Dan Radison, Date of Birth
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American coach and instructor in professional baseball
Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1950
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Dan Radison
- Daniel John Radison (born August 24, 1950) is an American coach and instructor in professional baseball.
- A former minor league catcher, he has also been a Major League Baseball (MLB) coach for the San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals.
- Radison batted and threw right-handed as a player, and was listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and weighing 180 pounds (82 kg).Radison played shortstop and catcher for his high school squad in Columbia, Illinois.
- One of Radison's teammates was Jim Kremmel, who later pitched in the majors with the Chicago Cubs.
- After high school, Radison attended Southern Illinois University and played for three seasons (1972–74) in the Cardinal farm system before becoming an assistant coach at the U.S.
- college level from 1977–83 with Broward Community College, the University of Georgia and Old Dominion University.
- In 1984, he returned to professional baseball as a manager in the farm system of the New York Mets, spending two years with them before rejoining the Cardinals as a minor league pilot in 1986.
- He has also been a manager in the New York Yankees system, piloting the Albany-Colonie Yankees (1990–92) and Norwich Navigators (2000), the Yanks' Double-A Eastern League affiliates. In between, Radison coached in MLB working under Jim Riggleman — like Radison, a veteran of the Cardinal system — with the Padres (1993–94) and Cubs (1995–99).
- From 2000–09, he was a minor league manager and roving coach for the Yankees and Cardinals.
- His career minor league managing record is 622–552 (.530), with two championships.
- On November 20, 2009, he was appointed first-base coach of the Washington Nationals by newly named permanent manager Jim Riggleman.In 2012, Radison joined the Houston Astros as a special assistant in the player development department.
- Radison was named interim first base coach for the Astros on August 19, 2012, and was named the Astros' assistant hitting coach in 2013.
- From 2015–16, Radison was the hitting coach for the Corpus Christi Hooks, the Astros' Double-A affiliate.
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