Dan Duquette

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dan Duquette
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	May 26, 1958(1958-05-26)
Age	66
Birthplace	Dalton
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Taurus

Dan Duquette Biography

Dan Duquette is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on May 26, 1958 in Dalton, Massachusetts, United States. Dan Duquette (born May 26 1998) was an American executive in the field of baseball. He was the General Manager of the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. He also is the founder of the Dan Duquette Sports Academy. He has been twice named one of the Major League Baseball Executive of the Year by Sporting News (1992 with the Expos and 2014 with the Orioles).

Duquette has been married to Amy Aubry Duquette and have seven children. Duquette lived in Acton, Massachusetts, from 1994 until 2011. He lives at Sandwich, MA. The Duquette’s uncle, Jim Duquette, is an ex-executive of the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets. The other cousin of Duquette, Pat Duquette (Jim’s brother) is the head basketball trainer in UMass Lowell.

In 1994, Duquette returned to Massachusetts to become the General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. He spent eight years at the helm of his hometown team. The Red Sox achieved a record of 656–574 under Duquette, setting attendance records and appearing in the playoffs on three separate occasions (1995, 1998, and 1999). The team won the American League East division in 1995, but only advanced as far as the American League Championship Series once in their three postseason years. They would lose that series to the rival New York Yankees.

After his stint with the Red Sox, Duquette largely stayed out of Major League Baseball for 9 years. In 2003, he opened the Dan Duquette Sports Academy, a sports training center in Hinsdale, Massachusetts designed for children aged 8 to 18. In 2004, he became the owner of the New England Collegiate Baseball League’s Pittsfield Dukes (later the Pittsfield American Defenders and now the Mystic Schooners). During his ownership tenure, the Dukes/American Defenders played at his sports academy in Hinsdale and later at Wahconah Park in Pittsfield. In 2008, he was part of an ownership group that included Buddy Lewis, Terry Allvord, and Jerry O’Connor that purchased what would become known as the American Defenders of New Hampshire, (later the Pittsfield Colonials). He relinquished ownership of both clubs in 2009 and 2010. Duquette also helped found the Israel Baseball League. Despite folding after only one season, it helped 75 players get into professional baseball. During this time, he also had a part in a production of the musical, Damn Yankees, in Western Massachusetts.

Duquette has twice been honored with The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award (1992 with the Expos and in 2014 when he was with his team the Orioles). He also took home the Baseball America Major League Executive of the award for 2014 when he was along with the Orioles. Mark Armour and Daniel Levitt have rated Duquette as the 17th-best general manager in baseball’s history in their 2015 book in Pursuit of Pennants: Baseball Operations from Deadball to Moneyball.

Dan Duquette Net Worth

Dan Duquette is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dan Duquette 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Duquette is from Dalton, Massachusetts. He was a student at Dalton’s Catholic elementary school at Dalton at the time when the batboy was part of his Wahconah Regional High School’s baseball team. While in the high school years, he served as the captain of both football and baseball teams. After graduation Duquette attended Amherst College where he was a player on the team’s varsity baseball team as well as an offensive linebacker for the team for football. In 1977, at 19 years old, Duquette became involved in the formation of his own team, the Dalton Collegians, a semi-pro baseball team that was based from his home town. At the time of his college graduation, Duquette was named to be part of the 1979 Boston Herald American All New England College Division All Star team. Duquette had also been known to speak to professional scouts that attended Amherst game in baseball. He graduated from the college in the year 1980.

In 1987 in 1987, the Montreal Expos hired Duquette as Director of Player Development. Duquette served for a short time in the position, prior to being elevated as General Manager and Vice President in the year 1991 (taking the place of Dave Dombrowski). In the course of his time working for the Expos Duquette played been involved in the drafting of players such as Rondell White Marquis Grissom, Cliff Floyd, Jose Vidro, Kirk Reuter, Javier Vasquez and many other Major League players. Duquette also signed players such as Vladimir Guerrero, John Wetteland along with Larry Walker. The team was formed in November of 1993. Duquette made a trade with his second baseman Delino DeShields in exchange for Pedro Martinez of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Expos were in the game from 1992 until 1994 and had compiled the most successful records in baseball before the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike that was a premature end to the season.

As the Red Sox GM, Duquette made several notable moves, including drafting Nomar Garciaparra in 1994 and trading for Pedro Martínez in 1997 (and signing him to a six-year, $75 million contract). He is also known for letting Roger Clemens leave in free agency in 1996.

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Who is Dan Duquette Dating?

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On October 3, 2018 the Orioles fired Duquette after two straight losing seasons, in 2018 the Orioles went 47-115, the worst record in franchise history. Both Duquette and Showalter had contracts that expired at the end of the season.

Facts & Trivia

Dan Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dan Duquette celebrates birthday on May 26 of every year.