Rich Dubee

Richard Peter Dubee

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• High School Bridgewater - Raynham High School

• Born October 19, 1957 in Brockton, MA USA

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Biographical Information

Right-handed pitcher Rich Dubee was the Kansas City Royals' 3rd round pick in the 1976 amateur draft, and played six seasons in the Royals organization. He finished with a 45-49 record.

After his playing career ended, Dubee remained with the Royals organization for many years as a coach. He was a pitching coach for the Jacksonville Suns (1982), Memphis Chicks (1984), Omaha Royals (1985), Memphis again (1986-1987), and Omaha again (1988-1990). He was also the Royals' roving pitching instructor in 1983-1984.

Moving to the Montreal Expos organization, he was a coach for the Rockford Expos (1991), Indianapolis Indians (1992), and West Palm Beach Expos (1993). Next, Dubee joined the Florida Marlins organization as coach of the Edmonton Trappers (1994). He spent the next three seasons (1995-1997) as the Marlins Minor League Pitching Coordinator. Dubee reached the major leagues for the first time in 1998 when the Marlins promoted him to pitching coach. Dubee continued to coach Marlins pitchers through the 2001 season.

The Philadelphia Phillies hired Dubee to coach Clearwater Phillies pitchers in 2002. He remained with Clearwater for two seasons before a promotion to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 2004. From 2005 to 2013, he held the same position with the big league Phillies. Dubee helped Philadelphia to a win in the 2008 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays. Some of the highlights of his years in Philadelphia include:

- In 2010, the Phillies led all major league teams in shutouts (21) & complete games (14).

- In 2011, the pitching staff led all major league teams in ERA (3.02), complete games (18), shutouts (21), SO/BB ratio (3.22), fewest baserunners/9.0 innings (10.79), fewest pitches/inning (15.4), and quality starts (108). The staff finished 3rd in strikeouts (1,299) while also issuing the fewest walks (404) and 2nd-fewest home runs (120).

- In 2012, Phillies starting pitchers led all MLB teams in innings (1033.0) and strikeouts (918) and issued the fewest walks (231) despite injuries to Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Vance Worley.

In 2014, dubee moved to the Atlanta Braves organization as their Minor League Pitching Coordinator and stayed there for two years. The Detroit Tigers hired him as their pitching coach during the 2016-2017 seasons. His departure from Detroit ended his coaching career in professional baseball.

However, he wasn't finished with coaching yet. Dubee served as the pitching coach for the 2019 Sarasota Cat 5 team in the Florida Gulf Coast League, a summer collegiate league.[1] In 2020, Dubee was scheduled to coach the Saugerties Stallions of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubee did coach the Stallions in 2021.[2] He was slated to serve as the pitching coach, but took over as skipper when the head coach became ill. Dubee guided the Stallions to the League championship and he won the PGCBL Coach of the Year award for his efforts. It is unknown if Dubee coached in 2022, but he was the pitching coach for the Stallions in 2023-2024.

His son Mike Dubee was drafted by the Phillies in the 18th round of the 2006 amateur draft.

Related Sites

• Rich Dubee at the SABR Bio Project