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NetShrine's CONTRIBUTORS from the Expansion Era

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NetShrine's CONTRIBUTORS
from the Expansion Era

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Walter Emmons Alston
"Smokey" 
        MANAGER 1954 - 1976
        (Brooklyn NL, Los Angeles NL)
        Struckout in only big league AB.  
       Managed Dodgers for 23 straight
       years - all under 1-year contracts.
       Won 7 pennants & 4 Series.  One
       of 7 to win 2,000+ games.         
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Ralph George Houk "Major" 
        MANAGER 1961 - 1984
        (New York AL, Detroit AL, Boston AL)
        Player for 8 years.  Won 3 pennants &
       2 World Series.  Managed 20 seasons
       and went 1,619-1,531.         
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Earl Sydney Weaver 
        MANAGER 1968 - 1986
        (Baltimore AL)
        Never played in majors.  Won 6
       division titles, 4 pennants, and one
       Championship.  Lifetime record of
       1,480-1,060.  Lived for the 3-run HR.         
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Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin 
        MANAGER 1969 - 1988
        (Minnesota AL, Detroit AL, Texas AL,
        New York AL, Oakland AL)
        Brilliant at taking a mediocre team,
       winning, & then self-destructing. 
       Managed 16 years and won 1,253 -
       including 5 division titles, 2 pennants,
       and 1 Series.  Played 11 years.         
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Charles O. Finley 
        OWNER 1960 - 1980
        (Kansas City AL, Oakland AL)
        Controversial & innovative.   Feuded
       with players, managers, and the league.
       His team won three straight World Series.         
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Marvin Miller 
        EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
        MLB Players Association
        1966 - 1984
        Built what many consider as the most
       powerful and prosperous union in the
       history of collective bargaining.         
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Bowie Kent Kuhn 
        BASEBALL COMMISSIONER
        1969 - 1984
        Responsible for World Series night
      games.  Second only to Judge Landis
      in commissioner tenure.         
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Emmett Littleton Ashford 
        AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE
        1966 - 1970
        First black umpire in big league history.         
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Howie Haak 
        SCOUT
        Credited for paving the way for the inflow
       of Latin talent in baseball.  Key in Pirates
       acquiring Roberto Clemente.
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Tony Lucadello 
        SCOUT
        Signed 50 eventual Major League players
        - including Mike Schmidt, Fergie Jenkins,
       Toby Harrah, Mike Marshall & Alex Johnson.         
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Bobby Mattick 
        SCOUT
        Also coached and managed in the Majors.
       Signed Frank Robinson, Vada Pinson
       and Curt Flood.
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Frank William Umont 
        AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE
        1954 - 1973
        Former NFL offensive lineman turned
        umpire.  Worked in 4 All-Star games
        & 4 World Series.
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H. Douglas Harvey 
        NATIONAL LEAGUE UMPIRE
        1962 - 1992
        Called "God" by umps, players, and
        managers.  Umpired in over 4,800 games.
        1st six figure salary for an umpire.
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Gene William Mauch 
        MANAGER 1960 - 1987
        (Philadelphia NL, Montreal NL, 
        Minnesota AL, California AL)
        Managed 26 years, won 1,902 games; 
       but, never reached the World Series.  
       Best known for 1964 Phillies which lost
       a 5 1/2 game lead with 11 games to play.
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Harry Carabina (aka Harry Caray)
        ANNOUNCER
        Worked for over 50 years - with the 
       Cardinals for 25 years & later the A's, 
        White Sox & Cubs.  Trademark was singing 
        "Take Me Out To he Ballgame" to home fans.
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Ronald M. Luciano 
        AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE
        1968 - 1980
        Showman of an umpire who turned 
       best-selling author after retirement. 
        Committed suicide at age 57.         
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