Hank Bauer
Henry Albert Bauer (July 31, 1922 – February 9, 2007) was an American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He played with the New York Yankees (1948–1959) and Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961); he batted and threw right-handed. He served as the manager of the Athletics in both Kansas City (1961–62) and in Oakland (1969), as well as the Baltimore Orioles (1964–68), guiding the Orioles to the World Series title in 1966, a four-game sweep over the heavily favored Los Angeles Dodgers. This represented the first World Series title in the franchise's history.
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Bauer in 1953 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Right fielder / Manager | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: July 31, 1922 East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died: February 9, 2007 (aged 84) Lenexa, Kansas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| September 6, 1948, for the New York Yankees | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| July 21, 1961, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .277 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 164 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 703 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial record | 594–544 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning % | .522 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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As player
As manager
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