Bucky Harris
Stanley Raymond " Bucky " Harris ( born November 8, 1896 in Port Jervis, New York, † November 8, 1977 in Bethesda, Maryland ) was a former American professional baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball.
Biography
Harris learned the baseball game in the mining areas of Pennsylvania. 1915 began his athletic career in the Minor Leagues, four years later, he made the jump to the Major League to the Washington Senators as a second baseman. In 1924 he also took over the post of manager at the senator, with 27 years Harris was the youngest manager in the league. At the end of the year even the biggest success was in the annals of the club. Against the New York Giants won the Senators their only World Series title in a competitive series with 4-3 victories.
After another title in the American League in 1925 they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series with 3:4. The Detroit Tigers committed Harris in 1929, and here he was the same player and manager. Further stations for the Boston Red Sox and again followed the senator. When the Philadelphia Phillies in 1943, he fired at mid-season.
Between games in the minor leagues followed, until Harris 1947 New York Yankees took over and the same could celebrate another World Series victory. The Yankees he left after the season 1948, his last positions as managers were the Senators and the Detroit Tigers.
The Veterans Committee elected Bucky Harris in 1975 in the Baseball Hall of Fame.