Career
He is the eldest brother of three siblings who have had long careers in the game: Marcel and Rene have been players, managers and coaches in Major League Baseball and also remain active in the game. Bill Lachemann had a nine-season minor league catching career, interrupted by two years of military service, in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers farm system. In his best season, 1960 with the Great Falls Dodgers of the Class C Pioneer League, Lachemann batted.307 and swatted a career-high 10 home runs.
During his minor league career, Lachemann hit.253 with 30 homers.
He stood 5"9" (18 m) tall, weighed 190 pounds (86 kg), batted left-handed and threw right-handed. As a manager of Class A, Short Season A and Rookie-level teams in the farm systems of the Angels and San Francisco Giants for 14 seasons, Lachemann"s teams compiled a 630–781 (446) record.