David Bruce Bialas (born February 6, 1954) is an American former minor league baseball player and is currently the manager of the New York Yankees Class A Minor League Short Season team in Staten Island, New York and

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. He served as a coach for the

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from 1995 through 1999 and in 2002. As a minor league

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and

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in the

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...

system, Bialas played 1021 games from 1973 through 1982, batting .274 in 3448

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, with 36

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s, 214

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and 263 runs scored. As a minor league manager in the Cardinals' and Cubs' systems, he managed 1373 games, winning 711 and losing 662 for a winning percentage of .518. On November 1, 2012, the

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announced Bialas as their next minor league fielding coordinator, replacing

Dave Trembley David Michael Trembley (born October 31, 1951) is an American professional baseball coach, manager, and executive who recently served as the director of player development for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2015. Trembley h ...

. Bialas was born in

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and is a graduate of Bellaire High School in nearby

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