Miller Huggins
Miller James Huggins ( born March 27, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio; † September 25, 1929 in New York, NY) was an American baseball player and manager. His nicknames were Hug or Mighty Mite.
Biography
His career in Major League Baseball began Miller Huggins 1904 at the Cincinnati Reds, a team from the National League. His most played position was that of the second baseman, in a number of defensive categories in the statistics he took leading positions. The St. Louis Cardinals committed him 1910. For the Cardinals, he took over from 1913 also the manager post of teams, but played until 1916 continued in the team. Among other things, he led Rogers Hornsby at the Major League level.
1917 Huggins wanted to buy the Cardinals, but its bid was rejected. Ban Johnson, the then president of the American League, persuaded the owner of the New York Yankees, Jacob Ruppert, to oblige him.
Together with Ed Barrow, the then general manager of the Yankees, he developed from a mediocre team an annual contender. Three World Series titles and six championships in the American League are testimony to the successful era.
At the age of 50 years, Huggins died of blood poisoning. Then the matches of the Major League for a day has been set in his honor. The Yankees created to honor him in 1932 a plaque at Yankee Stadium, which laid the foundation for the later Monument Park.
1964 Miller Huggins was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.