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Eddie Stanky
Full name Edward Raymond Stanky Born September 3, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died June 6, 1999, Fairhope, Alabama Buried at Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama First Game: April 21, 1943 ; Final Game: July 25, 1953 Managed First Game: April 15, 1952 ; Managed Final Game: June 22, 1977 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 5' 8" Weight: 170 Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1952) Ejections as player: 1943 (2), 1944 (1), 1945 (4) , 1946 (4) , 1947 (3) , 1949 (3) , 1950 (6) , 1951 (4). Total: 27 Ejections as manager: 1952 (3), 1953 (8) , 1954 (5), 1966 (2), 1967 (5) , 1968 (2). Total: 25 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1943 CHI N Daily Splits 142 510 92 125 15 1 0 47 92 1 42 2 12 0 6 13 4 5 .245 .363 .278 1.8 1943 CHI N
1944 CHI N Daily Splits 13 25 4 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 .240 .296 .320 -0.1 1944 CHI N
1944 BRO N Daily Splits 89 261 32 72 9 2 0 16 44 3 13 1 9 0 5 3 3 0 .276 .382 .326 -0.3 1944 BRO N
1944 TOT N 102 286 36 78 9 3 0 16 46 3 15 1 10 0 5 4 4 0 .273 .375 .325 -0.4 1944 TOT N
1945 BRO N Daily Splits 153 555 128 143 29 5 1 39 148 0 42 4 19 0 17 7 6 8 .258 .417 .333 3.7 1945 BRO N
1946 BRO N Daily Splits 144 483 98 132 24 7 0 36 137 1 56 2 20 0 12 5 8 4 .273 .436 .352 2.9 1946 BRO N
1947 BRO N Daily Splits 146 559 97 141 24 5 3 53 103 1 39 5 12 0 15 7 3 5 .252 .373 .329 1.1 1947 BRO N
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 67 247 49 79 14 2 2 29 61 0 13 0 4 0 7 5 3 1 .320 .455 .417 2.9 1948 BOS N
1949 BOS N Daily Splits 138 506 90 144 24 5 1 42 113 0 41 2 7 0 7 8 3 5 .285 .417 .358 2.1 1949 BOS N
1950 NY N Daily Splits 152 527 115 158 25 5 8 51 144 0 50 12 8 0 9 8 9 6 .300 .460 .412 4.7 1950 NY N
1951 NY N Daily Splits 145 515 88 127 17 2 14 43 127 0 63 6 5 0 8 5 8 5 .247 .401 .369 2.5 1951 NY N
1952 STL N Daily Splits 53 83 13 19 4 0 0 7 19 0 9 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 .229 .373 .277 0.1 1952 STL N
1953 STL N Daily Splits 17 30 5 8 0 0 0 1 6 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .405 .267 0.1 1953 STL N
Total (11 Years) Splits 1259 4301 811 1154 185 35 29 364 996 6 374 35 103 0 89 62 48 39 .268 .410 .348 21.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 BRO N Daily Splits 7 25 4 6 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240 .321 .280 1947 BRO N
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 6 14 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286 .524 .357 1948 BOS N
1951 NY N Daily Splits 6 22 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .136 .269 .136 1951 NY N
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 19 61 7 13 2 0 0 4 13 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .213 .360 .246 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1947 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1943 CHI N Daily Splits 2B 131 129 120 1127 362 416 27 78 0 .966
1943 CHI N SS 12 7 6 65.1 16 20 2 7 0 .947
1943 CHI N 3B 2 1 1 14 1 5 2 0 0 .750
1944 CHI N Daily Splits 3B 3 3 2 28 3 11 2 1 0 .875
1944 CHI N SS 3 1 1 11 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1944 CHI N 2B 3 0 0 9 4 3 1 3 0 .875
1944 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 59 50 39 435.1 132 138 11 28 1 .961
1944 BRO N SS 35 28 23 255.2 67 71 7 5 0 .952
1944 BRO N 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1944 TOT N 2B 62 50 39 444.1 136 141 12 31 1 .958
1944 TOT N 3B 4 3 2 28.1 3 11 2 1 0 .875
1944 TOT N SS 38 29 24 266.2 68 72 7 5 0 .952
1945 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 153 152 143 1344.2 429 441 34 101 0 .962
1945 BRO N SS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1946 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 141 139 124 1197.2 356 359 17 88 0 .977
1947 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 146 146 136 1251.2 402 406 12 123 0 .985
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 66 66 59 572.1 168 202 7 45 0 .981
1949 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 135 134 123 1169.2 357 354 15 92 0 .979
1950 NY N Daily Splits 2B 151 151 131 1281 407 418 20 128 0 .976
1951 NY N Daily Splits 2B 140 140 122 1220.2 356 412 18 117 1 .977
1952 STL N Daily Splits 2B 20 16 13 141 41 44 0 9 0 1.000
1953 STL N Daily Splits 2B 8 6 6 59.2 16 22 0 4 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits 2B 1153 1129 1016 9809.2 3030 3215 162 816 2 .975
Total ( 3 Years) SS 51 36 30 333 84 92 9 12 0 .951
Total ( 2 Years) 3B 6 4 3 42.1 4 16 4 1 0 .833
