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NetShrine's
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NetShrine's
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For more information on each player, click on his name in the table below.
| Leo Durocher | Al Lopez | |
| Ford Frick | Branch Rickey | Jocko Conlan |
| Al Barlick | Bill Veeck | Nestor Chylak |
| Tom Greenwade | Hugh Alexander | Allan Roth |
| Frank Lane | Mel Allen | Walter O'Malley |
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Charles Dillon
"Casey" Stengel
"The Old Perfessor"
MANAGER 1934 - 1965
(Brooklyn NL, Boston NL, New York AL,
New York NL)
One of the game's most colorful
men.
Played 14 years. No one has won more
World Series Championships. Won 5
Series in a row ('49-'53).
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Leo
Ernest Durocher "The Lip"
MANAGER 1939 - 1973
(Brooklyn NL, New York Giants NL,
Chicago NL, Houston NL)
One of 7 to win 2,000 games.
Won 3
pennants. Very controversial. Mouth
got him in trouble. Played 17 years.
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Alfonso
Ramon Lopez "Senor"
MANAGER 1951 - 1969
(Cleveland AL, Chicago AL)
Good defensive catcher who played
19 years. Once held record for games
caught. Went 1,410-1,004 as manager
with twelve 1st or 2nd place finishes.
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Ford C.
Frick
BASEBALL COMMISSIONER
1951 - 1965
Former sportswriter and NL League
President ('34 - '51). Presided over
expansion of Major Leagues.
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Wesley
Branch Rickey
"The Mahatma"
EXECUTIVE
Player, Manager, G.M. & Team
President. Spent nearly 60 years in
baseball. Responsible for the
integration of baseball in 1947.
Founder of the "farm system."
Great innovator. Respected.
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John
Bertrand "Jocko" Conlan
NATIONAL LEAGUE UMPIRE
1941 - 1964
Former player turned umpire.
Known
for a polka-dot tie and sharp tongue.
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Albert
Barlick
NATIONAL LEAGUE UMPIRE
1940 - 1971
Debuted at age 25 - subbing for
Bill
Klem. Worked Jackie Robinson's
1st game. Umpired 7 All-Star games
& 7 World Series.
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William Veeck
Jr.
OWNER
(Cleveland AL, St. Louis AL, Chicago AL)
Creative promoter and showman.
Integrated the AL. Upset other
owners with attention seeking stunts.
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Nestor Chylak
Jr.
AMERICAN LEAGUE UMPIRE
1954 - 1978
Respected for tact and sense of
humor.
Also served as Assistant Supervisor of
AL Umps from '79 to his death in '82.
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Tom
Greenwade
SCOUT
Famous for signing Mickey Mantle.
Also helped Dodgers obtain Jackie
Robinson & Roy Campanella.
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Hugh
Alexander
SCOUT
Scout for over 60 years - both pro
&
amateur. Signed 60+ eventual big
leaguers. Considered by some to be
the #1 Scout of all-time.
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Allan Roth
STATISTICIAN
Acknowledged by many as baseball's
first statistician. Hired by the Dodgers
in 1947, he later went to work for
NBC and ABC baseball broadcasts.
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Frank
"Trader" Lane
EXECUTIVE
G.M. famous for building
the White Sox
teams of the late 1950's and for trading
Rocky Colavito to Detroit
from the Indians.
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Melvin Allen
ANNOUNCER
One of the most
recognized voices in baseball.
Signature phrase was "How 'bout
that?" Did
various assignments for a half
century.
Best known as a Yankee announcer.
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Walter
P. O'Malley
OWNER
Long time owner of the
Dodgers. Moved the
team from Brooklyn to L.A. Considered one
of
the most powerful and influential owners of his
time.
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