Dan Duquette was born on May 26,1958 and is an American baseball executive.
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24 Facts About Dan Duquette
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Dan Duquette is the former general manager of the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, and Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.
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Dan Duquette has twice been named the Major League Baseball Executive of the Year by Sporting News.
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In college, Dan Duquette was chosen to the 1979 Boston Herald American All New England College Division All Star team.
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Dan Duquette was known to talk to professional scouts who attended Amherst baseball games.
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Dan Duquette became a scouting assistant for the Brewers and worked in the scouting department for seven years.
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Dan Duquette spent a few years in that position before being promoted to Vice President and General Manager in 1991.
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Dan Duquette signed players like Vladimir Guerrero, John Wetteland, and Larry Walker.
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In November 1993, Dan Duquette traded second baseman Delino DeShields for Pedro Martinez of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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In 1994, Dan Duquette returned to Massachusetts to become the General Manager of the Boston Red Sox.
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Dan Duquette spent eight years at the helm of his hometown team.
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Dan Duquette is known for letting Roger Clemens leave in free agency in 1996.
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Many of the players that Dan Duquette drafted or signed were on the Red Sox 2004 World Series championship team.
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Dan Duquette is largely considered to have laid the groundwork for that team by signing, drafting or trading for players like Tim Wakefield, Johnny Damon, Jason Varitek, Manny Ramirez, Derek Lowe, and Kevin Youkilis.
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In 2002, Duquette was dismissed from his general manager post less than 24 hours after the Red Sox had officially been sold to a new ownership group that included John W Henry and Tom Werner.
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Dan Duquette relinquished ownership of both clubs in 2009 and 2010.
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Dan Duquette signed Nelson Cruz to one-year, $8 million contract in February 2014.
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Currently Dan Duquette is a "Baseball Player Development" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide, founded and run by Dr Lynn Lashbrook.
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Dan Duquette has twice received The Sporting News Executive of the Year Award.
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Dan Duquette won the Baseball America Major League Executive of the Year honor in 2014 with the Orioles.
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On May 26,2022, Dan Duquette was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame via a special awards ceremony, hosted by the Boston Red Sox and Red Sox Foundation, at Fenway Park.
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Dan Duquette was inducted alongside David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Rich Gedman, and Bill Dinneen.
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Dan Duquette's cousin, Jim Dan Duquette, is a former executive of the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Mets.
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