Dewey Kalmer

Duane V. Kalmer

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

• School Quincy University

• Born ~1944

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Biographical Information

Dewey Kalmer was a minor league catcher and a college coach.

Kalmer was a baseball and basketball star in college. He was taken by the Washington Senators in the 18th round of the 1966 amateur draft. He backed up Dalton Renfroe with the Burlington Senators that summer, hitting .207/.233/.241 in 32 games but fielding .990 at catcher. He missed 1967 while coaching baseball and basketball at St. Anthony High School. He resigned in May with plans to join the Marine Reserves in June, with a discharge in December. [1] In 1968, he batted .273/.304/.400 in 39 games for the AAA Buffalo Bisons (backing up Jim French at catcher) and was 5 for 17 with 3 doubles and a walk for the Savannah Senators. During 1969, he hit .232/.274/.290 for Buffalo, fielding .991 behind the dish as the primary backup to Billy Bryan. Most of his pro career had been spent at AAA.

He returned to his alma mater, Quincy University, as head baseball and basketball coach, guiding their baseball team from 1969-1979. He had winning records in eight of his last nine seasons and was 190-142-1 there. He then became head coach of Bradley University, a job he held from 1980-2008. He would go 842-772-4 (at the time of his retirement, he had half the wins in the school's 108-year history and more than any other coach in any sport at the school). He was the 36th coach to 1,000 wins in NCAA Division I. He coached Kirby Puckett, Mike Grace, Mike Dunne, Jim Lindeman, Brian Shouse, Bryan Rekar and Roger Smithberg.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1969	Quincy College	5-12
1970	Quincy College	9-16
1971	Quincy College	16-12
1972	Quincy College	15-10
1973	Quincy College	16-9		NAIA District Tournaments
1974	Quincy College	24-10		NAIA District Tournaments
1975	Quincy College	26-10-1		NAIA District Tournaments
1976	Quincy College	20-14
1977	Quincy College	23-17		NAIA District Tournaments
1978	Quincy College	16-19
1979	Quincy College	20-13
1980	Bradley University	25-30		MVC
1981	Bradley University	29-24	7-7
1982	Bradley University	23-29	5-7
1983	Bradley University	19-17-2	2-8
1984	Bradley University	30-20	7-9
1985	Bradley University	34-25	9-11	MVC
1986	Bradley University	35-26	11-9	MVC
1987	Bradley University	41-21	11-9	MVC
1988	Bradley University	34-25	8-12	MVC
1989	Bradley University	35-22	7-11
1990	Bradley University	31-32	6-13	MVC
1991	Bradley University	26-36	7-17	MVC
1992	Bradley University	34-23-1	9-11	MVC
1993	Bradley University	40-16	13-7	MVC
1994	Bradley University	35-26	10-11	MVC
1995	Bradley University	30-27	13-19	MVC
1996	Bradley University	40-22	14-16	MVC
1997	Bradley University	26-28	10-18
1998	Bradley University	25-30	11-21
1999	Bradley University	26-31	15-17	MVC
2000	Bradley University	25-30	14-18
2001	Bradley University	17-37	8-22
2002	Bradley University	18-38	8-24
2003	Bradley University	23-30	12-17
2004	Bradley University	29-26-1	11-20-1
2005	Bradley University	28-22	10-14	MVC
2006	Bradley University	26-31	11-12	MVC
2007	Bradley University	32-21	13-11	MVC
2008	Bradley University	26-28	10-14	MVC