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Dave Duncan (born September 26, 1945 in Dallas, Texas) is a retired baseball player and current pitching coach. He played 11 seasons as a catcher, with the Oakland Athletics for 7 seasons, and finishing his career with the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. With a career batting average of .214, Duncan was mainly a defensive catcher. During his time with the Athletics, he first met Tony La Russa, then a backup infielder with the club.

Duncan began his coaching career in 1978 with the Cleveland Indians. After a stint as pitching coach for the Seattle Mariners in 1982, Duncan joined former teammate La Russa, who was by that time manager of the Chicago White Sox.

They have worked together as manager and pitching coach since then, joining the Oakland Athletics in 1985 and the St. Louis Cardinals on October 23, 1995. Pitchers on Duncan's staffs have won three Cy Young Awards, and 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.

He is the only active pitching coach who was not a pitcher himself during his playing career.

Duncan and his wife, Jeanine, have two sons and live in Jupiter, Florida. His son, Chris Duncan was drafted by the Cardinals organization and eventually made his debut on September 10, 2005. His oldest son Shelley was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2001 draft by the New York Yankees as an outfielder.

Trivia

On March 13 1975, Duncan tied a Major League record by hitting four consecutive doubles in one game. For the other 95 games he played in 1975, he hit only three doubles.

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