Gene Paul Dusan (born November 9, 1949, in Los Angeles, California)[1] is a former Major League Baseball coach and minor league baseball player and manager.
[3] Overall, he played 765 minor league games, with 596 hits, 4 home runs and 100 RBIs in 2238 at bats.
[3] He also managed in the minor leagues for nine seasons, from 1977 through 1982, and after his stint coaching the Mets, from 1984 through 1986.
[3] Dusan was the Oakland A's first round draft pick in 1968, after attending Long Beach City College.
[4] He was sent to St. Louis from the Oakland Athletics on October 27, 1972, to complete a transaction from two months prior on August 30 when the Cardinals obtained minor-league third baseman Joe Lindsey for Dal Maxvill.