Dave Duncan

David Edwin Duncan is an American former professional baseball player and former pitching coach for the St. Louis Cardinals, now on a leave of absence. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball in 1964 and from 1967-1976 for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians and the Baltimore Orioles. Duncan was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Athletics in 1963. In his first at-bat as a professional baseball player, he hit a home run for the Daytona Beach Islanders of the Florida State League. Duncan made his major league debut on May 6, 1964 at the age of 18,... becoming the youngest player in the American League at the time. He was kept in the major leagues to protect him from being drafted by another team under baseball rules. Duncan returned to the minor leagues for the next two seasons, where he led the California League with 46 home runs for the Modesto A's in 1966. He began the 1967 season with the Birmingham A's but, was brought back up to the major leagues in early June. When his batting average dropped to a .194 in early July, he was returned to Birmingham to work on his hitting.
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