Dan Rohn

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Daniel Jay Rohn

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Biographical Information[edit]

Dan Rohn is a long-time minor-league manager who played three seasons in the major leagues. After a cup of coffee with the Chicago Cubs in 1983, he was part of the 1984 Cubs team that made the first postseason appearance since 1945. In 1983, he was the last player until Paulo Orlando in 2015 to hit at least one triple in his first two big league games. He also appeared briefly with the Cleveland Indians in 1986.

In 1990, Rohn played for the Fort Myers Sun Sox of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. He played in 24 games and was batting .284 with 9 RBI when the league folded.

He was a three-sport athlete in high school in Michigan, and his time at Central Michigan University overlapped with that of Chris Knapp. In addition to his time with the Cubs and Indians, he also played in the minor league organizations of the Oakland Athletics and the Texas Rangers.

Rohn turned to coaching immediately after his playing career ended in 1989. He was a coach for the Portland Beavers in 1990. He first became a manager in 1991. He managed for 12 years in the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners organizations. He was the Minnesota Twins' minor league infield instructor in 1993 and hitting coach of the Salt Lake Buzz in 1994. He was later a hitting coach for the Memphis Chicks in 1997.

From 2001-2005 he managed the AAA Tacoma Rainiers, and had three division titles, being named Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year three times, in 2001, 2004 and 2005. The Mariners brought Rohn to the major league staff in 2006 as an administrative assistant. In this role he coordinated scouting information before and during games while breaking down pitching and hitting tendencies. Amidst a poor season, the Mariners fired him on September 13th to end Rohn's affiliation with the team. He was named manager of the Fresno Grizzlies after the 2006 season where he stayed for three years followed by a single year in Las Vegas.

In 2011 Rohn returned to his home in Traverse City, MI and spent the next two years as a special assistant for the Traverse City Beach Bums. He became the team's bench coach in 2013 followed by a promotion to manager in 2014. He retired after the 2018 season, but returned to managing in 2020-2021 with the Lake Erie Crushers, also in the independent Frontier League.

In addition to coaching & managing in the states, Rohn worked internationally during the some winter.

Year-by-Year Managerial Record[edit]

Year Team League Record Finish Organization Playoffs
1991 GCL Twins Gulf Coast League 27-33 12th (t) Minnesota Twins
1992 Fort Myers Miracle Florida State League 46-85 14th Co-op
1995 Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League 75-65 5th (t) Minnesota Twins Lost in 1st round
1996 Fort Wayne Wizards Midwest League 69-67 6th (t) Minnesota Twins
1998 Orlando Rays Southern League 67-71 5th Seattle Mariners
1999 New Haven Ravens Eastern League 65-77 9th (t) Seattle Mariners
2000 New Haven Ravens Eastern League 82-60 3rd Seattle Mariners League Champs
2001 Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League 85-59 1st Seattle Mariners League Co-Champs
2002 Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League 65-76 13th Seattle Mariners
2003 Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League 66-78 14th Seattle Mariners
2004 Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League 79-63 3rd Seattle Mariners
2005 Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League 80-64 2nd (t) Seattle Mariners Lost League Finals
2007 Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League 77-67 4th San Francisco Giants
2008 Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League 67-76 11th San Francisco Giants
2009 Fresno Grizzlies Pacific Coast League 71-73 10th (t) San Francisco Giants
2010 Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League 66-78 13th Toronto Blue Jays
2014 Traverse City Beach Bums Frontier League 38-58 12th Independent Leagues
2015 Traverse City Beach Bums Frontier League 56-38 3rd Independent Leagues League Champs
2016 Traverse City Beach Bums Frontier League 42-52 10th Independent Leagues
2017 Traverse City Beach Bums Frontier League 37-59 11th Independent Leagues
2018 Traverse City Beach Bums Frontier League 44-51 5th Independent Leagues
2020 Season Cancelled
2021 Lake Erie Crushers Frontier League 41-55 10th Independent Leagues

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