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1947 BRO N Daily Splits 2B 7 7 6 58 18 19 1 5 0 .974
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 5 51 8 12 0 2 0 1.000
1951 NY N Daily Splits 2B 6 6 6 52 14 16 1 3 0 .968
Total ( 3 Years) Splits 2B 19 19 17 161 40 47 2 10 0 .978
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1947 NL Daily Splits 2B 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 0 1.000
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1952 STL N 154 88 66 .571 677 630 3
1953 STL N 157 83 71 .539 768 713 3
1954 STL N 154 72 82 .468 799 790 6
1955 STL N 36 17 19 .472 164 170 5-27 5 7
1966 CHI A 163 83 79 .512 574 517 4
1967 CHI A 162 89 73 .549 531 491 4
1968 CHI A 79 34 45 .430 237 245 7-11 9 8
1977 TEX A 1 1 0 1.000 10 8 6-22 6-22 3 3 2
Total ( 8 Years) 906 467 435 .518 3760 3564
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team START END
1957 CLE A 4-16 9-29
1958 CLE A 4-15 9-28
Total ( 2 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
6- 5-1943 BOX CHI N Al Barlick Call at 2B
8-24-1943(1) BOX CHI N Lou Jorda Bench jockeying
7- 8-1944 BOX BRO N Bill Stewart Catch/trap call
5-27-1945(1) BOX BRO N Tom Dunn Threw glove at umpire
8-23-1945 BOX BRO N Tom Dunn Continued argument from previous week
9- 3-1945(2) BOX BRO N Ziggy Sears Fighting
9- 8-1945 BOX BRO N George Barr Called third strike (Threw bat)
5-22-1946 BOX BRO N George Barr Fighting
6-25-1946 BOX BRO N Bill Stewart Bench jockeying
8-11-1946(2) BOX BRO N George Magerkurth Called third strike (Shoved umpire)
8-31-1946 BOX BRO N Jocko Conlan Fighting
5-17-1947 BOX BRO N Dusty Boggess Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
5-28-1947 BOX BRO N Beans Reardon Call at 2B
8-17-1947(2) BOX BRO N George Barr Balls and strikes
5- 6-1949 BOX BOS N Beans Reardon Call at 1B
6-14-1949 BOX BOS N Frank Dascoli Balls and strikes
9- 7-1949 BOX BOS N Babe Pinelli Fighting
5- 9-1950 BOX NY N Frank Dascoli Call at 2B
5-10-1950 BOX NY N Al Barlick Balls and strikes
5-25-1950 BOX NY N Lou Jorda Balls and strikes
Date Team Umpire Reason
7- 2-1950(2) BOX NY N Scotty Robb Call at 1B (Kicked water bucket)
7-15-1950 BOX NY N Dusty Boggess Delaying game
8-12-1950 BOX NY N Lon Warneke Waving arms to distract batter
5-20-1951 BOX NY N Dusty Boggess Balls and strikes
6-14-1951 BOX NY N Al Barlick Call at 1B
7-18-1951 BOX NY N Dusty Boggess Called third strike
9- 5-1951(1) BOX NY N Lee Ballanfant Called third strike
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-22-1952 BOX STL N Scotty Robb Balls and strikes (Shoved umpire)
4-26-1952 BOX STL N Lon Warneke Call at 3B
7-16-1952 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes
5- 6-1953 BOX STL N Jocko Conlan Obstruction call
5-12-1953 BOX STL N Artie Gore Call at 1B
5-18-1953 BOX STL N Frank Dascoli Intentionally dropped ball
5-21-1953 BOX STL N Frank Secory Call at 2B
6- 3-1953(2) BOX STL N Frank Dascoli Interference non-call
6-25-1953 BOX STL N Augie Donatelli Bench jockeying
7- 4-1953(2) BOX STL N Tom Gorman Balls and strikes
9- 1-1953 BOX STL N Hal Dixon Call at 2B
4-18-1954 BOX STL N Lee Ballanfant Fair/foul call
4-21-1954 BOX STL N Bill Jackowski Refusing to stay in coaching box
4-28-1954 BOX STL N Frank Secory Balls and strikes
5-30-1954 BOX STL N Hal Dixon Call at 1B
6-10-1954 BOX STL N Larry Goetz Balls and strikes
8-11-1966 BOX CHI A Larry Napp Call at 2B
9- 7-1966 BOX CHI A Jim Honochick Balls and strikes
5-20-1967 BOX CHI A Jim Odom Intentional HBP
5-22-1967 BOX CHI A Emmett Ashford Called third strike
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-14-1967(2) BOX CHI A Jerry Neudecker Fair/foul call
6-15-1967 BOX CHI A Larry Napp Balls and strikes
8-13-1967 BOX CHI A Bill Valentine Call at 3B
4-28-1968 BOX CHI A Russ Goetz Called third strike
6- 7-1968 BOX CHI A Ed Runge Bench jockeying
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Athletics (1935).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Bob Chipman (June 6,
1944 ).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with a player to be named later to Boston Braves in
exchange for Bama Rowell , Ray Sanders , $40000 and a player to be named later (March
6, 1948 ); Boston Braves received Ray Sanders (April 18, 1948 ) and Brooklyn Dodgers
received $60000 (April 18, 1948 ).
Traded by Boston Braves with Al Dark to New York Giants in exchange for Sid Gordon ,
Buddy Kerr , Willard Marshall and Red Webb (December 14, 1949 ).
Traded by New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Chuck Diering and
Max Lanier (December 11, 1951 ).
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