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| Full name Walter Emmons Alston |
| Born December 1, 1911, Venice, Ohio |
| Died October 1, 1984, Oxford, Ohio |
| Buried at Darrtown Cemetery, Darrtown, Ohio |
| First Game: September 27, 1936; Final Game: September 27, 1936 |
| Managed First Game: April 13, 1954; Managed Final Game: September 28, 1976 |
| Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 195 |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1983 |
| Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1955, 1959 and 1963) |
| Ejections as manager: 1954 (1), 1955 (4), 1956 (1), 1957 (2), 1958 (2), 1959 (1), 1960 (1), 1961 (3), 1962 (3), 1963 (5), 1964 (2), 1965 (3), 1966 (2), 1967 (1), 1969 (2), 1970 (1), 1971 (1), 1972 (2), 1976 (1). Total: 38 |
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Top Performances
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 1936 STL N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1936 STL N
Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG 1936 STL N Daily Splits 1B 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 .500
Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1954 BRO N 154 92 62 .597 778 740 2 1955 BRO N 154 98 55 .641 857 650 1 1956 BRO N 154 93 61 .604 720 601 1 1957 BRO N 154 84 70 .545 690 591 3 1958 LA N 154 71 83 .461 668 761 7 1959 LA N 156 88 68 .564 705 670 1 1960 LA N 154 82 72 .532 662 593 4 1961 LA N 154 89 65 .578 735 697 2 1962 LA N 165 102 63 .618 842 697 2 1963 LA N 163 99 63 .611 640 550 1 1964 LA N 164 80 82 .494 614 572 6 1965 LA N 162 97 65 .599 608 521 1 1966 LA N 162 95 67 .586 606 490 1 1967 LA N 162 73 89 .451 519 595 8 1968 LA N 162 76 86 .469 470 509 7 1969 LA N 162 85 77 .525 645 561 4 1970 LA N 161 87 74 .540 749 684 2 1971 LA N 162 89 73 .549 663 587 2 1972 LA N 155 85 70 .548 584 527 3 1973 LA N 162 95 66 .590 675 565 2 1974 LA N 162 102 60 .630 798 561 1 1975 LA N 162 88 74 .543 648 534 2 1976 LA N 158 90 68 .570 596 535 9-28 2 2 Total (23 Years) 3658 2040 1613 .558 15472 13791 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1974 LA N 4 3 1 .750 20 10
World Series Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1955 BRO N 7 4 3 .571 31 26 1956 BRO N 7 3 4 .429 25 33 1959 LA N 6 4 2 .667 21 23 1963 LA N 4 4 0 1.000 12 4 1965 LA N 7 4 3 .571 24 20 1966 LA N 4 0 4 .000 2 13 1974 LA N 5 1 4 .200 11 16 Total ( 7 Years) 40 20 20 .500 126 135 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
All-Star Game Managerial Record Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING 1954 NL 1 0 1 .000 9 11 1956 NL 1 1 0 1.000 7 3 1957 NL 1 0 1 .000 5 6 1960 NL 2 2 0 1.000 11 3 1964 NL 1 1 0 1.000 7 4 1966 NL 1 1 0 1.000 2 1 1967 NL 1 1 0 1.000 2 1 1975 NL 1 1 0 1.000 6 3 Total ( 8 Years) 9 7 2 .778 49 32 Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Ejection Information Date Team Umpire Reason 7-16-1954 BOX BRO N Dusty Boggess Call at HP 4-22-1955 BOX BRO N Babe Pinelli Call at HP 5-26-1955 BOX BRO N Larry Goetz Call at HP 6-12-1955(2) BOX BRO N Lon Warneke Balls and strikes 7-18-1955 BOX BRO N Hal Dixon Called third strike 7- 2-1956 BOX BRO N Augie Donatelli Called third strike 6-16-1957(1) BOX BRO N Frank Secory Called third strike 7-28-1957 BOX BRO N Stan Landes Balls and strikes 8- 8-1958 BOX LA N Shag Crawford Call at 1B 9-13-1958 BOX LA N Vinnie Smith Call at 2B 9-11-1959(1) BOX LA N Shag Crawford Call at 1B 9- 7-1960 BOX LA N Tony Venzon Bench jockeying 5-19-1961 BOX LA N Vinnie Smith Call at HP 6-25-1961 BOX LA N Ken Burkhart Balk call 7-23-1961 BOX LA N Chris Pelekoudas Balls and strikes 5-17-1962 BOX LA N Ken Burkhart Balk non-call 8-17-1962 BOX LA N Ed Vargo HBP call 8-29-1962 BOX LA N Jocko Conlan Balk non-call 5-15-1963 BOX LA N Al Forman Balls and strikes 6-23-1963 BOX LA N Mel Steiner Called third strike Date Team Umpire Reason 7-17-1963 BOX LA N Stan Landes Call at 1B 7-21-1963(2) BOX LA N Stan Landes Balk call 7-21-1963(1) BOX LA N Tom Gorman Bench jockeying 7-12-1964(2) BOX LA N Bill Williams Call at 2B 8-22-1964 BOX LA N Augie Donatelli Balk call 4-27-1965 BOX LA N Lee Weyer Call at 2B 5-18-1965 BOX LA N Lee Weyer Balk non-call 8-23-1965 BOX LA N Tom Gorman Balk non-call 6- 8-1966 BOX LA N Augie Donatelli Balk call 9-29-1966 BOX LA N Mel Steiner Call at 3B 9- 3-1967 BOX LA N Ed Sudol Call at HP 6- 6-1969 BOX LA N Chris Pelekoudas Balk call 6-12-1969 BOX LA N Harry Wendelstedt Call at 1B 8- 8-1970 BOX LA N Chris Pelekoudas Balk call 8-23-1971 BOX LA N Jerry Dale Call at HP 5-26-1972 BOX LA N Dick Stello Balls and strikes 9- 3-1972 BOX LA N Mel Steiner Call at 3B 5-18-1976 BOX LA N Bob Engel Balk non-call (Threw towel)
Transaction Information Signed as a free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (@June, 1935).
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