Full Name: Mariano Nalasco Duncan
Title: First Base Coach
Bio:
Managerial and Coaching Career
Returns for his fourth season as the Dodgers first base coach and also coaches baserunning for the teamworks
closely with the Dodgers latin players...coached with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s in 2005in 2004 was a coach with
the Double-A Jacksonville Sunsbegan his coaching career in 2003 with the Gulf Coast League Dodgers.
Playing Career
Made his Major League debut starting at second base for the Dodgers on April 9, 1985started out as a switch-hitting
middle infielder with blazing speed, who on occasion would have bunts turn into doubleseventually played all four
infield positions and some outfield in his 12-year Major League careerstole a career-high 48 bases for the Dodgers
in 1986swiped 38 bases in his rookie year of 1985eventually changed to hitting exclusively right-handedranks
eighth all-time in game played among Dodgers from the Dominican Republic (376)...on July 18, 1989 was traded with
Tim Leary to the Cincinnati Reds for Kal Daniels and Lenny Harrisbatted a career-high .306 in 1990 for the Reds
won World Series with the 1990 Reds and 1996 New York Yankeessigned as a free agent with the Philadelphia
Phillies before the 1992 seasonwas selected to the 1994 NL All-Star team while with the Philliesplayed for the
Yankees in 1996 and part of 1997, before being traded to Torontospent the 1998 season playing in Japan.
Personal
Mariano Duncan Nalasco is married to Toronto native Monique Weithershe has three sons: Mariano Jr. (14),
Christopher (13), and Dustin (10)his favorite hobby is golfas a youth in the Dominican Republic, played with fellow
future big leaguers Juan Samuel and Tony Fernandezhis idol growing up was Cesar Cedeoinducted into
the Dominican Republic Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008...has seven brothers and three sisterswas signed by Ralph
Avila on Jan. 8, 1982.
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