Red Schoendienst

Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (; February 2, 1923 – June 6, 2018) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager.

Early life
Schoendienst was born in Germantown, Illinois. As a teenager, he worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Career
Schoendienst was an outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–56, 1961–63), New York Giants (1956–57), and Milwaukee Braves (1957–60), and was named to 10 All Star teams.  He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976 - the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history (behind Tony La Russa).

Under his direction, St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series, and he was named National League Manager of the Year in both 1967 and 1968.  He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. 

Schoendienst remained with the Cardinals as a special assistant coach and he wore a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager for 73 consecutive seasons until his death in 2018.Schoendienst, Red: Baseball Hall of Fame Retrieved September 7, 2011Megdal, H. Cardinal Red For Life. Sports On Earth .  Retrieved March 19, 2014.

Death
On June 6, 2018, Schoendienst died in Town and Country, Missouri at the age of 95.

References

Other websites

 St. Louis Walk of Fame 

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