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Red Schoendienst
| Red Schoendienst | |||
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 Schoendienst in 1983 | |||
| Second baseman / Manager | |||
Born: (1923-02-02)February 2, 1923 Germantown, Illinois | |||
Died: June 6, 2018(2018-06-06) (aged 95) Town and Country, Missouri | |||
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| 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 | ||
| Hits | 2,449 | ||
| Home runs | 84 | ||
| Runs batted in | 773 | ||
| Managerial record | 1,041–955 | ||
| Winning % | .522 | ||
| Teams | |||
As player
As manager
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||
| Induction | 1989 | ||
| Election Method | Veterans Committee | ||
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (/ˈʃeɪndiːnst/; 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 St. Louis 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 both 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.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Minor leagues and military service (1942–1944)
3 Major league playing career (1945–1963)
4 Coaching and managerial career (1964–2018)
5 Managerial record
6 Personal life
7 See also
8 References
9 Bibliography
10 External links
Early life
Schoendienst was born in Germantown, Illinois, approximately 40 miles (64 km) east of downtown St. Louis to Joe and Mary Schoendienst, one of seven children.[4] His father was a coal miner, and the family lived without running water or electricity.[5]
Schoendienst showed a marked aptitude for baseball at a young age. In school he would handicap himself by hitting left-handed.[4] In 1939, at age 16, he dropped out of school to join the Civilian Conservation Corps, a major public works employment program within President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. While working on a fence, he suffered a serious injury to his left eye from a nail. Many doctors recommended removal of the eye, but eventually Red found one willing to pursue non-surgical treatment. He endured constant headaches and years of rehabilitation.[5]
After the eye injury, Schoendienst found it very difficult to read breaking balls while batting right-handed against right-handed pitchers. To solve the problem, he used the left-handed batting skills he acquired as a youth to become a switch hitter. In the spring of 1942, he participated in a St. Louis Cardinals open tryout with about 400 other hopefuls. Though he was not signed at the tryout, Joe Mathes, the Cardinals' chief scout, later changed his mind and drove to Germantown to sign him for $75 a month ($1,125 in current dollar terms).[5]
Minor leagues and military service (1942–1944)
Schoendienst began his professional career in the D-level Georgia–Florida League with the Albany Cardinals, followed by the Union City Greyhounds of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. At Union City, he collected eight hits in his first eight at bats (AB) on his way to batting .407 in six games. In 1943, after playing nine games for the Lynchburg Cardinals in the Class B Piedmont League, he had attained 17 hits in 36 AB. This strong start earned him a promotion to the double-A International League's (IL) Rochester Red Wings, where he batted .337 in 136 games with 21 doubles, six home runs (HR) and 20 stolen bases (SB). His .337 average was the league's best; he won the IL's Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award and gained visibility as a top prospect.[6]
In 1944, still in Rochester, Schoendienst hit .373 in 25 games. He was drafted mid-season into the U.S. Army,[5][7] but received a medical discharge on January 1, 1945, due to his eye injury and sustained trauma incurred while shooting bazookas.[8]
Major league playing career (1945–1963)
Schoendienst circa 1953
The Cardinals invited Schoendienst for spring training in Cairo, Illinois, in 1945. Schoendiest had been a shortstop in the minor leagues. but as the Cardinals had Marty Marion, who had won the National League's (NL) MVP Award in 1944, as their shortstop, St. Louis assigned Schoendienst to be their left fielder.[5] Totaling 137 games in his rookie season, he batted .278 with a league-high 26 SB. In 1946, the Cardinals moved Schoendienst to play second base on their way to their third World Series title in five years. During the 1946 offseason, he won the televised home run derby. With sure hands and quick reflexes, he led the National League's second basemen for seven seasons and handled 320 consecutive chances without an error in 1950. In that season's All-Star Game, he won the contest for the National League with a home run in the top of 14th inning. It was the first All-Star game to go to extra innings.[5] His 1956 league record fielding percentage of .9934 stood for 30 years until broken by Ryne Sandberg.[9]
