Sawyer prior to the start of the 1950 World Series
Manager
Born:(1910-09-10)September 10, 1910 Westerly, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died: September 22, 1997(1997-09-22) (aged 87) Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB statistics
Games managed
817
Managerial record
390–423–4
Winning percentage
.480
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1952, 1958–1960)
Edwin Milby Sawyer (September 10, 1910 – September 22, 1997) was an American manager and scout in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he led the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies — the "Whiz Kids", as the youthful club was known — to the second National League championship in team history.
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vulnerabilities with Dolly. EddieSawyer (Ricky Jay) appears in the first season. A card sharp at Cy Tolliver's Bella Union saloon, Sawyer has worked with Tolliver...
1950 New York Yankees (17, 13–4) 4–0 Philadelphia Phillies (2, 0–2) EddieSawyer 1951 New York Yankees (18, 14–4) 4–2 New York Giants (13, 4–9) Leo Durocher...
gave a "manager of the year" award in 1950 to EddieSawyer of the Philadelphia Phillies."EddieSawyer Honored in Baseball Vote". Prescott Evening Courier...
character and writer for the first season in 2004, playing card sharp EddieSawyer. He wrote the episode "Jewel's Boot Is Made for Walking" and left the...
the last five games of the frantic 1950 pennant race, Phils manager EddieSawyer surprised the world by naming his bullpen ace, Jim Konstanty, to open...
catcher but within a month was moved to center field by his manager, EddieSawyer, to utilize his speed. Others, including Stan Lopata and Granny Hamner...
finished last place in the National League from 1958 to 1961. Manager EddieSawyer abruptly quit the team after the season opener in 1960, and was replaced...
existence. The team won one league championship, in 1940 under manager EddieSawyer. Vic Raschi, Lew Burdette, Spec Shea, Gus Triandos, John Blanchard, Joe...
Sox of the Eastern League in 1945 and it was there that his manager, EddieSawyer, converted him into a center fielder to take advantage of his impressive...
to be independent of Tolliver, Joanie asks Bella Union poker dealer EddieSawyer to help steal from him. Al's henchman admits that he and Tolliver's man...
Joe Sawyer (born Joseph Sauers, August 29, 1906 – April 21, 1982) was a Canadian film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1927 and 1962,...
the top eight single-season putout totals in history September 22 – EddieSawyer, 87, manager who led the Phillies' "Whiz Kids" to the 1950 pennant, later...
Smith was fired and replaced by EddieSawyer. After Smith was fired, the 1958 Phillies dropped to last place under Sawyer. The Phillies finished in last...
created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of...
their Opening Day game to the Cincinnati Reds 9–4, Phillies manager EddieSawyer resigns, ending his managerial career. April 17: On Easter Sunday, Cleveland...
New York Giants Leo Durocher Finished 3rd Philadelphia Phillies EddieSawyer Won Pennant Pittsburgh Pirates Billy Meyer St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Dyer...
called Mauch again and asked him to replace veteran Phillies' pilot EddieSawyer, who had resigned after the team's opening game on April 12. Four days...
Mel Ott and Leo Durocher Philadelphia Phillies Ben Chapman and EddieSawyer Pittsburgh Pirates Billy Meyer St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Dyer Finished 2nd...
was given to one manager in all of Major League Baseball. See footnote EddieSawyer (1950) (in both leagues) Gene Mauch (1962, 1964) (in NL) Danny Ozark...
Roberts, Philadelphia Phillies, P The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award Eddie Stanky, St. Louis Cardinals April 23 — Bob Cain of the St. Louis Browns...
batted .429 (6 for 14) with three extra-base hits. In March 1952, manager EddieSawyer named Hamner team captain of the Phillies. An All-Star three years in...
continued with the addition of guitarist Phil Sawyer (ex-Les Fleur de Lys) and keyboardist/vocalist Eddie Hardin (ex-A Wild Uncertainty). This line-up...