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 Dave Keller as manager of the Daytona Cubs in 2013 | |
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| Born: (1959-09-28)September 28, 1959 (age 66) | |
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Dave Keller (born September 28, 1959) is a former minor leaguebaseball player, coach and manager and major league coach for theCleveland Indians. He is currently the bench coach for theColorado Rockies Single A affiliateFresno Grizzlies.
Keller attended theUniversity of Northern Colorado from 1979 to 1982 where he excelled at both baseball andbasketball. He still holds career records at the school forRBI (173),home runs (47) andslugging percentage (.756). Keller is also in the program's top ten lists for careerruns (146),total bases (332) andwalks (86). He also holds the single season Bears record for home runs (20). In basketball, Keller was anAll-North Central Conference selection in 1982 and led the team in scoring with a 15.1points per game average. In 2006, he was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
In 1982, Keller was chosen in the 28th round of the 1982 draft by theCincinnati Reds, and he played in their minor league system through the 1986 season.
From 1987 to 1989, Keller was the manager for theBillings Mustangs of the rookiePioneer League in the Reds organization. In 1990, Keller was hired by the Cleveland Indians to manage their farm team inBurlington, North Carolina. In 1991, hisBurlington Indians qualified for theAppalachian League playoffs. For the 1992 season, Keller was moved up to the Class AKinston Indians. He was the manager for the K-Tribe through the 1994 season and earnedCarolina League manager of the year honors in 1993. Keller finished up his managerial career with a stint as the skipper for South Bend of theMidwest League for theChicago White Sox.
In 1999, Keller was named the minor league hitting coordinator for the Cleveland Indians. In 2000 and 2001, he served as a hitting instructor in their system. He finally made it to the major leagues as a bullpen coach for Cleveland in 2002 and 2003.
From 2004-2012, Keller was the minor league hitting coordinator for theChicago Cubs. For the 2013 season, he was promoted to manager of the Advanced-A affiliate Daytona Cubs where he led the team to a 75-51 record and won theFlorida State League championship by defeating theCharlotte Stone Crabs 3-1. Keller led the club back to the Florida State League championship series in 2014, the team's final season in a 22-year run as a Cubs affiliate in Daytona Beach. Keller was a roving instructor and Latin American field coordinator for the Cubs' farm system from 2015 to 2024. He then moved to the Rockies' chain as bench coach of the Fresno Grizzlies in early 2025.