In a trade that was extremely unpopular with Cardinals fans and his best friend Stan Musial, Schoendienst, along with Jackie Brandt, Bill Sarni, Dick Littlefield and Bobby Stephenson, was sent to the New York Giants for Alvin Dark, Whitey Lockman, Ray Katt and Don Liddle on June 14, 1956. The transaction was made possible after the Cardinals switched Don Blasingame from shortstop to second base to replace Schoendienst.[10][11]
The following season, the Giants traded Schoendienst to the Milwaukee Braves for Bobby Thomson, Ray Crone, and Danny O'Connell. Schoendienst helped lead the team to its first pennant in nine years,[12] batting .309 and finishing third in the NL MVP vote. In the World Series the Braves defeated the New York Yankees to win their only world championship in Milwaukee, and the franchise's first since 1914. Milwaukee repeated as NL champions in 1958 but lost to the Yankees in their World Series rematch; Schoendienst flied out to Mickey Mantle for the Series' final out.[13]
During the 1958–59 off-season Schoendienst was diagnosed with tuberculosis and underwent a partial pneumonectomy in February 1959. Despite being told that he would never play again, he returned to the Braves in 1960—only to be released at the end of the season. In 1961 he rejoined the Cardinals, first as a pinch hitter, then as a coach when Johnny Keane replaced Solly Hemus as the Cardinals' manager. In his final two playing seasons he served as a player-coach, batting over .300 in both 1962 and 1963.[5]
In 19 seasons as a player, Schoendienst compiled a .289 batting average with 84 home runs, 773 RBI, 1,223 runs, 2,449 hits, 427 doubles, 78 triples and 89 stolen bases in 2,216 games played. His defensive statistics as a second baseman included 4,616 putouts, 5,243 assists, 1,368 double plays, and 170 errors in 10,029 total chances for a .983 fielding average. [14]
Coaching and managerial career (1964–2018)
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| Red Schoendienst's number 2 was retired by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1996. |
Keane resigned the day following the Cardinals' 1964 World Series victory over the Yankees, and Schoendienst was named as his replacement.[15] Three years later, the Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox—Schoendienst's fourth World Series title, and third as a Cardinal. His managerial record over 12 full seasons (1965–76) and two subsequent stints as interim manager (1980 and 1990) was 1,041 victories and 955 defeats (.522).[16] After two years as a coach for the 1977–78 Oakland Athletics, Schoendienst returned to the Cardinals as coach and special assistant to the general manager. He won his fifth Series title in 1982. He remained an employee of the Cardinals organization with the title of Special Assistant Coach, and in 2017 completed his 72nd consecutive season as a Major League player, coach, or manager.[17]
Schoendienst was a member of five winning World Series teams, all of which were won in seven games: as a player with the Cardinals and Braves in 1946 and 1957 respectively; as the Cardinals manager in 1967; and as a Cardinals coach in 1964 and 1982. He was also a member of three teams that lost the Series after leading three games to one: the 1958 Milwaukee Braves (to the Yankees), the 1968 Cardinals (to the Detroit Tigers), and the 1985 Cardinals (to the Kansas City Royals).[18]
Schoendienst at the 2013 NLCS, Busch Stadium
In 1989, the Veterans Committee elected Schoendienst to the Baseball Hall of Fame.[19] The Cardinals retired his number 2 in 1996.[20] In 1998 he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.[21] The Cardinals named Schoendienst, among 21 other former players and personnel, to be inducted into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum for the inaugural class of 2014.[22]
The Milwaukee Braves Historical Association inducted Schoendienst into the Milwaukee Braves Honor Roll, located in Miller Park, in 2015.[23]
Managerial record
| Team | From | To | Regular season record | Post–season record | ||||||
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| G | W | L | Win % | G | W | L | Win % | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1965 | 1976 | 1935 | 1010 | 925 | .522 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1980 | 1980 | 37 | 18 | 19 | .486 | — | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1990 | 1990 | 24 | 13 | 11 | .542 | — | |||
| Total | 1996 | 1041 | 955 | .522 | 14 | 7 | 7 | .500 | ||
Ref.:[16] | ||||||||||
Personal life
