Born:(1905-07-27)July 27, 1905 West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died: October 7, 1991(1991-10-07) (aged 86) Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
October 2, 1925, for the New York Yankees
Last MLB appearance
April 18, 1945, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.247
Home runs
24
Runs batted in
567
Managerial record
2,008–1,709
Winning %
.540
Teams
As player
New York Yankees (1925, 1928–1929)
Cincinnati Reds (1930–1933)
St. Louis Cardinals (1933–1937)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1941, 1943, 1945)
As manager
Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1946, 1948)
New York Giants (1948–1955)
Chicago Cubs (1966–1972)
Houston Astros (1972–1973)
As coach
Los Angeles Dodgers (1961–1964)
Career highlights and awards
3× All-Star (1936, 1938, 1940)
4× World Series champion (1928, 1934, 1954, 1963)
Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction
1994
Election method
Veterans Committee
Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (/dəˈroʊ.ʃər/; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,008 career victories, second only to John McGraw in National League history. Durocher still ranks twelfth in career wins by a manager. A controversial and outspoken character, Durocher's half-century in baseball was dogged by clashes with authority, the baseball commissioner, the press, and umpires; his 95 career ejections as a manager trailed only McGraw when he retired, and still ranks fourth on the all-time list. He won three National League pennants and one world championship.
Durocher was posthumously elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.
Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (/dəˈroʊ.ʃər/; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an...
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winning percentage with .594. LeoDurocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Durocher and Baker each achieved...
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Kennedy managed the team for the next three seasons until Hall of Famer LeoDurocher assumed the managerial role for the 1966 season, effectively ending the...
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258-foot (79 m) right-field fence at the Polo Grounds. Giants manager LeoDurocher, who had managed teams to three National League championships, won his...
was released in 2013. That year, he played Brooklyn Dodgers manager LeoDurocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy...
Series in 1933. Hall of Famers Mel Ott and LeoDurocher managed the team from 1942 through 1955. Durocher was the manager for the Giants' World Series...
championships while in New York, led by managers John McGraw, Bill Terry, and LeoDurocher. New York-era star players including Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell...
reception among newspaper writers and white major league players. Manager LeoDurocher informed his team, "I don't care if he is yellow or black or has stripes...
by Brooklyn Dodgers manager LeoDurocher in 1946, which was then condensed by journalists. The original quote by Durocher was, "The nice guys are all...
baseball's most colorful managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees and LeoDurocher of the Giants. This was the 13th appearance by the Giants in Series play...
mutiny ended when Dodgers management took a stand for Robinson. Manager LeoDurocher informed the team, "I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if...
However, it is still sometimes thrown in violation of the rules. In 1942, LeoDurocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, fined Bobo Newsom for throwing...
knowing what to expect, Shotton was ushered into Rickey's presence. LeoDurocher, the Dodgers' manager since 1939, had been suspended for the entire 1947...
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