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David Edwin Duncan
Oakland Athletics
Catcher
Born: September 26, 1945, Dallas, TX
Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent before 1963 season
Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1964, 1967; Oakland Athletics 1968-1972; Cleveland Indians 1973-1974; Baltimore Orioles 1975-1976
World Series Appearances: Oakland Athletics 1972
Dave Duncan was a veteran of 11 big league seasons as a catcher before moving on to a 34-year career as a successful pitching coach. Largely a back-up during his early years with the A's, Duncan took over behind the plate in 1971, making the American League All-Star team. In 1972, he hit only .218 but reached career highs in home runs (19) and RBIs (59) as the A's advanced to and won the World Series against the Reds in seven games. Duncan would play for two seasons with the Indians and Orioles before retiring as a player following the 1976 season. He collected 617 career hits while batting .214, with 109 home runs and 341 RBIs.
Dave Duncan was a veteran of 11 big league seasons as a catcher before moving on to a 34-year career as a successful pitching coach. Largely a back-up during his early years with the A's, Duncan took over behind the plate in 1971, making the American League All-Star team. In 1972, he hit only .218 but reached career highs in home runs (19) and RBIs (59) as the A's advanced to and won the World Series against the Reds in seven games. Duncan would play for two seasons with the Indians and Orioles before retiring as a player following the 1976 season. He collected 617 career hits while batting .214, with 109 home runs and 341 RBIs.
His coaching career began with the Indians (1978-1981) and Mariners (1982). In 1983, he'd begin a 30-year run as pitching coach for any team managed by future Hall of Famer Tony LaRussa. The pair worked together with the White Sox (1983-1986), Athletics (1986-1995) and Cardinals (1996-2011), winning World Series titles in 1989, 2006 and 2011. Duncan was the pitching coach overseeing Cy Young seasons for four pitchers - LaMarr Hoyt in 1983, Bob Welch in 1990, Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and Chris Carpenter in 2005.
March 12, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
In mid-March, Doug and I attended the Philadelphia Sports Collectors Show, held within the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. My main focus for this show was accumulating as many 1969 Topps commons as possible, which I did by adding a grand total of 193 cards to our set. That's almost 30% of the entire set added in one enjoyable afternoon. I wrote a full summary of the show in a post over at The Phillies Room, found here.
This is the 42nd of the 193 commons and semi-stars purchased, pulled and stacked from the first two neon green binders housing 1969 Topps cards at the multi-table spread of Uncle Dick's Cards from Babylon, New York. My method was simple - I pulled up a chair, found a card I needed, picked the best of the group from the binder page and set it aside. After each 100 cards, I'd ask the dealer to tell me how much damage I had done so far. With a budget in mind, I kept going twice, continuing after card #100 and card #200, and stopping at card #298. The final amount due was 17% off the sticker price for the pile of 193 cards, with this card costing $1.25.
The Card / Athletics Team Set / Accuracy Index +2
Duncan appeared in 11 Topps flagship sets, and seven of his cards in those sets, including this one, make it clear he's a catcher. As I'm suspecting will be the case with a lot of A's cards, Duncan is shown in an A's uniform, but he has the "KC" logo on his hat blacked out as the team moved from Kansas City following the 1967 season. The back of the card highlights his 46 home runs hit while a member of the Class A Modesto Reds in 1966.
Accuracy Index: Duncan gains 5 points for the accurate jersey, but loses 2 points for the logo-less hat.
1969 Season
This was Duncan's first full year in the majors, without spending any time in the minor leagues. He'd back up regular catcher Phil Roof (#334), appearing in 58 games and batting .126 with three home runs. That average was the lowest in the majors of any non-pitcher with at least 100 at-bats in 1969.
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First Mainstream Card: 1964 Topps #528
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (11): 1964, 1968-1977
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2009 Topps Heritage #468
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 57 in the Beckett online database as of 6/23/23.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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