Dean Duchak
Full Name:  Dean Peter Duchak
     Born:  September 28, 1945, Passaic Pass, N.J.
     Died:  March 27, 1985, Waterbury, Conn.
   School:  Midland High School in Midland Park, New Jersey


FSU Career
Baseball
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  B  T  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1965      3B      5-8  160  L  R  So   *   Midland Park, NJ      
1966  14  3B      5-8  160  L  R  Jr       Midland Park, NJ      
1967  11  OF      5-8  160  L  R  Sr   *   Midland Park, NJ      


Comments
Dean Peter Duchak Obituary.
Published by The Sunday News, Ridgewood, N.J. on 31 Mar 1985, page 28.

Dean Duchak, a baseball honoree

MIDLAND PARK - Dean Peter Duchak, a member of the Midland Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame, died Wednesday in Middlebury, Conn., where he lived. He was 39.

An honors graduate of Midland Park High School and member of the National Honor Society, he was a All-Suburban baseball player and received a baseball scholarship to Florida State University. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force.

He was employed by the Watertown (Conn.) Board of Education and was active in youth athletic activities.

Surviving are his wife, Deborah; two sons, Donovan and Aaron, both at home; his parents, Peter and Mary of the borough, and two brothers, James of Wakefield, Mass., and Douglas of Allendale.



FSU Statistics
Baseball
Batting Statistics
YEAR   AVG  GP  GS   AB  R   H   2B  3B  HR RBI  TB   SLG%  BB HBP  SO GDP   OB% SF SH  SB ATT
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1965  .217  21   1   23   2   5   0   0   1   4    8  .348   2   1   6      .308  0  0   2    
1966  .000   5   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0  .000   2   0   1      .400  0  0   0    
1967  .154  18   8   26   5   4   0   0   0   3    4  .154   8   2   4      .378  1  0   1    
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Tot   .173  44   9   52   7   9   0   0   1   7   12  .231  12   3  11   0  .353  1  0   3   0
Baseball
Game Statistics
1965
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Mar 13 Miami                  8a .000  1      0   0   0            1   0                      0            
Mar 13 Miami                  8a1.000  1      1   0   1            0   1                      0            
Mar 26 Navy                   8a1.000  1      0   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 26 Navy                   5  .333  1 3B   2   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 29 Michigan State         9b .250  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 31 Wake Forest            1a .200  1      1   0   0                0                      0            
Apr  3 Duke                   9c .200  1      0   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  5 Auburn                 4a .333  1      1   1   1        1   2   4                      0            
Apr 10 Georgia Southern       8a .429  1      1   0   1            0   1                      0            
Apr 23 North Carolina State   9a .429  1      0   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr 26 Clemson                5c .375  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr 27 Clemson                9f .333  1      1   0   0                0                      0            
Apr 30 Pensacola NAS          3a .300  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
May  1 Pensacola NAS          5  .385  1 LF   3   1   2            1   2      1               0            
May  7 Loyola-New Orleans     9a .357  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
May  8 Loyola-New Orleans     6a .333  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
May 11 Georgia Southern       8a .313  1      1   0   0                0                      0            
May 21 Florida                9a .294  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
May 24 Pensacola NAS          2a .263  1      2   0   0            0   0                      0            
May 29 Furman                 9a .250  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Jun  2 Florida                9a .238  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Jun  3 Florida                9a .227  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
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                                 .227 22  2  22   2   5  0  0  1   4   8  0   1  0  0  0  0   0    0   0  0
1966
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Mar 14 Kentucky               5b .000  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 15 Kentucky               2a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 18 Tennessee              5a .000  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 23 Mississippi            9a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 29 Michigan State         9a .000  1      1   0   0                0                      0            
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                                 .000  5  0   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0   0    0   0  0
1967
Date  Opponent                BAT AVG GP GS  AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT   PO   A  E
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Mar  3 Miami                  8a .000  1      0   0   0            0   0      1               0            
Mar  4 Miami                  3  .000  1 LF   4   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar  6 Tampa                  3  .167  1 LF   2   1   1            0   1                      0            
Mar 20 Georgia                4  .143  1 RF   1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 22 Virginia Tech          3  .100  1 LF   3   2   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 27 Tulane                 3  .077  1 LF   3   0   0            0   0                      0            
Mar 28 Penn State             8b .143  1      1   0   1            0   1                      0            
Mar 30 Wake Forest            8  .133  1 LF   1   1   0            0   0                  1   1            
Mar 31 North Carolina         8a .125  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  1 Wake Forest            8a .118  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  1 North Carolina         5a .111  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  5 Parsons College        4b .105  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr  6 Parsons College        9f .100  1      1   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr 21 Tulane                 6  .130  1 LF   3   1   1            2   1                      0            
Apr 22 Tulane                 6  .120  1 LF   2   0   0            0   0                      0            
Apr 29 Georgia Southern       8a .120  1      0   0   0            1   0  0      0  1         0   0    0   
Jun  2 Clemson                7a .154  1      1   0   1            0   1                      0            
Jun  3 Clemson                9b .154  1      0   0   0            0   0      1               0            
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                                 .154 18  8  26   5   4  0  0  0   3   4  0   2  0  1  0  1   1    0   0  0