Dan Duquette

Daniel F. Duquette

• Born 1958

Biographical Information

Dan Duquette worked in the scouting and player development department of the Milwaukee Brewers from 1981 to 1985, then was scouting director in 1986-1987.

Duquette moved to the Montreal Expos where he was director of player development from 1988 to 1990, assistant General Manager in 1991 and GM in 1992 and 1993. He was hailed for making sabermetrically-inspired moves in Montreal that took the franchise from last place in the NL East in 1991 to the best overall record in baseball in the strike-shortened 1994 season. However, he left before that season as the Expos were unwilling to meet his demands for a salary raise reflecting the success he had achieved during his tenure.

Duquette then was General Manager of the Boston Red Sox from 1994 to 2002. While in Boston he attempted to expand the Red Sox signings in the Far East, signing players like Sun-Woo Kim, Tomokazu Ohka, and Jin Ho Cho. He also received criticism for not re-signing Mo Vaughn and Roger Clemens. He was replaced by Mike Port in 2002 on an interim basis and ultimately by Theo Epstein on a permanent basis.

In 2007, he served as director of baseball operations for the new Israel Baseball League. He returned to the GM ranks after the 2011 season, accepting the position with the Baltimore Orioles. As he had done in Boston, Duquette immediately made a splash by signing players from the Far East. One of those moves turned out poorly however, when he inked teenage Korean pitcher Seong-Min Kim to a contract. It turned out that he had failed to clear the signing with Korean baseball authorities, as protocol demands, and the Korea Baseball Association was incensed, making a formal protest to Major League Baseball and announcing that it would exclude Orioles scouts from any future events it was organizing. MLB ruled in favor of the Koreans, voiding the signing on February 15, 2012, with the O's facing possible further sanctions.

The Orioles did well during his tenure, reaching the postseason in 2012, 2014 and 2016. However, they began a slide in 2017 which culminated in the worst season in franchise history in 2018, culminating in a mid-season fire sale. He and manager Buck Showalter paid the price for that, both being fired after the season.

He is the cousin of fellow GM Jim Duquette.

Preceded by Dave Dombrowski

Montreal Expos General Manager 1992-1993

Succeeded by Kevin Malone

Preceded by Lou Gorman

Boston Red Sox General Manager 1994-2002

Succeeded by Theo Epstein

Preceded by Andy MacPhail

Baltimore Orioles General Manager 2011-2018

Succeeded by Mike Elias

Record as a General Manager

Draft Picks

Expos

• 1992 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (3rd overall): P B.J. Wallace - Mississippi State University
  • 6th round: 2B Jose Vidro - Blanca Malaret High School
• 1993 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (18th overall): OF Chris Schwab - Cretin-Derham High School
  • 1st round (31st overall): OF Josue Estrada - Medardo Carazo High School
  • 2nd round: 3B Brad Fullmer - Montclair Prep High School

Red Sox

• 1994 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (12th overall): SS Nomar Garciaparra - Georgia Tech
  • 3rd round: P Brian Rose - Dartmouth (MA) High School
  • 13th round: P Carl Pavano - Southington High School
• 1995 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (15th overall): P Andy Yount - Kingwood High School
  • 1st round (24th overall): OF Corey Jenkins - Dreher High School
• 1996 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (26th overall): P Josh Garrett - South Spencer High School
  • 1st round (34th overall): P Chris Reitsma - Calgary Christian High School
  • 3rd round: OF Dernell Stenson - LaGrange (GA) High School
  • 8th round: P Justin Duchscherer - Coronado High School (Lubbock)
  • 10th round: SS Shea Hillenbrand - Mesa Community College
• 1997 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (17th overall): P John Curtice - Great Bridge High School
  • 1st round (35th overall): OF Mark Fischer - Georgia Tech
  • 19th round: 2B David Eckstein - University of Florida
• 1998 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (12th overall): SS Adam Everett - University of South Carolina
  • 9th round: 3B Mark Teixeira - Mount Saint Joseph College Did Not Sign
• 1999 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (17th overall): OF Rick Asadoorian - Northbridge High School
  • 1st round (40th overall): P Brad Baker - Pioneer Valley Regional School
  • 1st round (48th overall): P Casey Fossum - Texas A&M University
• 2000
  • 1st round (22nd overall): P Phil Dumatrait - Bakersfield Junior College
  • 2nd round: P Manny Delcarmen - West Roxbury High School
  • 11th round: 3B Freddy Sanchez - Oklahoma City University
• 2001 amateur draft:
  • No 1st round pick (lost for signing Manny Ramirez)
  • 2nd round: C Kelly Shoppach - Baylor University
  • 8th round: 1B Kevin Youkilis - University of Cincinnati
• 2002 amateur draft:
  • No 1st round pick (lost for signing Johnny Damon)
  • 2nd round: P Jon Lester - Bellarmine Preparatory School
  • 8th round: OF Brandon Moss - Loganville High School

