Daniel Joseph Carnevale was an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Baseball

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 shortstop

Shortstop

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, second baseman

Second baseman

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, manager

Manager (baseball)

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, coach

Coach (baseball)

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 and scout. Born in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...

, Carnevale threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

Minor league playing career

A first cousin of former Major League Baseball

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 infielder

Infielder

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 Sibby Sisti

Sibby Sisti

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, Carnevale spent his entire playing and managing career in minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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. A shortstop, he hit .354 with 11 home runs and 11 triples in his first minor league season, 1937, spent with the Perth-Cornwall Bisons. Carnevale was a three-sport (baseball, football

American football

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 and basketball

Basketball

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) star at Buffalo's St. Joseph's High School and attended Canisius College

Canisius College

Canisius College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York, United States. The college was founded in 1870 by members of the Society of Jesus from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. The college is one of 28 institutions in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and...

. He signed with his hometown Bisons in 1937 and had two trials with them (in 1938 and 1940). But Carnevale batted

Batting average

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 only .220 in 185 games with Buffalo and played much of his active career (1937–1943; 1946–1953) in the middle rungs of the minors. Overall, Carnevale batted .284 in 1,570 minor league games, with 80 home runs. In 1947 and 1948, as the playing manager of Class D farm clubs of the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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, he batted .380 and .373 in successive seasons; during the latter season, he led the North Atlantic League

North Atlantic League

The North Atlantic League was the name of two minor baseball leagues. The first was a Class D affiliated system that operated from 1946 until 1950, and the second was an independent minor league that played from 1995 until 1996...

 in home runs and batting, and won the league championship. Carnevale also managed in the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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, Kansas City Athletics, and Cleveland organizations, including one season (1955) as coach of the Bisons, then Detroit's top farm club. Royals manager Charlie Metro

Charlie Metro

Charlie Metro was an outfielder for the Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics, as well as a manager for the Chicago Cubs and the Kansas City Royals. He adopted the name "Metro" from his father, Metro Moreskonich, a Ukrainian immigrant...

, who worked with Carnevale in the Tiger farm system, brought him to the Majors in 1970 as a Kansas City coach, but Metro was fired in mid-season and in 1971 Carnevale resumed his scouting career.

Minor league manager

Carnevale began as a manager in 1947, while he was still playing. That year, he coached the Rock Hill Chiefs. Carvenale led the Carbondale Pioneers to a league championship in 1948, his first of four in a row. He next managed the Bradford Blue Wings in 1949, the Terre Haute Phillies

Terre Haute Phillies

The Terre Haute Phillies were a baseball team in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1946-1954. They were a Three-I League team affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies. Their games were played at Memorial Stadium ballpark in Terre Haute.-Year-by-year record:...

 in 1950 and the Wilmington Blue Rocks in 1951, leading each of them to a league championship. In 1952, he managed the Schenectady Blue Jays, leading them to the playoffs, though they lost in the first round. He managed the Jamestown Falcons

Jamestown Falcons

The Jamestown Falcons were a minor league baseball team that existed on-and-off from 1940 to 1972. They played in the PONY League from 1940 to 1956, and in the New York-Penn League in 1957 and from 1968 to 1972. Based in Jamestown, New York, they were affiliated with the Detroit Tigers from 1941 to...

 in 1953, leading them to a league championship - the fifth, and final, of his career. He next managed the Wilkes-Barre Barons

Wilkes-Barre Barons (baseball)

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, leading them to the playoffs, but losing in the first round. In 1955, he managed the Buffalo Bisons.

Carnevale next managed in 1962, taking over as head of the Binghamton Triplets

Binghamton Triplets

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, replacing Granny Hamner

Granny Hamner

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. He took over as manager of the Portland Beavers

Portland Beavers

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 in 1963, replacing Les Peden

Les Peden

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. Carnevale last managed in 1972, replacing Clay Bryant

Clay Bryant

Claiborne Henry Bryant was a Major League Baseball player from 1935 to 1940 for the Chicago Cubs. Bryant was mainly a pitcher, although in 1939 he played one game as an outfielder. In 1938 he compiled a 19-11 record with a 3.10 ERA...

 of the Portland Beavers part way through the season.

Overall, Carnevale spent 12 seasons managing in the minors, coaching 11 different teams. He led teams to the playoffs seven consecutive times and turned five of those playoff appearances into league championship victories.

Major league scouting career

His only campaign in an MLB uniform came when he was a coach for the 1970

1970 Kansas City Royals season

The 1970 Kansas City Royals season involved the Royals finishing fourth in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses.- Offseason :* December 3, 1969: Joe Foy was traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Amos Otis and Bob Johnson....

 Kansas City Royals

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. But he was a longtime scout for four Major League teams — the Royals, Kansas City/Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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, Baltimore Orioles

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 and Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 — and spent 63 years in professional baseball before his retirement. He served as a player, manager and general manager

General manager (baseball)

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 of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons

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 of the International League

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 and is a member of the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame. He served in the United States Army

United States Army

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 during World War II

World War II

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 and attained the rank of master sergeant

Master Sergeant

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.

Carnevale died in North Tonawanda, New York

North Tonawanda, New York

North Tonawanda is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 31,568 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is named after Tonawanda Creek, its south border...

, at age 87 after a brief illness on December 29, 2005.