Edward George Napoleon is a former minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 player, manager, and Major League Baseball

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 coach.

Napoleon played for the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 and Pittsburgh Pirates

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 organizations from 1956 until 1970.

He managed for the Oneonta Yankees in 1976 and the Fort Lauderdale Yankees

Fort Lauderdale Yankees

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 in 1977. Napoleon coached for the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 from 1983 through 1985. He managed the Eugene Emeralds

Eugene Emeralds

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 of the Kansas City Royals

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 organization in 1986. He returned to coach in the majors with the Houston Astros

Houston Astros

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 in 1989. He managed the Gulf Coast Orioles

Gulf Coast Orioles

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 in 1991, and then coached for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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in 1992 and 1993.

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