After coming up for the first time in 1973 and appearing in 44 games for Texas, Mackanin got into only two games in 1974, going 1-for-6 at the plate while getting some time at shortstop.
He’d find himself a member of the Montreal Expos in 1975, getting some full-time action by appearing in 130 games and hitting .225, and pretty much matching those numbers across the boards the following season when he appeared in 114 games, hitting .224.
He would end up playing through the 1981 season after two years with the Minnesota Twins, putting in nine years under the Major League sun and finishing up with a .226 batting average over 548 games and 1570 at-bats.
He’d go into coaching after his playing days, eventually getting some managerial work in with interim gigs with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2005 and Cincinnati Reds in 2007, before heading the Philadelphia Phillies for the second half of 2015 and all of 2016 and 2017.
