Bucky Harris

Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris (November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. He was born in Port Jervis, New York and discovered by baseball promoter Joe Engel, who led the Chattanooga Lookouts at Engel Stadium.

Harris spent most of his playing career as a second baseman with the Washington Senators (1919-28), playing two seasons with the Detroit Tigers (1929-30) before ending his playing career in 1931.

One of baseball's "boy managers", Harris both played for and managed the Senators beginning in 1924, directing the team to a World Series Championship in his rookie season and the AL pennant the following year.

After leaving the Senators initially in 1928 (he would twice return to manage them again from 1935-42 and from 1950-54), Harris managed the Tigers twice (1929-33, 1955-56), Boston Red Sox (1934), Philadelphia Phillies (briefly known as the Blue Jays, 1943), and the 1947 World Champion New York Yankees. He closed his 29-year managing career with the 1956 Tigers. Late in his career, Harris served two years (1959-60) as general manager of the Red Sox and as a special assistant for the expansion Washington franchise that existed from 1961-71.

Bucky Harris died in Bethesda, Maryland, on his 81st birthday.

He is 6th in MLB manager career wins with 2,157 wins to his name.

Harris is mentioned in a version of Abbott & Costello's famous Who's on First? routine.

Parents: Thomas Harris, born ca. 1867, England or Wales, and Catherine (Rupp) Harris, born Hughestown, Pennsylvania; brother: Merle Harris, born Pennsylvania.

External links

• Profile at Baseball Library
• baseballhalloffame.org – Hall of Fame biography page
• Baseball-reference.com – Major league career managerial statistics
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Signature analysis and signing habits of Bucky Harris, at PSA Card

Managerial jobs

Template:S-sports Preceded by: Donie Bush Washington Senators Manager 1924-1928 Succeeded by: Walter Johnson Preceded by: George Moriarty Detroit Tigers Manager 1929-1932 Succeeded by: Del Baker Preceded by: Marty McManus Boston Red Sox Manager 1934 Succeeded by: Joe Cronin Preceded by: Joe Cronin Washington Senators Manager 1935-1942 Succeeded by: Ossie Bluege Preceded by: Hans Lobert Philadelphia Phillies Manager 1943 Succeeded by: Freddie Fitzsimmons Preceded by: Bill Dickey New York Yankees Manager 1947-1948 Succeeded by: Casey Stengel Preceded by: Joe Kuhel Washington Senators Manager 1950-1954 Succeeded by: Chuck Dressen Preceded by: Fred Hutchinson Detroit Tigers Manager 1955–1956 Succeeded by: Jack Tighe Preceded by: Joe Cronin Red Sox General Manager 1959 - 1960 Succeeded by: Pinky Higgins (1962)

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