Dan Radison

Who is Dan Radison?

Daniel John Radison is an American coach and instructor in professional baseball.

On November 20, 2009, he was appointed first-base coach of the Washington Nationals by newly named permanent manager Jim Riggleman. Radison began the 2009 season as the roving hitting coach in the farm system of the St. Louis Cardinals. A former minor league catcher, he has also been a Major League Baseball coach for the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs. Radison batted and threw right-handed as a player, and stood 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 180 pounds.

Radison played shortstop and caught for the Columbia, Illinois high school squad. One of Radison's teammates was Jim Kremmel, who later pitched in the majors with the Chicago Cubs. After high school. Radison attended Southern Illinois University and played for three seasons in the Cardinal farm system, then was an assistant baseball coach at the U.S. college level from 1977-83 with Broward Community College, the University of Georgia and Old Dominion University.