This was a man who put in about 73 years in the Major Leagues in one position or another: player, coach, manager, instructor. You name it, the man did it.
Incredible baseball life that started with him as a teammate of Jimmie Foxx, all the way through the Red Sox two World Series wins of 2004 and 2007.
As a kid I was always amazed by his 200+ seasons to start his career, with THREE years in between lost to the war!
He also scored 100+ runs each of the first six seasons of his career!
A career .307 hitter, he retired as a player after the 1954 season before moving on to coaching, and sticking around until his death in 2012.
Just amazing.