14 Facts About Gerry Hunsicker

Gerry Hunsicker is the senior advisor of baseball operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball.

Gerry Hunsicker has been an executive with the New York Mets and Tampa Bay Rays and the general manager of the Houston Astros from November 1995 until the end of the 2004 campaign.

Gerry Hunsicker received a master's degree in education from Florida International University in Miami, Florida, in 1976.

Gerry Hunsicker was hired by the Houston Astros as general manager by Drayton McLane on November 10,1995.

Gerry Hunsicker would have eight MLB drafts to help assemble a lineup that contained two future Hall of Famers with Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell.

Gerry Hunsicker's first pick as a GM in Mark Johnson did not work out, although he would be used in a trade for.

Gerry Hunsicker would make five appearances in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in his eleven years spent with the Astros.

Gerry Hunsicker would find some success within other rounds of the draft, such as Chad Qualls alongside Hunter Pence in 2004 alongside Ben Zobrist.

Reportedly, he resigned due to being tired of McLane's influences on team management, and it was believed that McLane was jealous of Gerry Hunsicker getting credit for the success of the team, which extended to Gerry Hunsicker being a friend to lower management, as he had to push for McLane to start a 401K retirement plan and have the team office remain closed between Christmas and New Year's Day.

Gerry Hunsicker even interviewed for the New York Mets job in 2003 with McLane being close to letting him go.

Former Astros manager Larry Dierker once related a story about how Gerry Hunsicker had to be the one to tell him about the displeasure shown by McLane because a Diamond level ticket holder didn't like Dierker resting prominent veterans for a game.

Gerry Hunsicker spent seven years with the Tampa Bay Rays as senior vice president, baseball operations and left that post to join the Dodgers front office in October 2012.

Gerry Hunsicker advised Andrew Friedman with the Rays, and he was reunited with Friedman when he was named the Dodgers' president of baseball operations in October 2014.

Gerry Hunsicker received his bachelor's degree from St Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.