The Florence Freedom have signed manager Dennis Pelfrey to a two-year contract extension, the team announced Friday.
Pelfrey led the Freedom to a record of 49-47 in his first year as the team’s manager. That was a good enough for a spot in the Frontier League playoffs. The Freedom finished with eight more wins in 2015 than in 2014.
“I am very happy that (team president) Clint Brown and (general manager) Josh Anderson extended my contract for the next two seasons,” Pelfrey said. “I am excited about the opportunity to be with this great organization and continue what we started this past season.”
Pelfrey, 38, played six seasons of professional baseball from 1999-2004 after his collegiate days at Northwood University in Texas.
Most of those six seasons were spent in the Frontier League as Pelfrey manned multiple infield positions for the Dubois County Dragons, Kenosha Mammoths and the Springfield/Ozark Ducks.
Pelfrey spent the past 2011-2014 seasons coaching for the Gary SouthShore RailCats under veteran independent professional baseball manager Greg Tagert. His tenure included a 2013 American Association championship.
Pelfrey took over managing duties with the Freedom in 2015 from Fran Riordan, who was hired to manage the Beloit Snappers, the single-A affiliate of the Oakland A’s.
From Freedom Communications