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DAN
LUNETTA
DIRECTOR, MINOR
LEAGUE OPERATIONS
Entering his ninth season with the Tigers organization, Lunetta was named the director of minor league
operations on December 8, 2004.
• Based out of Lakeland, FL, Lunetta oversees the day-to-day administrative operations of the minor league
department, including budget responsibilities, working agreements with the six minor league affiliates and the
acquisition of minor league free agent players.
• Prior to joining the Tigers organization, Lunetta most recently spent two seasons as a special assistant to the
general manager with the Montreal Expos (2002-03).
• Spent 10 seasons with the Florida Marlins, joining the organization as the director of minor league administration
on December 1, 1991, before being promoted to director of major league administration on November 1, 1998.
• Served two seasons (1990-91) as the general manager of Triple A Rochester in the International League.
• Spent the 1989 season as the director of team travel and Spring Training coordinator for the Cincinnati Reds
after serving the previous three seasons as the director of team travel with Montreal (1986-88).
• Spent the 1985 season as the director of baseball operations with Triple A Buffalo in the International League.
• Began his baseball career in 1980 as the general manager of Single A Jamestown in the New York-Penn
League, while also serving as the assistant spring training coordinator with Montreal.
• A native of Jamestown, NY, Lunetta is a graduate of State University of New York at Brockport.
• Lunetta, 57, his wife, Jhoanna and sons, Anthony Robert (17) and Samuel Joseph (12) reside in Lakeland, FL.
DAVE
OWEN
DIRECTOR,
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
Enters his third season with the Tigers organization and the second in his current role after being named to the
position on September 19, 2011.
• Directly responsible for all the on-field instruction at the minor league level during Spring Training, the regular
season and instructional league and works directly with Dan Lunetta in overseeing the Tigers minor league
system.
• Joined the organization prior to the 2011 season as the club’s minor league infield coordinator.
• Prior to joining the Tigers organization, he spent three seasons as a coach at the major league level with the
Kansas City Royals, serving as bench coach in 2008 before becoming third base coach for the 2009 and 2010
seasons.
• Spent one season in Japan as a coach with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in 2007.
• Served as the minor league infield coordinator for the Philadelphia Phillies for three seasons from 2004-06.
• Prior to his coaching career, he spent 12 seasons as a scout with the Chicago White Sox (1992-96), Tigers
(1997-99) and Phillies (2000-03).
• Played professionally for 11 seasons after being selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 10th round of the June
1979 draft and saw action at the major league level with the Cubs (1983-85) and Royals (1988).
• His brother, Spike, played 13 seasons at the major league level with the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox,
Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and California Angels.
• Owen, 54, and his wife, Yasmin, reside in Cleburne, TX...they have two grown daughters, Haley and Courtney.
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