Vaughan Pallmore "Bing" Devine (March 1, 1916 – January 27, 2007) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. In the prime of his career, as a general manager, the executive who is responsible for all baseball operations, Devine was a major architect of four National League champions and three World Series champions in the six years from 1964 through 1969.
Specifically, Devine served as general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from November 12, 1957, through August 17, 1964, and was directly responsible for putting the 1964 world champion Cardinals on the field – even though he had been fired with seven weeks remaining in the season, one of the most bizarre events in baseball annals. Many of the players Devine acquired led the Cardinals to the 1967 world title and the 1968 NL championship, the latter occurring during Devine's second tour (1968–78) as the Cardinals' general manager.
In between those terms, from 1965 to 1967, Devine was assistant to the president and then president (and de facto general manager) of the New York Mets, where he helped put together the organization that turned the franchise from baseball's laughingstocks into 1969's world champions as the "Miracle Mets." During the 1980s, he also served as president of the St. Louis football Cardinals of the National Football League.
Vaughan Pallmore "Bing" Devine (March 1, 1916 – January 27, 2007) was an American front office executive in Major League Baseball. In the prime of his...
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home in Omaha at the end of the 1975 season, Cardinals general manager BingDevine offered him an undefined job that was contingent on approval from higher-ranking...
strange nodes on his vocal cords, Devine replied, "I've got the same nodes as Bing Crosby, but his are in tune." Devine appeared in more than 400 films...
manager BingDevine, who had begun his baseball career under Rickey in the late 1930s as an office boy. He was a vocal critic of one of Devine's highest...
for Broglio, Bobby Shantz, and Doug Clemens. Cardinals general manager BingDevine specifically sought Brock at the insistence of Cardinals' manager Johnny...
9, 1963, he pinch-hit in the fifth inning. Asked by general manager BingDevine on July 26 what his plans were, Musial said that he would retire at season's...
involvement in the maneuvering that led to the exit of general manager BingDevine, the man who had assembled the team that won the 1964 World Series, and...
in 1958 to begin his professional baseball career after signing with BingDevine, general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. Shannon, a quarterback,...
responsibilities when BingDevine rejoined his longtime employers, the St. Louis Cardinals. As one of his final tasks, Devine secured the services of...
Reuss wanted a raise from $17,000 to $25,000. Cardinals general manager BingDevine, under owner Gussie Busch's directive, was unwilling to give more than...
behind the first-place Philadelphia Phillies, Busch fired general manager BingDevine and replaced him with Howsam—reputedly at Rickey's urging. On August...
Sam McDowell 1991 New York City; Mel Allen 1992 St. Louis, Missouri; BingDevine 1993 San Diego, California; Dick Williams 1994 Arlington, Texas; Robin...
#[a] Name Seasons Ref 1 George Weiss‡§ 1962–1966 2 BingDevine 1967 3 Johnny Murphy§ 1968–1969 4 Bob Scheffing 1970–1974 5 Joe McDonald 1975–1979 6 Frank...
the team six games below .500 and in fifth place. Lane's successor, BingDevine, strongly recommended retaining Hutchinson, but he was overruled by the...
competition AnnMaria De Mars: 1984 Judo World Champion, mother of Ronda Rousey BingDevine (born 1916): general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals 1957–1964 Bill...
71, British MP for Southend West (1959–1997) and government minister. BingDevine, 90, American general manager of the National League's St. Louis Cardinals...
Name Years Chris Antonetti 1998 BingDevine 1978– ? Mel Didier 1970–1975 Jim Fanning 1968–1981 1982–1984 1984– ? Neal Huntington 1995–1997 Bobby Winkles...
veteran Ron Hunt to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets' general manager, BingDevine, had signed Buchek when he was front-office boss of the Cardinals in...
to Tulsa for the rest of the season. The Cardinals' general manager, BingDevine, explained that the move was to get Torrez more work: "Anybody is going...
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