Midwest League Managers

Gene Dusan

One [partial] Midwest League season:

Manager, Cedar Rapids [Reds] (1986)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Oakland A's, 1st pick January 1968 secondary phase (Catcher, Long Beach CC).
Professional Career: Nine minor league seasons; mainly at the Triple-A level with the Oakland and Cleveland organizations.
Midwest League: Played for Burlington in 1969 and 1970.

Management style

Dusan's teams were extremely aggressive on the basepaths.

The 1982 TSN Guide credits Dusan with managing both Lynchburg & Little Falls for the full 1981 season. I've followed Jerry Jackson's lead and omitted the Little Falls record. Any clarification would be welcome.

Dusan appears to have retired to Bend, Oregon (he lived there in 1983, according to press coverage of his Mets assignment), where he's an educator. He's currently (2007) on the board of directors for the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League.

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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Gene P. Dusan
DOB:November 9, 1949			Los Angeles, California

1986*	Cedar Rapids	Midwest (A)	Reds	106	*	*	*	*	*	50	56	.472
1985	Denver	American Association (AAA)	Reds	142	20	13	238	.61	31	77	65	.542
1984	Wichita	American Association (AAA)	Reds	155	31	20	298	.70	40	78	77	.503
1983	New York	National (ML)	Mets	Bullpen Coach
1982	Jackson	Texas (AA)	Mets	134	22	41	280	.65	32	68	65	.511
1981	Lynchburg	Carolina (A+)	Mets	140	17	37	206	.71	38	71	69	.507
1980	Tacoma	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	148	27	47	225	.65	48	74	74	.500
1979	Tacoma	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	147	34	41	227	.68	72	74	73	.503
1978	Portland	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	138	24	24	145	.62	51	76	62	.551
			Playoff Qualifier
1977	Batavia	New York- Pennsylvania (A-)	Indians	70	12	7	122	.71	22	42	28	.671
			Best Record; Playoff Qualifier
1968-76				Playing Career

Coach		1 Season
Minors		10 Seasons		1180	187	230	1741	.67	334	610	569	.517

Total		10 (11) Seasons		1180	187	230	1741	.67	334	610	569	.517

*Dusan shared the managing duties for this team.
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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here. 1975 Minor League Digest

1986 Midwest League Managers
Cuellar	Dusan	Hodge	Kirsch	Lachemann
Leppert	Mackanin	Miner	Mull	Nettles
Petrocelli	Pitts	Sims	Swisher

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 14 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

Gene Dusan

Playing Career

Management style

Gene P. Dusan

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources