Career
A native of Chicago, Wasiak was a catcher in his playing days. In 1950, he was named playing manager of the Valdosta, Georgia, Dodgers of the Class Doctorate Georgia–Florida League. He led the team to a second-place, 81–56 record – one half game behind the Albany, Georgia, Cardinals.
Wasiak spent the vast majority of his managing career in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers" farm system, although he briefly worked for the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox.
He managed in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League from 1973–1976 as skipper of the Albuquerque Dukes, the Dodgers" top minor league affiliate, winning a division title in 1974. But most of his assignments came below the Double-A level
Officially, Wasiak managed for 37 consecutive seasons (1950–1986) in the minors. However, in 1982, in the middle of a seven-year term as skipper of the Vero Beach Dodgers of the Class A Florida State League, he was sidelined by illness for almost the entire season.
But Wasiak was able to manage one game on August 24, keeping his skein alive.
When he retired after the 1986 campaign, he had compiled a career winning percentage of.522. In 1985 he was presented with the King of Baseball award given by Minor League Baseball. He died at age 72 in Mobile, Alabama.
