Chris Chambliss, who spent five of his...

Chris Chambliss, who spent five of his 16 major league seasons with the New York Yankees, was named by the Yankees to what was described as an executive post “in the area of player development.”

The hiring of Chambliss, who is black, came 10 days after George Steinbrenner, the team’s principal owner, was challenged on national television to spearhead baseball’s drive against racial bias by hiring more members of minority groups.