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Miller Huggins
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Birthdate: 3/27/1878
Died: 9/25/1929
Height / Weight: ' " / 140 lbs.
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, OH, USA
Bats / Throws: B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

After a standout 13-year major league career as a second baseman with the Cincinnati Reds 1904-1909 and with the St. Louis Cardinals Miller Huggins was named the New York Yankee manager in 1918, and for his managing talents was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

By the time the New York Yankees joined the AL in 1903 until Huggins arrived, the Yankees had never won a pennant and finished in second-place just two times.  As a Yankee manager Miller Huggins had to lead players who sported huge egos and lived the high-life, notably Babe Ruth.  

Miller Huggins method of dominating this talented, but unruly, cast of characters is what earned him a place in the Hall of Fame.
The petite, 5 ft 6.5 inch, 140-pound  Huggins, called “the Mighty Mite” on occasion and “Rabbit” on others, and suffered from a variety of annoying ailments for most of his life. He was famous for trying to scream his players into better play; his temper tantrums were legendary. But he was an uncanny analyst of baseball talent, and when that knowledge met the deep pockets of Colonels Tillinghast L’Hommedieu Huston and Jacob Ruppert, they were able to construct one of the greatest teams in the game’s history.  

Miller Huggins maximized the value of his limited skills through intelligence. As writer George Will has noted, five major league managers have had law degrees, and four of them (Huggins, Hughie Jennings, John Ward, and Branch Rickey) are in the Hall of Fame. The fifth, Tony La Russa, is still active. 

Miller Huggins batted .300 only once, however he used his 5-foot 6.5 inches height to his advantage and drew walks from opposing pitchers. He led the NL in walks four times and in on-base percentage once. He was referred to as the perfect leadoff man. And when he got on he could steal; he pilfered 30 sacks or more six times.


Pitching Statistics
Year Team G GS W L SV CG SHO IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK ERA
13 years   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Batting Statistics
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS IBB HBP SH SF AVG OBP SLG
1904 CIN (NL) 140 491 96 129 12 7 2 30 88 0 13 0 0 2 15 0 .263 .377 SLG
1905 CIN (NL) 149 564 117 154 11 8 1 38 103 0 27 0 0 7 9 0 .273 .392 SLG
1906 CIN (NL) 146 545 81 159 11 7 0 26 71 0 41 0 0 3 21 0 .292 .376 SLG
1907 CIN (NL) 156 561 64 139 12 4 1 31 83 0 28 0 0 1 27 0 .248 .346 SLG
1908 CIN (NL) 135 498 65 119 14 5 0 23 58 0 30 0 0 2 28 0 .239 .321 SLG
1909 CIN (NL) 57 159 18 34 3 1 0 6 28 0 11 0 0 1 8 0 .214 .335 SLG
1910 STL (NL) 151 547 101 145 15 6 1 36 116 46 34 0 0 6 19 0 .265 .399 SLG
1911 STL (NL) 138 509 106 133 19 2 1 24 96 52 37 0 0 6 15 0 .261 .385 SLG
1912 STL (NL) 120 431 82 131 15 4 0 29 87 31 35 0 0 1 11 0 .304 .422 SLG
1913 STL (NL) 121 382 74 109 12 0 0 27 92 49 23 0 0 7 14 0 .285 .432 SLG
1914 STL (NL) 148 509 85 134 17 4 1 24 105 63 32 0 0 7 14 0 .263 .396 SLG
1915 STL (NL) 107 353 57 85 5 2 2 24 74 68 13 12 0 3 8 0 .241 .377 SLG
1916 STL (NL) 18 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 .333 .500 SLG
13 years   1586 5558 948 1474 146 50 9 318 1003 312 324 12 0 47 192 0 .265 .382 .SLG



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