Dan Carnevale

Daniel Joseph Carnevale (February 8, 1918 – December 29, 2005) was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman, manager, coach and scout. Born in Buffalo, New York, Carnevale threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Minor league playing career

A first cousin of former Major League Baseball infielder Sibby Sisti, Carnevale spent his entire playing and managing career in minor league baseball. A shortstop, he hit .354 with 11 home runs and 11 triples in his first minor league season, 1937, spent with the Perth-Cornwall Bisons. Carnevale was a three-sport (baseball, football and basketball) star at Buffalo's St. Joseph's High School and attended Canisius College. He signed with his hometown Bisons in 1937 and had two trials with them (in 1938 and 1940). But Carnevale batted only .220 in 185 games with Buffalo and played much of his active career (1937–1943; 1946–1953) in the middle rungs of the minors. Overall, Carnevale batted .284 in 1,570 minor league games, with 80 home runs.^[1] In 1947 and 1948, as the playing manager of Class D farm clubs of the Philadelphia Phillies, he batted .380 and .373 in successive seasons; during the latter season, he led the North Atlantic League in home runs and batting, and won the league championship.^[2] Carnevale also managed in the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland organizations, including one season (1955) as coach of the Bisons, then Detroit's top farm club. Royals manager Charlie Metro, who worked with Carnevale in the Tiger farm system, brought him to the Majors in 1970 as a Kansas City coach, but Metro was fired in mid-season and in 1971 Carnevale resumed his scouting career.

Minor league manager

Carnevale began as a manager in 1947, while he was still playing. That year, he coached the Rock Hill Chiefs. Carvenale led the Carbondale Pioneers to a league championship in 1948, his first of four in a row. He next managed the Bradford Blue Wings in 1949, the Terre Haute Phillies in 1950 and the Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1951, leading each of them to a league championship. In 1952, he managed the Schenectady Blue Jays, leading them to the playoffs, though they lost in the first round. He managed the Jamestown Falcons in 1953, leading them to a league championship - the fifth, and final, of his career. He next managed the Wilkes-Barre Barons, leading them to the playoffs, but losing in the first round. In 1955, he managed the Buffalo Bisons.

Carnevale next managed in 1962, taking over as head of the Binghamton Triplets, replacing Granny Hamner. He took over as manager of the Portland Beavers in 1963, replacing Les Peden. Carnevale last managed in 1972, replacing Clay Bryant of the Portland Beavers part way through the season.

Overall, Carnevale spent 12 seasons managing in the minors, coaching 11 different teams. He led teams to the playoffs seven consecutive times and turned five of those playoff appearances into league championship victories.

Major league scouting career

His only campaign in an MLB uniform came when he was a coach for the 1970 Kansas City Royals. But he was a longtime scout for four Major League teams — the Royals, Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians — and spent 63 years in professional baseball before his 2001 retirement. He served as a player, manager and general manager of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League and is a member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. He served in the United States Army during World War II and attained the rank of master sergeant.^[3]

Carnevale died in North Tonawanda, New York, at age 87 after a brief illness on December 29, 2005.^[4]

References

1. ^ Baseball Reference
2. ^ milb.com
3. ^ Baseball in Wartime
4. ^ milb.com

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Name	Carnevale, Dan
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Date of birth	February 8, 1918
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Date of death	December 29, 2005
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