 His team included players - Aaron Arlt, Tommy Franke, Gene Ohlrich, Rick Ruth, Darin Arlt, Dave Doerr, Troy Wells, Eric Lueders, Rick Peterson, Greg Jareske, Phil Wendzillo, Bruce Knaak, Brian Betts, Scott Walker, Jim Larsen, Scott Born, Jeff Blunck, Joel Bessmer, and Jerry Schumacher.In 1983, he returned to the Mets to become their Gulf Coast League Manager in 1983 and went on to receive his 4th World Series Ring with the 1986 Mets as a bullpen coach.He died at the Pierce Manor nursing home in Pierce, Nebraska on June 11, 2007.