Orioles

• 2012 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (4th overall): P Kevin Gausman - Louisiana State University
  • 19th round: P Josh Hader - Old Mill High School (Millersville)
• 2013 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (22nd overall): P Hunter Harvey - Bandys High School
  • 1st round (37th overall): OF Josh Hart - Parkview High School (Lilburn)
  • 2nd round: C Chance Sisco - Santiago High School (Corona)
  • 3rd round: P Stephen Tarpley - Scottsdale Community College
  • 8th round: 1B Trey Mancini - University of Notre Dame
  • 10th round: C Austin Wynns - California State University, Fresno
  • 11th round: P Steven Brault - Regis University
  • 13th round: P Jimmy Yacabonis - St. Joseph's University
  • 27th round: P Donnie Hart - Texas State University
• 2014 amateur draft:
  • No 1st round pick (lost for signing Nelson Cruz
  • 5th round: P David Hess - Tennessee Technological University
  • 6th round: P Tanner Scott - Howard College
• 2015 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (25th overall): OF DJ Stewart - Florida State University
  • 1st round (36th overall): SS Ryan Mountcastle - Paul J. Hagerty High School
  • 13th round: OF Cedric Mullins - Campbell University
• 2016 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (27th overall): P Cody Sedlock - University of Illinois
  • 3rd round: OF Austin Hays - Jacksonville University
• 2017 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (12st overall): P D.L. Hall - Valdosta High School
• 2018 amateur draft:
  • 1st round (11th overall): P Grayson Rodriguez - Central Heights High School
  • 1st round (37th overall): SS Cadyn Grenier - Oregon State University

Significant Trades

Expos

• November 21, 1991 traded Andres Galarraga to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ken Hill
• December 9, 1991 traded Barry Jones to the Philadelphia Phillies for Darrin Fletcher
• December 11, 1991 traded Dave Martinez, Willie Greene and Scott Ruskin to the Cincinnati Reds for John Wetteland and Bill Risley
• December 9, 1992 traded Mark Gardner and Doug Piatt to the Kansas City Royals for Jeff Shaw and Tim Spehr
• December 24, 1992 traded Tim Wallach to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Barker
• December 19, 1993 traded Delino DeShields to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Pedro Martinez

