Dave Duncan
Duncan as pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007
Catcher
Born: September 26, 1945 (1945-09-26) (age 62)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 1964 for the Kansas City Athletics
Final game
October 1, 1976 for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics
AVG	.214
HR	109
RBI	341
Teams
Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1964, 1967-1972) Cleveland Indians (1973-1974) Baltimore Orioles (1975-1976)
Career highlights and awards
All-star in 1971

David Edwin Duncan (born September 26, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball player and current pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. He played 11 seasons as a catcher, with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics for seven seasons, and was an important member of their 1972 World Championship team. He finished his career with the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. With a career batting average of .214, Duncan was mainly a defensive catcher. Nevertheless, he hit 109 home runs, one for every 26.5 at bats. During his time with the Athletics, he first met Tony La Russa, then a backup infielder with the club. The position of the catcher Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Duncan began his coaching career in 1978 with Cleveland Indians. After a stint as a pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners in 1982, he joined former teammate La Russa, who was by that time managing the Chicago White Sox. Since then, they have worked together as manager and pitching coach, joining Oakland in 1985 and the Cardinals in 1995. The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) West Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Seattle Mariners (1977–present) Other nicknames The Ms Ballpark Safeco Field (1999–present) King County Domed Stadium (Kingdome) (1977-1999) Major league titles World Series titles (0) none AL Pennants (0) None... The following are the baseball events of the year 1982 throughout the world. ... New York Yankees manager Joe Torre returning to the dugout (September 2005) In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally, the field manager); this individual controls matters of team batting order to more closely communicate with baserunners, but most managers delegate this responsibility... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 2, 3, 4, 9, 11, 16, 19, 42, 72 Name Chicago White Sox (1904–present) (Chicago) White Stockings (1901-1903 *From 1900 to 1903, the official name did not contain the city name of Chicago... The following are the baseball events of the year 1985 throughout the world. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1995 throughout the world. ...

Pitchers on Duncan's staffs have won four Cy Young Awards: LaMarr Hoyt in 1983; Bob Welch in 1990; Dennis Eckersley in 1992; and Chris Carpenter in 2005. His staffs in general have often been considered the best in baseball. From 1988 through 1990, his Oakland pitchers had the lowest ERA in baseball, and the same has been true in recent years in St. Louis. La Russa regularly credits Duncan as being a key factor in the success of the teams he has managed over the last 25 years. The Cy Young Award of the American League, 1983. ... LaMarr Hoyt (b. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1983 throughout the world. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 throughout the world. ... Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954 in Oakland, California), nicknamed Eck, was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility). ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1992 throughout the world. ... Christopher John (Chris) Carpenter (born April 27, 1975 in Exeter, New Hampshire) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has played for the St. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 2005 throughout the world. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 12 - Former Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Willie Stargell is the only player elected this year to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ... The following are the baseball events of the year 1990 throughout the world. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...

Highlights

• Career highlights include:

Six two-home run games as his team won all six of those games

One five-hit game, including four singles and a home run against the Boston Red Sox (July 12, 1972)

A pair of four-hit games, including two doubles and two singles against the New York Yankees (May 5, 1970) and four doubles against the Boston Red Sox (June 30, 1975)

19 three-hit games, with the most impressive being two home runs and a double against the California Angels (May 25, 1971)

One five-RBI game, including a three-run home run, a bases loaded walk, and an RBI single against the California Angels (September 21, 1969)

Four-time four-RBI games

Named to the 1971 American League All-Star team

Hit a combined .331 (44-for-133) against all-stars pitchers Bert Blyleven, Dean Chance, Tommy John, Andy Messersmith and Clyde Wright

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Facts

• He is one of the only active pitching coaches who was not a pitcher himself during his playing career.
• Duncan and his wife, Jeanine, have two sons and live in Jupiter, Florida. His oldest son Shelley was selected in the second round of the 2001 draft by the New York Yankees and had his major league debut on July 20, 2007, and his youngest son, Chris, was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and eventually made his major league debut in 2005.
• At the age of 18, Duncan was the youngest player in the American League (1964).
• He was the only major league strikeout victim of California Angels right-hander Harvey Shank. {Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum -- May 16, 1970}
• On June 30, 1975, Duncan tied a major league record by hitting four consecutive doubles in one game off Boston's Luis Tiant. For the other 95 games he played the rest of the season, he hit only three doubles.

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See also

• List of second generation MLB players

The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played or managed in Major League Baseball, plus a few grandfathers with grandsons. ...

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Retrosheet