Red Schoendienst
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Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (/ˈʃeɪndiːnst/; February 2, 1923 – June 6, 2018) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager.
Early life
Schoendienst was born in Germantown, Illinois. As a teenager, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Career
Schoendienst was an outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–56, 1961–63), New York Giants (1956–57), and Milwaukee Braves (1957–60), and was named to 10 All Star teams. He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976 - the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history (behind Tony La Russa).
Under his direction, St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series, and he was named National League Manager of the Year in both 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
Schoendienst remained with the Cardinals as a special assistant coach and he wore a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager for 73 consecutive seasons until his death in 2018.[1][2][3]
Death
On June 6, 2018, Schoendienst died in Town and Country, Missouri at the age of 95.[4]
Red Schoendienst Media
St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Red Schoendienst.
Schoendienst at the 2013 NLCS, Busch Stadium
References
- ↑ Schoendienst, Red: Baseball Hall of Fame Retrieved September 7, 2011
- ↑ Jobe, Dave (January 18, 2013). "Red Schoendienst's 90th birthday party". Fox2now.com archive (St. Louis). Retrieved February 28, 2013.
- ↑ Megdal, H. Cardinal Red For Life. Sports On Earth Archived 2017-11-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ↑ Cardinals Legend Red Schoendienst Has Died
Other websites
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- St. Louis Walk of Fame Archived 2017-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
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