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Harry Arthur "Cookie" Lavagetto (December 1, 1912, Oakland, California - August 10, 1990, Orinda, California) was a third baseman, manager and coach in American Major League Baseball. He is most widely known as the pinch hitter whose double ruined Bill Bevens' no-hitter in Game 4 of the 1947 World Series and gave his Brooklyn Dodgers a breathtaking victory over the New York Yankees. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ...
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On October 3, 1947 at Ebbets Field, Bevens was ahead 2-1 going into the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs. He had surrendered no hits - an unprecedented World Series achievement at the time. But two runners were on base from Bevens' ninth and tenth base on balls of the game. Lavagetto was summoned by Dodger pilot Burt Shotton to hit for Eddie Stanky and he cracked an opposite-field double to break up the no-hitter and score the two Dodger runners for a 3-2 Brooklyn win. It was Lavagetto's only hit of the series (won by the Yankees in seven games) and his last as a big leaguer. Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball park located at in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. ...
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Nicknamed "Cookie" after an owner of the Oakland Oaks, his first professional team, Lavagetto played ten seasons in the National League with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1934-36) and Dodgers (1937-41, 1946-47). He missed four full seasons due to military service during World War II. A righthanded batter and thrower, Lavagetto batted .269 in 1,043 games; his best season was 1939, when he hit .300 with 87 runs batted in for Brooklyn. For the American Basketball Association team see: Oakland Oaks (ABA). ...
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After being released by the Dodgers following the 1947 Series, Lavagetto returned to Oakland to finish his playing career with the Oaks (1948-50). When Oakland manager Chuck Dressen was named leader of the Dodgers in 1951, Lavagetto accompanied him as one of his coaches. He was a loyal aide to Dressen in Brooklyn (1951-53) and the PCL Oaks (1954) and followed him to the Washington Senators when Dressen became skipper in 1955. Charles Walter Dressen (September 20, 1898 – August 10, 1966) - alternatively nicknamed Chuck or Charlie - was an American third baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball during a career that lasted almost 50 years, but he is best known as the manager of the powerful Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951-53. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1991 • 1987 • 1924 AL Pennants (6) 1991 • 1987 • 1965 • 1933 1925 • 1924 Central Division titles (3) 2004 • 2003 • 2002 West Division titles (4) 1991 • 1987 • 1970 • 1969 Wild...
But on May 7, 1957, with the Senators foundering in last place, Dressen was fired and Lavagetto was named his successor. The team improved slightly, but finished last in 1957, 1958 and 1959. Finally, in 1960, Lavagetto's Senators rose to fifth place in the eight-team American League. But the Senators' promising 1960 season came too late to keep the franchise in Washington; owner Calvin Griffith moved the club to Minneapolis-St. Paul, where it became the Minnesota Twins. Lavagetto was the first manager in Twins' history, but he did not finish the 1961 season. With the Twins mired in ninth place in the new ten-team AL, he took a seven-game leave of absence in early June, then returned to the helm. But he was fired June 23 with the club still in ninth place. He was replaced by Sam Mele, under whom the Twins became pennant contenders in 1962. Lavagetto's major league managing record was 271 wins and 384 defeats (.414). The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ...
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Major league affiliations American League (1901-present) Central Division (1994-present) West Division (1969-1993) Major league titles World Series titles (3) 1991 • 1987 • 1924 AL Pennants (6) 1991 • 1987 • 1965 • 1933 1925 • 1924 Central Division titles (3) 2004 • 2003 • 2002 West Division titles (4) 1991 • 1987 • 1970 • 1969 Wild...
Sabath Anthony Sam Mele (born January 21, 1923 in Astoria, New York) is a former right fielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. ...
Lavagetto then returned to the coaching ranks with the New York Mets (1962-63), and - back home in the Bay Area - the San Francisco Giants (1964-67). // Franchise history In 1957 the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants abandoned New York for California, leaving the largest city in the United States without a National League franchise. ...
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