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Grady Fuson
American baseball scout and executive
Baseball player
Grady Lee Fuson (born April 19, 1956) is an American professional baseballscout and executive who is a special adviser for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball.
Early life and education
Fuson grew up in Kearny Mesa, San Diego. He attended Kearny High School.[1] Fuson played college baseball for a junior college before transferring to the University of Puget Sound, where he finished his college career with the Puget Sound Loggers in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
He graduated in 1978.[2]
Career
Fuson played professional baseball for the Salem Senators, an independent team. He led the Senators with a .320 batting average in 1978, but batted .198 in 1979.[3] He was assistant baseball coach for Puget Sound in 1980 and became head coach in 1981, the youngest coach in NCAA's Division I.[2] Before the 1982 season, the Oaklan