BURBANK — Famed Giants scout George Genovese, who signed players such as Bobby Bonds, George Foster and Gary Matthews, has died. He was 93.
Genovese died Sunday of a blood infection at a hospital near his longtime home in North Hollywood, his daughter, Kathleen Haworth. “He had been in really good health,” she said. “That’s why we’re all in shock.”
Genovese, who managed in the minors for a decade before the Giants made him a scout, spent 30 years with the team. He signed some 40 players, including Jack Clark, Chili Davis, Dave Kingman, Matt Williams, Royce Clayton and Randy Moffitt, the brother of tennis star Billie Jean King.
When the Giants let him go in 1994, Genovese went to work for the Dodgers.
In 2003, the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation named its lifetime achievement award in honor of Genovese.
