William Harold Southworth was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball.
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35 Facts About Billy Southworth
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Billy Southworth oversaw three pennant-winning St Louis Cardinals teams, winning two World Series, and another pennant with the Boston Braves, the last National League title in Boston baseball history.
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Billy Southworth endured a great deal of tragedy in his baseball career, first experiencing the stillbirth of his twin babies and the deaths of his wife and his adult son.
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Billy Southworth joined the Cleveland Indians in 1913, but only appeared in one game, entering as a replacement on defense.
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Billy Southworth was a minister's daughter and they had met while Southworth was playing for Portsmouth.
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The couple's son, William Brooks Billy Southworth, was born during Billy Southworth's early playing career.
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The elder Billy Southworth returned to the Cleveland Indians in 1915 and appeared in 60 games.
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Billy Southworth played for the Birmingham Barons in 1917 and part of 1918, when he made the Pittsburgh Pirates and played in 64 major league games.
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Billy Southworth played more regularly in 1919, appearing in 121 games and leading the league with 14 triples.
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Billy Southworth ran into difficulty with New York manager John McGraw that year, as Southworth's independent style became incompatible with McGraw's strict leadership.
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Billy Southworth was traded from the New York Giants to the St Louis Cardinals in the middle of the season.
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Billy Southworth suffered a 1927 rib injury that limited his playing time.
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Billy Southworth returned home after losing the twins, but he quickly came back to Rochester.
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Billy Southworth's son recovered, but the experience shook the manager.
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Billy Southworth was promoted to St Louis as player-manager for 1929, replacing Bill McKechnie, who won a National League pennant in 1928 and lost the World Series in four straight games to the New York Yankees.
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Billy Southworth stole 138 bases in his career and had double-digit steal totals in eight seasons.
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Billy Southworth remarried in 1935, wedding the former Mabel Stemen, with whom he had a daughter.
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Billy Southworth was the first manager to lead a team to 100 wins in three consecutive seasons.
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Still, Billy Southworth began managing at the beginning of the 1945 season, which saw his Cardinals win 95 games but finish second, three games behind the Chicago Cubs.
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Billy Southworth was rumored to be drinking heavily and near nervous collapse.
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Billy Southworth had managed to convert a team that hadn't finished fourth since 1934 into one that would finish fourth or better for six straight seasons.
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Billy Southworth called the team's general manager, John Quinn, and asked to be allowed to resign, and he was replaced by his former standout right fielder, Tommy Holmes.
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Billy Southworth has the least amount of games managed for any manager to have won 1,000 games.
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Billy Southworth was the first to win the World Series as a player and again as a manager.
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Billy Southworth was acquitted of drunken driving charges after a 1955 arrest, and retired from scouting at the end of his contract following the 1956 season.
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Billy Southworth gave a final interview to a reporter for the St Louis Post-Dispatch; he commented on how difficult it would be for the 1969 Cardinals to win a third straight championship, as the 1944 team had done.
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Dark recalled that Billy Southworth was a "mild" person who wanted everyone to like him.
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Billy Southworth preferred to let his players play according to their respective styles, rather than micro-managing their every moves.
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Billy Southworth had been eligible for election as a player in the 1940s, but he received few votes.
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Billy Southworth was elected after receiving 13 votes from the 16-member Veterans Committee.
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In January 2014, the Cardinals announced that Billy Southworth was among 22 former players and personnel to be inducted into the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum for the inaugural class of 2014.
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