Gene Paul Dusan (born November 9, 1949, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is a former Major League Baseball coach and minor league baseball player and manager. Dusan was a coach for the New York Mets in 1983.[2] Dusan played in the minor leagues for nine seasons, from 1968 through 1976 including six in AAA leagues, mostly as a catcher.[3] Overall, he played 765 minor league games, with 596 hits, 4 home runs and 100 RBIs in 2238 at bats.[3] His career minor league batting average was .266, with an on-base percentage of .306 and a slugging percentage of .312.[3] He also managed in the minor leagues for nine seasons, from 1977 through 1982, and after his stint coaching the Mets, from 1984 through 1986.[3] Five of his managerial seasons were in AAA.[3] He managed 1214 games, winning 630 and losing 583, for a winning percentage of .519.[3] Dusan was the Oakland A's first round draft pick in 1968, after attending Long Beach City College.[4]
He was sent to St. Louis from the Oakland Athletics on October 27, 1972, to complete a transaction from two months prior on August 30 when the Cardinals obtained minor-league third baseman Joe Lindsey for Dal Maxvill.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Ultimate Mets Gene Dusan". The Ultimate Mets database. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Mets All-Time Coaches". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f "Gene Dusan". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Gene Dusan transactions". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ "Personalities: Texas Gets Carty," The New York Times, Saturday, October 28, 1972. Retrieved October 26, 2020
- ^ "A's Obtain Dal Maxvill," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, August 31, 1972. Retrieved October 26, 2020