George Stallings
American baseball player and manager (1867–1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Tweedy Stallings (November 17, 1867 – May 13, 1929) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Philadelphia Phillies in 1890 and 1897 to 1898 and managed the Phillies, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, and Boston Braves between 1897 and 1920.
This article is about the baseball manager. For his son, a cartoonist sometimes credited as George Stallings, see Vernon Stallings. For the religious leader, see George Augustus Stallings Jr. For the member of the Florida House of Representatives, see George B. Stallings Jr.
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George Stallings | |
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Catcher / Manager | |
Born: (1867-11-17)November 17, 1867 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. | |
Died: May 13, 1929(1929-05-13) (aged 61) Haddock, Georgia, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
May 22, 1890, for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 28, 1898, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .100 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 0 |
Games managed | 1,813 |
Managerial record | 879–898 |
Winning % | .495 |
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As manager | |
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Stallings led the 1914 Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics – resulted in a nickname he would bear for the rest of his life: "The Miracle Man."[1]