Fred Girard Haney (April 25, 1898 - November 9, 1977) was an American third baseman, manager, [[coach {baseball)|coach]] and executive in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he won two pennants and a world championship with the Milwaukee Braves and, as an executive, he was the first general manager of the expansion Los Angeles Angels of the American League. Indeed, for years Haney was one of the most popular baseball figures in the City of Angels. April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 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. ... In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager; this individual controls matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. ... MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... The Atlanta Braves are a Major League Baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The general manager in the sense contemplated in this article is the executive of a professional sports team responsible primarily for acquiring the rights to player personnel, negotiation of their contracts and reassignment or dismissal of players no longer desired on the team. ... For the Pacific Coast League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels (PCL). ... 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. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in Los Angeles, Haney's major league playing career lasted all or part of seven seasons (1922-27, 1929). Primarily a third baseman - despite his diminutive (5'6") size - Haney compiled a .275 batting average for the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox, plus brief appearances with the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. Much of his playing career was spent in his hometown with the city's two Pacific Coast League clubs - the original, PCL Angels and the Hollywood Stars. Downtown Albuquerque Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. ... 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. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. ... The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... * World Champion notes: St. ... The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. ... For the American League franchise see: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. ... The Hollywood Stars were a minor league baseball team which played in the Pacific Coast League during the early and mid 20th century. ...

Haney became a manager in 1936, piloting the Toledo Mud Hens of the AA American Association, top farm team of the St. Louis Browns. In 1939, he took over the lowly Browns - and the team lost 111 games. They improved by 24 games in 1940, but when the 1941 Brownies dropped 32 of their first 44 contests, Haney was replaced by Luke Sewell. The Toledo Mud Hens are a minor league baseball team located in Toledo, Ohio. ... The American Association was a minor baseball league at the Class AAA (Triple-A) level of baseball in the United States from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997. ... The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. ... James Luther Sewell (January 5, 1901 - May 14, 1987) was an American catcher and manager in Major League Baseball. ...

After briefly returning to Toledo to manage through 1942, Haney went home to Los Angeles (and the Coast League) as the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Hollywood Stars for six seasons, starting in 1943. In 1949, he moved back into the dugout as the manager of the Hollywood club. During his four years (1949-52) as manager, the Stars won two PCL pennants. Play-by-play, in broadcasting, means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the action of the game in progress. ...

As a reward, Haney was named manager of the Stars' parent club: the worst team in the National League, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates rang up three last place finishes in Haney's 1953-55 tenure, losing 104, 101 and 94 games. Finally, he was given the pink slip by the Bucs, and he joined the Milwaukee Braves as a coach for 1956. Adversity turned into good fortune, however, when the Braves - slow out of the gate in '56 - fired skipper Charlie Grimm and turned to Haney. Milwaukee played at a .630 clip for the rest of the season and improved from fifth to second place, only one game behind the Brooklyn Dodgers, securing Haney's tenure in the Beer City. This article refers to the American baseball league. ... The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Charlie Grimm (August 28, 1898 - November 15, 1983), was a popular major league baseball first baseman and manager, sometime radio broadcaster, and generally a goodwill ambassador for baseball. ... Brooklyn Dodgers redirects here. ...

In 1957, with a lineup that included future Baseball Hall of Fame members Henry Aaron, Eddie Mathews, and Warren Spahn - and stars such as Lew Burdette, Del Crandall, and Red Schoendienst - the Braves won the NL pennant by eight games over the Cardinals. Then, led by Burdette's three complete-game victories, they defeated the New York Yankees in seven games during the 1957 World Series. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, United States, is a semi-official museum operated by private interests that serves as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in North America, the display of baseball-related... Henry Louis Hank Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama, United States), is an American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... Edwin Lee Mathews (October 13, 1931 - February 18, 2001) was a Major League Baseball star player born in Texarkana, Texas. ... Warren Spahn Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 - November 24, 2003) was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball player who pitched 21 seasons, all in the National League. ... Lew Burdette, born Selva Lewis Burdette, Jr. ... Delmar Wesley Crandall (born March 5, 1930 in Ontario, California) is a retired American baseball player and manager. ... Albert Fred Red Schoendienst (born February 2, 1923) is an American former player and manager in Major League Baseball. ... The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... The 1957 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees against the Milwaukee Braves, who had won their first pennant since moving from Boston in 1953. ...

In 1958, Milwaukee repeated as NL champion, again by a margin of eight games (this time over Haney's old friends in Pittsburgh, back in contention under Danny Murtaugh). They drew the Yankees as opponents again in the 1958 World Series and roared ahead by winning three of the first four games. But the Yankees regrouped and took Games 5, 6 and 7 to win the world championship. Daniel Edward Murtaugh ( October 8, 1917 - December 2, 1976) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his leadership of the Pittsburgh Pirates from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

The Braves still contended in 1959, but advancing age had begun to affect some of the team's key players, and second baseman Schoendienst missed almost the entire season while being treated successfully for tuberculosis. Still, Milwaukee tied the Dodgers for first place with identical regular season records of 86-68, forcing a best of three playoff. The Dodgers, who lost pennant playoffs in 1946 and 1951, were not to be denied in 1959, taking two straight games and winning their first pennant in their new venue - Haney's hometown of Los Angeles. A few days later, Haney, 61, was fired as manager of the Braves and replaced by Dodger coach Chuck Dressen. The position of the second baseman A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base. ... Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... 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. ...

Thus, during his term of only 3 1/2 seasons, Fred Haney managed the only two pennant winners, and the only world champion, in the 13-year (1953-65) history of the Milwaukee Braves. With his other two clubs "near misses," Haney stands as the most successful manager of the Braves' Milwaukee era.

Haney was not out of work long. The American League granted an expansion franchise to Los Angeles, and owner Gene Autry chose Haney as his front-office boss. While the Angels largely struggled on the field during Haney's 1961-69 tenure as general manager, the team did finish a surprising third in 1962, and contended for the 1967 pennant as well. Haney made the team competitive in its early years by selecting future stars such as shortstop Jim Fregosi and pitcher Dean Chance in the 1961 expansion draft, and acquiring sluggers such as Leon Wagner and Lee Thomas. He oversaw the Angels' 1966 move down the freeway to Anaheim. Gene Autry Gene Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998) was an American performer who gained fame as The Singing Cowboy on the radio, in movies and on television. ... The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... James Louis Fregosi (born April 4, 1942 in San Francisco, California) is a former player and manager in Major League Baseball. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... Wilmer Dean Chance (born June 1, 1941 in Wooster, Ohio) is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher. ... Leon Lamar Wagner (May 13, 1934 - January 3, 2004) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the San Francisco Giants (1958-59, 1968), St. ... James LeRoy Lee Thomas (born February 5, 1936 in Peoria, Illinois) is a special assignment scout for the Milwaukee Brewers and a former player and front-office executive in Major League Baseball. ... This temporary page is being used to expand and convert the article Anaheim, California over to the new format agreed to at WikiProject Cities. ...

Upon his retirement, he became a consultant for the Angels and was succeeded as general manager by Dick Walsh. Haney died at age 79 in Beverly Hills, California, after suffering a heart attack. Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located within the city of Los Angeles. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

External link

• Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record and playing statistics