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{{Short description|American baseball player (1935–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox MLB player
| name       = Ben Hines
| image      = Ben Hines Dodgers.jpeg
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| number     =
| position   = [[Coach (baseball)|Coach]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1935|11|7}}
| birth_place = [[Yeager, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|2021|1|13|1935|11|7}}
| death_place = [[Pomona, California]], U.S.
| bats=Right
| throws=Right
}}
'''Benjamin Thortan Hines''' (November 7, 1935 – January 13, 2021) was an American [[Coach (sport)|coach]] in [[Major League Baseball]]. He was best remembered as the batting coach for the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], a position he held from 1985 to 1986 and 1988–1993.
== Background ==
Hines played infield and catcher in the [[Baltimore Orioles]] organization with the [[Bluefield Blue Jays|Bluefield Orioles]], [[Leesburg Athletics|Leesburg Orioles]] and [[Stockton Ports]] in 1960 and 1961.<ref name="balos76bigben">[https://content.mlb.com/documents/3/3/2/265782332/1976_media_guide.pdf Baltimore Orioles 1976 Information Guide (scroll down to page 12).] Retrieved August 8, 2021</ref>
He then became the head coach of the [[University of La Verne]] team until 1980 and won NAIA coach of the year honors in 1977. He managed the independent league team [[Alaska Baseball League|Alaska Goldpanners]] from 1978 to 1982.
One of the few coaches to win both the Small College World Series and win the MLB World Series.
Hines died January 13, 2021, at the age of 85.<ref>[https://dodgers.mlblogs.com/former-dodger-hitting-coach-ben-hines-has-passed-away-40f23270f1ce Former Dodger batting coach Ben Hines has passed away]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070401073811/http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/la/history/coaches.jsp Dodgers.com coaches list]
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[[Category:1935 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Hughes County, Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Major League Baseball hitting coaches]]
[[Category:Minor league baseball managers]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Dodgers coaches]]
[[Category:Houston Astros coaches]]
[[Category:Seattle Mariners coaches]]
[[Category:Leesburg Orioles players]]
[[Category:Bluefield Orioles players]]
[[Category:Stockton Ports players]]
[[Category:La Verne Leopards baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks players]]
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