Karl Kuehl

Karl Otto Kuehl

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

• Born September 5, 1937 in Monterey Park, CA USA
• Died August 6, 2008 in Scottsdale, AZ USA

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Biographical Information

Karl Kuehl managed the Montreal Expos in 1976 and was a member of the Minnesota Twins coaching staff from 1977 to 1982. As a player, he led the 1957 Northwest League in average, hitting .347/~.486/.467, tied for the league lead with 31 doubles and drew 112 walks, one less than the NWL leader. At the time, Kuehl played for the Salem Senators. In 1959, he was the youngest manager in the minor leagues at 21 years of age.

Kuehl was a scout for the Houston Astros from 1963 to 1968, Seattle Pilots in 1969, Milwaukee Brewers from 1970 to 1971, and Montreal Expos in 1971. From 1984-1991, Kuehl was the Farm Director for the Oakland A's. He later became an assistant to the General Manager of the A's. In his time with the Twins and the Athletics, he became interested in the mental aspects of playing baseball and co-wrote one of the first books on the issue with psychologist Harvey Dorfman in 1989, The Mental Game of Baseball, which remains a seminal work today. He also hired Dorfman to work with A's players. In 2006, he was awarded baseball's Roland Hemond Award his lifetime of work on scouting and player development, which included work in the Dominican Republic and Australia. He was in the Cleveland Indians front office until he retired in 2007. He died of pulmonary fibrosis in 2008.

He is the father of former minor league baseball player John Kuehl.

Preceded by Gene Mauch

Montréal Expos Manager 1976

Succeeded by Charlie Fox

Year-by-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs	Notes
1959	Salem Senators	Northwest League	73-67	3rd	none	Lost League Finals
1960	Salem Senators	Northwest League	56-86	5th	none	none
1961	Geneva Redlegs	New York-Penn League	77-48	1st	Cincinnati Reds	Lost in 1st round
1962	Geneva Redlegs	New York-Penn League	44-74	6th	Cincinnati Reds
1969	Clinton Pilots	Midwest League			Seattle Pilots	none	replaced Sibby Sisti in August/ replaced by Tommy Giordano in August
1970	Clinton Pilots	Midwest League	26-37	9th	Milwaukee Brewers	none	replaced Earl Torgeson (31-30)
1972	Quebec Carnavals	Eastern League	75-64	4th	Montreal Expos
1973	Quebec Carnavals	Eastern League	65-72	6th	Montreal Expos
1974	Memphis Blues	International League	87-55	1st	Montreal Expos	Lost in 1st round
1975	Memphis Blues	International League	65-75	5th	Montreal Expos
1976	Montreal Expos	National League	43-85	--	Montreal Expos		replaced by Charlie Fox on September 4

Further Reading

• Karl Kuehl and Harvey Dorfman: The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance, Diamond Communications, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Lanham, MD, 2002. ISBN 978-1888698541. (Originally published in 1989)
• Karl Kuehl, John Kuehl and Casey Tefertiller: Mental Toughness: Baseball's Winning Edge, Ivan R. Dee Publishers, Chicago, IL, 2005. ISBN 978-1566637237