Dave Duncan (baseball)
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Duncan as pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals
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Born: September 26, 1945 Dallas, Texas |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 6, 1964, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
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| October 1, 1976, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .214 | ||
| Home runs | 109 | ||
| Runs batted in | 341 | ||
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David Edwin Duncan (born September 26, 1945) is an American pitching consultant for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is also a former professional baseball catcher and pitching coach. He began his MLB playing career in 1964 and played again consecutively from 1967 to 1976 for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, and Baltimore Orioles.
After retiring as a player, Duncan served as the pitching coach for the Indians, Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals. Four pitchers he coached won the Cy Young Award in 1983, 1990, 1992, and 2005. He was also a member of four World Series champion teams in 1972, 1989, 2006, and 2011. Each year from 1983 to 2011, Duncan worked with former manager Tony La Russa on the White Sox, Athletics, and Cardinals. Following the 2013 season, he became a pitching consultant for the Diamondbacks.
Duncan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Athletics in 1963, as a 17-year-old out of Crawford High School in San Diego. In his first at-bat as a professional baseball player, he hit a home run for the Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League. Duncan made his major league debut on May 6, 1964 at the age of 18, becoming the youngest player in the American League at the time. He was kept in the majors to protect him from being drafted by another team under baseball rules.
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