Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager, most notable for his Major League Baseball managerial career.
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20 Facts About Whitey Herzog
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Whitey Herzog was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 25,2010, and was inducted into the St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum on August 16,2014.
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Whitey Herzog was the second of three children born in Illinois to Edgar and Lietta Whitey Herzog.
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Whitey Herzog's father worked at a brewery and his mother worked at a shoe factory in New Athens, where the family lived.
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Whitey Herzog attended New Athens High School where he played basketball and baseball.
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Whitey Herzog drew interest from the college basketball programs at Saint Louis University and Illinois.
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Whitey Herzog was known as "Relly" — a diminutive of Dorrel, his given first name.
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Left-handed batter and thrower, Whitey Herzog originally signed with the New York Yankees by scout Lou Maguolo.
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In 1953, during the Korean War, Whitey Herzog briefly interrupted his playing career to join the US Army Corps of Engineers, during which time he was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and managed the camp's baseball team.
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Whitey Herzog had been ordered to not attend Hodges' funeral by Grant's associates to avoid speculation.
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Whitey Herzog joined the California Angels as its third-base coach beginning with the 1974 campaign.
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Whitey Herzog continued building his managerial credentials with the Kansas City Royals and St Louis Cardinals.
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Whitey Herzog succeeded Jack McKeon as Royals manager on July 24,1975.
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Whitey Herzog had his greatest success in Kansas City, where he won three straight American League Western division titles from 1976 to 1978, and in St Louis, where he won the 1982 World Series and the National League Pennant in 1985 and 1987.
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Whitey Herzog succeeded interim skipper Jack Krol as manager of the Redbirds on June 9,1980, managed for 73 games, then moved into the club's front office as GM on August 26, turning the team over to Red Schoendienst.
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However, in St Louis Whitey Herzog employed free-swinging hitters who were less patient but fast runners, such as Vince Coleman and Willie McGee.
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Whitey Herzog expressed an interest in becoming President of the National League when that job opened in 1986.
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Whitey Herzog was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans' Committee on December 7,2009, receiving 14 of a possible 16 votes.
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Whitey Herzog made out Whitey's first lineup with the Cardinals in 1980.
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Whitey Herzog's grandson John Urick was a minor league first baseman and outfielder from 2003 until 2010 who played for managers and former Herzog-era Cardinals Garry Templeton and Hal Lanier.
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