Daniel John Radison (born August 24, 1950) is an American former professional baseball

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. A former

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, he has also been a

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(MLB) coach for the

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and

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. Radison batted and threw right-handed as a player, and was listed at tall and weighing . 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. In 1970, he played

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for the

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of the

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(CCBL) and was named a league all-star. He returned to the CCBL to play for the

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the following season. After high school, Radison attended

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, where he earned all-tournament honors in the

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. Radison played for three seasons (1972–74) in the Cardinal farm system before becoming an assistant coach at the U.S. college level from 1977 to 1983 with

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, the

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and

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. In 1984, he returned to professional baseball as a

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in the farm system of the

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, spending two years with them before rejoining the Cardinals as a minor league pilot in 1986. He has also been a manager in the

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system, piloting the Albany-Colonie Yankees (1990–92) and

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(2000), the Yanks' Double-A Eastern League affiliates. In between, Radison coached in MLB working under

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— like Radison, a veteran of the Cardinal system — with the Padres (1993–94) and Cubs (1995–99). From 2000 to 2009, 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

by newly named permanent manager Jim Riggleman. In 2012, Radison joined the

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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 to 2016, Radison was the hitting coach for the

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, the Astros' Double-A affiliate.

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