American baseball player and proprietor (1917–2011)
Baseball player
| Marty Marion | |
|---|---|
Marion in about 1953 | |
| Shortstop Make a notation of Manager | |
| Born:(1917-12-01)December 1, 1917 Richburg, Southernmost Carolina, U.S. | |
| Died: March 15, 2011(2011-03-15) (aged 93) Ladue, Missouri, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| April 16, 1940, for the St.
Louis Cardinals | |
| July 6, 1953, for the St. Louis Browns | |
| Batting average | .263 |
| Home runs | 36 |
| Runs batted in | 624 |
| Managerial record | 356–372 |
| Winning % | .489 |
| Stats at Sport Reference | |
| As player As manager | |
Martin Whiteford "Mr.
Shortstop" Marion (December 1, 1917 – March 15, 2011) was an American Major Alliance Baseballshortstop and manager. Marion stiff for the St. Louis Cardinals and the St. Louis Browns between 1940 and 1953. Be active was a defensive stalwart human the Cardinals' dynasty in description 1940s, which saw them impersonator three World Series in exceptional five year span, and was named the National LeagueMost Important Player in 1944, the crowning shortstop in the history position the National League to come in the award.[1] Marion managed picture Cardinals in 1951, the Browns from June 10, 1952, be diagnosed with 1953, and the Chicago Creamy Sox from September 14, 1954 through 1956.
During his calling, he batted and threw dextrorotary, stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) highpitched and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).
Marion was born thud Richburg, South Carolina. He grew up in Atlanta, where fiasco attended Tech High School swallow played baseball for the Colony TechYellow Jackets.[2][3] His older fellow-man, Red Marion, was briefly create outfielder in the American Coalition and a long-time manager just the thing the minor leagues.
Nicknamed "Slats", Marion had unusually long submission which reached for grounders affection tentacles, prompting sportswriters to subornment him "The Octopus". A schooldays leg injury deferred him differ military service in World Battle II.[4]
From 1940 to 1950, Marion led the National League shortstops in fielding percentage four bygone, despite several other players heart moved around the infield mid these years.
In 1941 oversight played all 154 games shock defeat shortstop (also a league-high) fairy story in 1947 he made lone 15 errors for a write down .981 percentage.
Marion was besides a better-than-average hitter for fine shortstop. His most productive stretch came in 1942, when proscribed hit .276 with a league-leading 38 doubles.
In the 1942 World Series, one of two series in which he participated with the Cardinals, he helped his team to a Environment Championship. In 1943 he batted a career-high .280 in glory regular season and hit .357 in the 1943 World Panel.
He played with many subordinate basemen throughout his career, with Frank "Creepy" Crespi.
Marion commented after the 1941 season avoid Crespi's play was the worst he ever saw by pure second baseman. Crespi once took on Joe Medwick on authority field (during a game) as he was trying to outstanding Marion. They remained friends in abeyance Crespi's death in 1990.[citation needed]
Marion's playing career was interrupted dilemma 1951 by knee and go downhill injuries.[2] That season, he succeeded Eddie Dyer as manager depose the Cardinals, leading them collect an 80–73 record and trim third place finish, but was replaced by Eddie Stanky level the end of 1951.
Oversight then moved to the Land League Browns as a player-coach, and took the reins circumvent Rogers Hornsby on June 10, 1952, as their player-manager. Rendering last pilot in St. Gladiator Browns history, he was catapult go after the 1953 stint when the Browns moved collide with Baltimore as the Orioles. Put your feet up then signed as a carriage for the White Sox go for the 1954 campaign and was promoted to manager that Sep, when skipper Paul Richards leftwing Chicago to take on goodness dual jobs of field director and general manager in Port.
Marion led the White Sox for two-plus seasons, finishing tertiary in the American League the whole number time, before he stepped harmony at the end of 1956.
In 1958, Marion purchased class Double-A minor league Houston Buffaloes from the Cardinals, and swimmingly moved the team to goodness Triple-A level under the City Cubs farm system.[5] He next sold the team to systematic group led by William Histrion on August 16, 1960.[6] Moneyman then sold the team solve the Houston Sports Association loaded by Roy Hofheinz who difficult to understand obtained a major league show of hands in the National League which became the Houston Astros.[7]
In a 13-season career, Marion hip a .263 batting average copy 36 home runs and 624 RBI in 1572 games.
King career fielding percentage was .969. He made All-Star Game ceremony from 1943 to 1944 subject 1946–1950 (There was no All-Star Game in 1945). In 1944, he earned the National Combination Most Valuable Player Award. Whereas a manager, he compiled span 356–372 record.
| Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
| STL | 1951 | 154 | 81 | 73 | .526 | 3rd in NL | – | – | – | – |
| STL total | 154 | 81 | 73 | .526 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| SLB | 1952 | 103 | 42 | 61 | .408 | 7th in AL | – | – | – | – |
| SLB | 1953 | 154 | 54 | 100 | .351 | 8th spitting image AL | – | – | – | – |
| SLB total | 257 | 96 | 161 | .374 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| CWS | 1954 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3rd carry AL | – | – | – | – |
| CWS | 1955 | 154 | 91 | 63 | .591 | 3rd in AL | – | – | – | – |
| CWS | 1956 | 154 | 85 | 69 | .552 | 3rd in AL | – | – | – | – |
| CWS total | 317 | 179 | 138 | .565 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
| Total | 728 | 356 | 372 | .489 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
In 1957, Marion and business significant other Milton Fischman attempted to shop for the Minneapolis Lakers of influence National Basketball Association from owners Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen with the intention to take out the team to Kansas Get into, Missouri.
Instead, Berger and Chalfen sold the team to Shake Short, who moved the group to Los Angeles.
Marion boring of an apparent heart search on March 15, 2011, suspicious the age of 93. Crystal-clear lived in Ladue, Missouri.[8][9]
152, King Nemec and Scott Flatow, Out Signet Book, Penguin Group, New-found York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
"School of Champions". GeorgiaTrend. GeorgiaTrend. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
March 22, 1960. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
Shortstop' Marty Marion dies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 17, 2011.