Dan Carnevale
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| Born: February 8, 1918 Buffalo, New York | |
| Died: December 29, 2005 (aged 87) Tonawanda, New York | |
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Daniel Joseph Carnevale (February 8, 1918 – December 29, 2005) was an American professional baseball
Biography
A cousin of former
Minor league player
Carnevale spent his entire playing and managing career in minor league baseball. A shortstop, he signed with his hometown Buffalo Bisons (who shared the same name with the basketball team) and hit .354 with 11 home runs and 11 triples in his first professional season, 1937, spent with the Class C Perth-Cornwall Bisons, a Buffalo farm team in the Canadian–American League. Although he had two trials with Buffalo (in 1938 and 1940), Carnevale batted only .220 in 185 games with the International League Bisons 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
Minor league manager
Carnevale began as a manager in 1947, while he was
After becoming a minor league executive and then Major League scout, Carnevale had three other managing assignments as an in-season replacement, with the 1962 Binghamton Triplets, taking over from Granny Hamner, the 1963 Portland Beavers, replacing Les Peden, and the 1972 Beavers, taking the helm from Clay Bryant.
Overall, Carnevale spent 12 seasons managing in the minors, leading 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, where he served on the staff of Charlie Metro, who had worked with Carnevale in the Detroit organization.
But Carnevale was a longtime scout for four Major League teams — the Royals,
Dan Carnevale died in North Tonawanda, New York, at age 87 after a brief illness on December 29, 2005.[6]
References
- ^ "Buffalo Bisons".
- ^ "Index Record for Daniel Carnevale (1918) Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File", Fold3 by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved December 6, 2020. Enlistment Date is listed as "31 Aug 1943" and Release Date is listed as "14 Feb 1946".
- ^ The Buffalo News (30 December 2005): Daniel J. Carnevale, Career Baseball Man (obituary)
- ^ Baseball in Wartime
- ^ Baseball Reference
- ^ a b milb.com
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Coach's page from Retrosheet
- Dan Carnevale at Find a Grave