Red Sox

• May 31, 1994 traded Billy Hatcher and Paul Quantrill to the Philadelphia Phillies for Wes Chamberlain and Mike Sullivan
• December 9, 1994 traded Otis Nixon and Luis Ortiz to the Texas Rangers for Jose Canseco
• July 6, 1995 traded Frank Rodriguez and J.J. Johnson to the Minnesota Twins for Rick Aguilera
• July 31, 1995 traded Matt Murray, Mike Jacobs and Marc Lewis to the Atlanta Braves for Mike Stanton
• January 10, 1996 traded Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier & Ryan McGuire to the Montreal Expos for Wil Cordero and Bryan Eversgerd
• January 29, 1996 traded Ken Ryan, Lee Tinsley and Glenn Murray to the Philadelphia Phillies for Heathcliff Slocumb, Rick Holyfield and Larry Wimberly
• July 30, 1996 traded Jamie Moyer to the Seattle Mariners for Darren Bragg
• January 27, 1997 traded Jose Canseco to the Oakland A's for John Wasdin
• July 31, 1997 traded Heathcliff Slocumb to the Seattle Mariners for Jason Varitek and Derek Lowe
• August 13, 1997 traded Mike Stanley and Randy Brown to the New York Yankees for Tony Armas, Jr and Jim Mecir
• November 6, 1997 traded Bill Haselman, Aaron Sele and Mark Brandenburg to the Texas Rangers for Jim Leyritz and Damon Buford
• November 18, 1997 traded Carl Pavano and Tony Armas, Jr to the Montreal Expos for Pedro Martinez
• December 14, 1999 traded Adam Everett and Greg Miller to the Houston Astros for Carl Everett
• July 27, 2000 traded Jeff Frye, Brian Rose, John Wasdin and Jeff Taglienti to the Colorado Rockies for Rolando Arrojo, Mike Lansing and Rick Croushore
• September 9, 2000 traded Lew Ford to the Minnesota Twins for Hector Carrasco
• July 31, 2001 traded Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles to the Montreal Expos for Ugueth Urbina

Orioles

• February 6, 2012 traded Jeremy Guthrie to the Colorado Rockies for Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom
• June 30, 2012 traded Gabriel Lino and Kyle Simon to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jim Thome
• August 26, 2012 traded Matt Lindstrom to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Joe Saunders
• November 20, 2012 traded Robert Andino to the Seattle Mariners for Trayvon Robinson
• April 10, 2013 traded Luis Ayala to the Atlanta Braves for Chris Jones
• July 2, 2013 traded Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop to the Chicago Cubs for Steve Clevenger and Scott Feldman
• July 23, 2013 traded Nicky Delmonico to the Milwaukee Brewers for Francisco Rodriguez
• July 31, 2013 traded Josh Hader and L.J. Hoes to the Houston Astros for Bud Norris
• August 30, 2013 traded Xavier Avery to the Seattle Mariners for Mike Morse
• November 25, 2013 traded Devin Jones to the San Diego Padres for Brad Brach
• December 2, 2013 traded Jim Johnson to the Oakland Athletics for David Freitas and Jemile Weeks
• December 18, 2013 traded Danny Valencia to the Kansas City Royals for David Lough
• May 24, 2014 traded Troy Patton to the San Diego Padres for Nick Hundley
• July 31, 2014 traded Eduardo Rodriguez to the Boston Red Sox for Andrew Miller
• August 30, 2014 traded Mark Blackmar and Miguel Chalas to the Chicago White Sox for Alejandro De Aza
• August 30, 2014 traded Ivan De Jesus and Jemile Weeks to the Boston Red Sox for Michael Almanzar and Kelly Johnson
• January 27, 2015 traded Steven Brault and Stephen Tarpley to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Travis Snider
• June 3, 2015 traded Alejandro De Aza to the Boston Red Sox for Joe Gunkel
• July 31, 2015 traded Zach Davies to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gerardo Parra
• December 2, 2015 traded Steve Clevenger to the Seattle Mariners for C.J. Riefenhauser and Mark Trumbo
• February 4, 2016 traded Jean Cosme to the San Diego Padres for Odrisamer Despaigne
• July 31, 2016 traded Ariel Miranda to the Seattle Mariners for Wade Miley
• August 31, 2016 traded Jason Heinrich to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Michael Bourn
• January 6, 2017 traded Yovani Gallardo to the Seattle Mariners for Seth Smith
• April 7, 2017 traded Jon Keller to the Colorado Rockies for Miguel Castro
• July 28, 2017 traded Garrett Cleavinger and Hyun-soo Kim to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeremy Hellickson
• July 31, 2017 traded Tobias Myers to the Tampa Bay Rays for Tim Beckham
• July 18, 2018 traded Manny Machado to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rylan Bannon, Yusniel Diaz, Dean Kremer, Zach Pop and Breyvic Valera
• July 24, 2018 traded Zach Britton to the New York Yankees for Cody Carroll, Josh Rogers and Dillon Tate
• July 31, 2018 traded Jonathan Schoop to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jean Carmona, Luis Ortiz and Jonathan Villar
• July 31, 2018 traded Kevin Gausman and Darren O'Day to the Atlanta Braves for Brett Cumberland, Jean Carlos Encarnacion, Evan Phillips and Bruce Zimmermann

