48 Facts About Miller Huggins

Miller James Huggins was an American professional baseball player and manager.

Miller Huggins managed the Cardinals and New York Yankees, including the Murderers' Row teams of the 1920s that won six American League pennants and three World Series championships.

Miller Huggins received a degree in law from the University of Cincinnati, where he was captain on the baseball team.

Miller Huggins played semi-professional and minor league baseball from 1898 through 1903, at which time he signed with the Reds.

Miller Huggins was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1964.

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Miller Huggins was born on March 27,1878, in Cincinnati, where his father, an Englishman, worked as a grocer.

Miller Huggins attended Woodward High School, Walnut Hills High School, and later the University of Cincinnati, where he studied law and played college baseball for the Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team.

Miller Huggins began his playing career in minor league baseball with the Mansfield Haymakers of the Class B Interstate League in 1899.

Miller Huggins continued his minor league apprenticeship with the St Paul Saints of the American Association from 1901 through 1903.

Miller Huggins handled 19 fielding chances, 11 putouts and nine assists, without committing an error in a game with the Saints in 1902; the previous Major League Baseball record being 18, set by Fred Dunlap in 1882.

Miller Huggins made his MLB debut on April 15,1904, and proved very adept at getting on base.

Miller Huggins set an MLB record on June 1,1910 with six plate appearances but no at bats, with four walks and two sacrifice flies.

Miller Huggins became player-manager for the Cardinals after the 1912 season, succeeding Roger Bresnahan.

Miller Huggins had coached the young Rogers Hornsby, helping him to correct his batting stance, and Hornsby duly succeeded him as the team's starting second baseman in 1917 as Miller Huggins ended his playing career.

Miller Huggins managed the team during 1917, the last year of his contract, but was not retained.

Huston, who had been in Europe at the time that Ruppert had made the appointment, disliked Miller Huggins and wanted to hire Wilbert Robinson, his drinking buddy.

The hiring of Miller Huggins drove a wedge between the two co-owners that culminated in Huston selling his shares of the team to Ruppert in 1922.

Miller Huggins made his first player transaction, acquiring Del Pratt and Eddie Plank from the St Louis Browns trading Nick Cullop, Joe Gedeon, Fritz Maisel, Les Nunamaker, Urban Shocker and $15,000, a move that led to criticism in the press.

Miller Huggins signed a one-year contract to remain with the Yankees for a reported $12,000.

Huston continually took the side of his players in any argument they had against Miller Huggins, criticizing Miller Huggins in the press when the Yankees lost the pennant in 1920.

Miller Huggins signed a one-year contract to remain with the team in 1921.

Miller Huggins had come to regret his trade of Urban Shocker to the Browns.

Miller Huggins made wholesale changes to the Yankees' lineup, as he replaced Ward at second base with Howard Shanks, catchers Steve O'Neill and Wally Schang with Benny Bengough, and, most notably, Pipp with Lou Gehrig at first base, beginning Gehrig's record consecutive games played streak.

Miller Huggins suspended Ruth indefinitely on August 29,1925 for "misconduct off the playing field", while fining him $5,000, and as it was an away game in St Louis, Ruth was ordered to pay his own way back to New York.

Ruth responded by claiming Ruppert would rescind the fine and suspension, and that he would never play for Miller Huggins again, believing that Ruppert would side with him over Miller Huggins.

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Miller Huggins restructured the team for the 1926 season, giving starting jobs to Mark Koenig and Tony Lazzeri.

That season, Miller Huggins won his fourth pennant with the Yankees in 1926, marking the first time that a team won a pennant after finishing seventh the year prior.

Miller Huggins remained confident in his team's ability to repeat as AL champions in 1928 season.

Miller Huggins supplemented his team by acquiring Bill Dickey from the minor leagues.

Miller Huggins continued to tinker with his roster during the offseason.

Miller Huggins traded Dugan, Mike Gazella, Rosy Ryan and Pat Collins, and acquired Lyn Lary from the Pacific Coast League.

Miller Huggins tried Lary at third base and Leo Durocher at shortstop, while he attempted to acquire George Uhle and Ed Morris, but was unsuccessful in both cases.

The Yankees fell behind the Philadelphia Athletics in the standings during the 1929 season and as it became clear that the Yankees would not win the AL pennant in 1929, Miller Huggins began consulting with coaches Art Fletcher and Bob Shawkey about the future of the team, including how to replace Bob Meusel in left field.

Miller Huggins fell ill on September 20,1929, and checked into Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center for erysipelas.

Miller Huggins's condition was complicated by the development of influenza with high fever.

Miller Huggins was interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in his native Cincinnati.

Miller Huggins was known as "Rabbit" and "Little Everywhere" for his ability to cover ground in the infield.

Miller Huggins led the league in walks four times and regularly posted an on-base percentage near.

Miller Huggins scored 100 or more runs three times and regularly stole 30 or more bases for 324 lifetime steals.

Miller Huggins learned his managerial strategy by observing Hanlon and Bresnahan.

Miller Huggins later wrote that Huggins was "one of the greatest managers I have ever met".

Miller Huggins was the first of many Yankees legends granted this honor, which eventually became "Monument Park", dedicated in 1976.

Miller Huggins was included on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937,1938,1939,1942,1945,1946,1948, and 1950, failing to receive the number of votes required for election on those occasions.

Miller Huggins lived in Cincinnati during the winters while playing for the Reds and Cardinals, but began to make St Petersburg, Florida his winter home while managing the Yankees.

Miller Huggins did not marry, and lived with his sister while in Cincinnati.

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Miller Huggins invested in real estate holdings in Florida, although he sold them in 1926 as they took too much of his time away from baseball.

Miller Huggins enjoyed playing golf and billiards in his spare time.

Miller Huggins was portrayed by Ernie Adams in The Pride of the Yankees, Fred Lightner in The Babe Ruth Story, Bruce Weitz in Babe Ruth, and Joe Ragno in The Babe.