For the fun of it, today’s blog post has a 1978 coach card for the great Red Schoendienst, TRUE baseball lifer and Hall of Famer:
Now, it may be tough to see him in a uniform other than the St. Louis
Cardinals, but Red did indeed offer his expertise to the Oakland A’s in
1977 and 1978.
What really needs to be said about the man!?
Schoendienst first put together a 19-year Hall of Fame career between
1945 and 1963, winning a championship with the Cards as well as the
Milwaukee Braves in 1957, before coaching and then managing St. Louis
from 1965 to 1976, winning yet another championship in 1967, with a spot
managing gig in 1980 and then 1990 all while coaching the team in
between, including the 1982 season, giving him a FIFTH championship in
his illustrious career.
He put in 2216 games as a player, then went on to manage 1999 games,
winning 1041 of them for a .522 winning percentage, while coaching at
LEAST another couple thousand games on top of that!
A baseball treasure!
Rest in Peace Red: 1923-2018
