Whitey Herzog, the Hall of Fame manager who led the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series championship in the 1980s, died on Monday in St. Louis.
He was 92 and had been the second-oldest Hall of Famer after Willie Mays.
“Baseball has been good to me since I quit trying to play it,” Herzog liked to say.
Signed by the Yankees in 1949, he never made it out of their minor league system, though he picked up a lifetime of baseball knowledge from Manager Casey Stengel at spring training camps.
He played the outfield for four American League teams over eight seasons with only modest success.
Persons:
Whitey Herzog, St . Louis, Willie Mays, ” Herzog, Casey Stengel, Herzog
Organizations:
of Fame, St, Louis Cardinals, of Famer, Cardinals, “ Baseball, Yankees, American League, Royals, Busch
Locations:
St ., Kansas City