Gene Paul Dusan (born November 9, 1949, in Los Angeles, California) [1] is an American 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]