Ed Napoleon
Edward George Napoleon (born September 13, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a former minor league baseball player, manager, and Major League Baseball coach.
Napoleon played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations from 1956 until 1970.
He managed for the Oneonta Yankees in 1976 and the Fort Lauderdale Yankees in 1977. Napoleon coached for the Cleveland Indians from 1983 through 1985. He managed the Eugene Emeralds of the Kansas City Royals organization in 1986. He returned to coach in the majors with the Kansas City Royals from 1987–88 and the Houston Astros in 1989 & 1990 He managed the Gulf Coast Orioles in 1991, the New York Yankees in 1992 & 1993 and the Texas Rangers from 1995-2000. He was retired from 2001-2003 before returning in 2004 as a special instructor with the Cincinnati Reds, serving until 2007.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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