farm club of the new york mets .
