Career
He was the second manager in the history of the Montreal Expos, but did not last even a full season in the job. Kuehl was born in Monterey Park, California. As a player, he was a 5 ft 11 in (180 m), 175 lb (79 kg) minor league first baseman and outfielder who batted and threw left-handed.
He played in the farm system of the Cincinnati Redlegs from 1955 through 1958, rising to the Seattle Rainiers of the Open-Classification Pacific Coast League for ten games in 1957.
He began his managing career at the young age of 21 as the playing manager of the unaffiliated Salem Senators of the Class B Northwest League in 1959. He rejoined the Reds" system in 1961 as pilot of the Class Doctorate Geneva Redlegs of the New York-Penn League.
He then worked as a scout and minor league manager for the Houston Astros and the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers before joining the Montreal organization in 1971. He managed the Double-A Québec Carnavals in 1972 and 1973 before moving up to Triple-A Memphis.
After weathering the 1976 debacle (the Expos ultimately would lose 107 of 162 games that season), Kuehl remained in the Major Leagues as a coach for the Minnesota Twins under manager Gene Mauch, the man he replaced in Montreal.
He then headed the player development department of the Oakland Athletics during a period (1983–1995) when the A"s had one of the most productive farm systems in baseball, and for two seasons (1996–1997) worked in the front office of the Toronto Blue Jays. From 2001 through 2007, Kuehl was special advisor, baseball operations, for the Cleveland Indians. He died of pulmonary fibrosis on August 6, 2008, in a Scottsdale, Arizona, hospital at the age of 70.
