Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst was an American professional baseball second baseman, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball, and is largely known for his coaching, managing, and playing years with the St Louis Cardinals.
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Red Schoendienst played for 19 years with the Cardinals, New York Giants and Milwaukee Braves, and was named to 10 All Star teams.
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Red Schoendienst then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976 – the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history.
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Red Schoendienst's father was a coal miner, and the family lived without running water or electricity.
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Red Schoendienst showed a marked aptitude for baseball at a young age.
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Red Schoendienst began his professional career in the D-level Georgia–Florida League with the Albany Cardinals, followed by the Union City Greyhounds of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League.
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Red Schoendienst was drafted mid-season into the US Army, but received a medical discharge on January 1,1945, due to his eye injury and sustained trauma incurred while shooting bazookas.
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Red Schoendienst helped lead the team to its first pennant in nine years, batting.
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Red Schoendienst remained an employee of the Cardinals organization with the title of Special Assistant Coach, and in 2017 completed his 72nd consecutive season as a Major League player, coach, or manager.
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Red Schoendienst was a member of five winning World Series teams, all of which were won in seven games: as a player with the Cardinals and Braves in 1946 and 1957 respectively; as the Cardinals manager in 1967; and as a Cardinals coach in 1964 and 1982.
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In 1947, Red Schoendienst married the former Mary Eileen O'Reilly, who died in 1999, after 52 years of marriage.
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On November 13,2017, Red Schoendienst, 94, became the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame when Bobby Doerr died at 99, and the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team.
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Red Schoendienst was the last living member of the Cardinals team that won the 1946 World Series, opposing Doerr's Boston Red Sox team.
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