Joe DeLucca

Joseph M. DeLucca

• School SUNY Cortland
• High School Babylon High School
• Born March 22, 1929 in Queens, NY USA
• Died February 24, 2020 in Bay Shore, NY USA

Biographical Information

Joe DeLucca was a coach at Babylon High School (1954-1957) and West Babylon High School (1958-1966). He remained at West Babylon as teacher and football coach from 1967-1983. He scouted for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies (1967-1969), Montréal Expos (1974), Baltimore Orioles (1977-1987) and Cleveland Indians (1988-1993) from 1960-1993. He signed John Habyan, Pete Harnisch, Charles Nagy, Manny Ramirez and Jeff Schaefer. He won the A.B. "Turk" Karam Award in 2005.

He served in the Korean War.

Further Reading

• Suffolk Hall of Fame
• Joe DeLucca, baseball scout who signed Manny Ramirez, dies at age 90