finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofmethod hofdate death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1945 7 october 1991 1925 .247 24 567 3,717 2,008 -- 1,709 .540 brooklyn dodgers 27 july 1905 veteran 's committee 1994 palm springs , california april 18 leo durocher.png batting win -- loss record winning % average home runs runs batted in games managed new york yankees leo durocher right west springfield , massachusetts october 2 right shortstop / manager leo durocher

leo durocher

leo ernest durocher -lrb- july 27 , 1905 -- october 7 , 1991 -rrb- , nicknamed leo the lip , was an american professional baseball player and manager .
he played in major league baseball as an infielder .
upon his retirement , he ranked fifth all-time among managers with 2,009 career victories , second only to john mcgraw in national league history .
durocher still ranks tenth in career wins by a manager .
a controversial and outspoken character , durocher had a stormy career dogged by clashes with authority , umpires -lrb- his 95 career ejections as a manager trailed only mcgraw when he retired , and still rank fourth on the all-time list -rrb- , and the press .
durocher was elected to the baseball hall of fame in .
