Red Schoendienst

Red Schoendienst
Schoendienst c. 1953
Second baseman / Manager
Born: (1923-02-02)February 2, 1923
Germantown, Illinois, U.S.
Died: June 6, 2018(2018-06-06) (aged 95)
Town and Country, Missouri, U.S.
Batted: Switch
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 17, 1945, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
July 7, 1963, for the St. Louis Cardinals
MLB statistics
Batting average.289
Hits2,449
Home runs84
Runs batted in773
Managerial record1,041–955
Winning %.522
Teams
As player

As manager

Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1989
Election methodVeterans Committee

Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (/ˈʃndnst/; February 2, 1923 – June 6, 2018) was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), and is largely known for his coaching, managing, and playing years with the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for 19 years with the Cardinals (1945–1956, 1961–1963), New York Giants (1956–1957) and Milwaukee Braves (1957–1960), 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 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. At the time of his death, he had worn a Major League uniform for 74 consecutive years as a player, coach, or manager,[1][2][3] and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals.

  1. ^ Schoendienst, Red: Baseball Hall of Fame Retrieved September 7, 2011
  2. ^ Jobe, Dave (January 18, 2013). "Red Schoendienst's 90th birthday party". Fox2now.com archive (St. Louis). Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  3. ^ Megdal, H. Cardinal Red For Life. Sports On Earth Archived November 17, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 19, 2014.