Significant Signings

Expos

• March 1, 1993 signed Vladimir Guerrero as a amateur free agent
• June 1, 1993 signed Orlando Cabrera as a amateur free agent

Red Sox

• April 14, 1995 selected Troy O'Leary off waivers from Milwaukee Brewers
• April 26, 1995 signed Tim Wakefield as a free agent from Pittsburgh Pirates]
• December 14, 1995 signed Mike Stanley as a free agent from New York Yankees
• January 2, 1996 signed Jamie Moyer as a free agent from Baltimore Orioles
• December 9, 1996 signed Bret Saberhagen as a free agent from Colorado Rockies
• December 9, 1997 signed Dennis Eckersley as a free agent from St. Louis Cardinals
• November 5, 1998 signed Darren Lewis as a free agent from Los Angeles Dodgers
• November 16, 1998 signed Jose Offerman as a free agent from Kansas City Royals
• December 19, 2000 signed Manny Ramirez as a free agent from Cleveland Indians
• January 3, 2001 signed Anibal Sanchez as a amateur free agent
• January 11, 2001 signed David Cone as a free agent from New York Yankees

Orioles

• November 22, 2011 signed Miguel Socolovich as a free agent from Chicago White Sox
• December 20, 2011 signed Endy Chavez as a free agent from Texas Rangers
• January 10, 2012 signed Wei-Yin Chen as a free agent
• January 24, 2012 signed Wilson Betemit as a free agent from Detroit Tigers
• February 9, 2012 signed Nick Johnson as a free agent from Cleveland Indians
• February 10, 2012 signed Luis Ayala as a free agent from New York Yankees
• March 4, 2012 signed Miguel Gonzalez as a free agent from Boston Red Sox
• June 5, 2012 signed Nate McLouth as a free agent from Pittsburgh Pirates
• August 31, 2012 signed Randy Wolf as a free agent from Milwaukee Brewers
• January 29, 2013 signed Chris Dickerson as a free agent from New York Yankees
• January 14, 2014 signed Delmon Young as a free agent from Tampa Bay Rays
• February 19, 2014 signed Ubaldo Jimenez as a free agent from Cleveland Indians
• February 24, 2014 signed Nelson Cruz as a free agent from Texas Rangers
• December 12, 2014 signed Chaz Roe as a free agent from Pittsburgh Pirates
• February 3, 2015 signed Nolan Reimold as a free agent from Arizona Diamondbacks
• December 16, 2015 signed Hyun-soo Kim as a free agent
• February 25, 2016 signed Yovani Gallardo as a free agent from Texas Rangers
• March 10, 2016 signed Pedro Alvarez as a free agent from Pittsburgh Pirates
• August 28, 2016, signed Tommy Hunter as a free agent from Cleveland Indians
• December 16, 2016 signed Welington Castillo as a free agent from Arizona Diamondbacks
• February 20, 2017 signed Craig Gentry as a free agent from Los Angeles Angels
• February 15, 2018 signed Andrew Cashner as a free agent from Texas Rangers
• March 3, 2018 signed Danny Valencia as a free agent from Seattle Mariners
• March 21, 2018 signed Alex Cobb as a free agent from Tampa Bay Rays