Gene William Lamont was born on December 25,1946 and is an American special assistant to the general manager of the Kansas City Royals.
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16 Facts About Gene Lamont
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Gene Lamont was a catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates and served as a coach for the Detroit Tigers.
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Gene Lamont was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round, as the 13th pick, of the 1965 amateur draft, and came up with them as a September call-up in 1970, when he had 13 hits in 44 at bats.
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Gene Lamont bounced around in the minors, on triple-A Evansville before stopping.
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Gene Lamont's team consisted of such stars as Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Ellis Burks, Jack McDowell, Alex Fernandez, Jason Bere, and Wilson Alvarez.
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Gene Lamont took home the AL Manager of the Year award that year, and the team lost in the American League Championship Series to the defending champions, the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Gene Lamont was replaced by Terry Bevington, who had served as the third base coach.
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Gene Lamont returned to the Pirates and began coaching again, before Leyland left in 1997, giving Gene Lamont the job of manager .
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Gene Lamont was the third Pirates manager to have been a catcher during his playing career, along with Billy Meyer and Jim Leyland.
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Amazingly, in his first year Gene Lamont finished second with a young, inexperienced team that was widely predicted to finish last.
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Gene Lamont came in 2nd place in the Manager of the Year voting behind Dusty Baker of the San Francisco Giants.
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Gene Lamont had two first-place finishes, including the strike shortened year.
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On November 12,2011, Gene Lamont was interviewed for the manager position for the Boston Red Sox after the Red Sox declined to exercise Terry Francona's 2012 option for manager.
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In 2013, Gene Lamont was moved to the dugout as the bench coach and was replaced by Tom Brookens, who was previously the 1st base coach.
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On January 17,2018, Lamont was hired by the Kansas City Royals to be the special assistant to the general manager.
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