Gary Tuck
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Tuck in Fort Myers, Florida during spring workouts in 2007.
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Born: September 6, 1954 Amsterdam, New York |
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Gary Robert Tuck (born September 6, 1954) is an American professional baseball former player and coach. He has coached in Minor League Baseball and in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Florida Marlins, and Boston Red Sox.
A graduate of Indiana University, Tuck has 23 years of professional coaching experience. He started his baseball career as a catcher for the Montreal Expos organization and played for them during three minor league seasons. Following his playing retirement, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame in 1980, and Arizona State University in 1981.
After winning an NCAA championship with Arizona State, Tuck was hired to coach for the nearby Tucson Toros, a Minor League affiliate of the Houston Astros. Tuck spent eight years in the Astros organization. In 1986 he managed the Double-A Columbus Astros to a league championship, winning Southern League Manager of the Year honors.
By 1989, Tuck was a coach on the New York Yankees Triple-A team, the Columbus Clippers. In 1991 he was the manager of the Cleveland Indians Single-A team, a job he held before switching to a Scout for the Indians from 1992–1995.
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