In 1947, Schoendienst married the former Mary Eileen O'Reilly who died in 1999, after 52 years of marriage.[24] The Schoendiensts had four children. He also had ten grandchildren (though two predeceased him), and seven great-grandchildren. At the time of his death, Schoendienst lived in Town and Country, Missouri, a western suburb of St. Louis,[25] and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals.[26]
On November 13, 2017, Schoendienst, 94, became the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame when Bobby Doerr died at 99, and the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team. He was also the last living member of the Cardinals team that won the 1946 World Series, opposing Doerr's Boston Red Sox team. There are no living players who played on an earlier World Series-winning team. He said of Doerr, "I didn't want him to go."[27] He died at age 95 on June 6, 2018.[25]
See also
- List of Major League Baseball annual doubles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball annual stolen base leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of St. Louis Cardinals team records
List of St. Louis Cardinals managers • Coaches
- List of Major League Baseball managers by wins
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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Megdal, H. Cardinal Red For Life. Sports On Earth. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
^ ab Leggett, William (October 7, 1968). "Manager of the money men". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ abcdefg PugetSoundCardsAddict (February 3, 2014). "Cardinals legend preparing for 70th consecutive season in a major league uniform". Viva El Birdos. Retrieved February 9, 2014.
^ "Title in batting to Schoendienst; Red Wing Shortstop, With .337 Mark, Led in International League – Levy Runner-Up". The New York Times. January 25, 1944. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Red Schoendienst minor league statistics & history". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ Harlan, B: The St. Louis Cardinals 1971 Official Guide and Record Book, p. 8
^ Leggett, William (October 7, 1968): Manager Of The Money Men. Sports Illustrated archive Retrieved September 13, 2011
^ Vanderberg, Bob. Frantic Frank Lane: Baseball's Ultimate Wheeler-Dealer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2018
^ "Alvin Dark". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Danny O'Connell". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "October 9, 1958: Yankees rally late to beat Braves in Game 7 of World Series". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Red Schoendienst stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ https://www.si.com/vault/1968/10/07/550863/manager-of-the-money-men
^ ab "Red Schoendienst". Baseball Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
^ Eschman, Todd (July 3, 1953). "St. Louis Cardinals legend Red Schoendienst dead at 95 | Belleville News-Democrat". Bnd.com. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Red Schoendienst World Series Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Vets Name Schoendienst, Al Barlick to Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 28, 1989. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Cardinals great Red Schoendienst dies at 95, was oldest living Hall of Famer". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ St. Louis Walk of Fame. "St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees". stlouiswalkoffame.org. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
^ Cardinals Press Release (January 18, 2014). "Cardinals establish Hall of Fame & detail induction process". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
^ Haudricourt, Tom (April 1, 2015). "Red Schoendienst to make Braves Honor Roll". Archive.jsonline.com. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
^ "Mary Schoendienst, Wife of Cardinals Great, Dies". St. Louis Post Dispatch. December 14, 1999. Retrieved September 13, 2011 – via Highbeam Business.
^ ab "Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst dies at 95; he was 'Mr. Cardinal'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. June 6, 2018.
^ "Hall of Famer Schoendienst dies at 95: Spent 67 of his 76 years in baseball with Cardinals". MLB.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
^ "Schoendienst, 94, now is oldest living Hall of Famer". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 14, 2017.
Bibliography
Schoendienst, Red; Rains, Bob (1998). Red: A Baseball Life (Hardcover ed.). Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-57167-200-1.
External links
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Red Schoendienst at the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Red Schoendienst managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com- St. Louis Walk of Fame
"Red Schoendienst photographs". University of Missouri–St. Louis.
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