finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1917 22 december 1960 1912 .169 0 4 new york giants 13 october 1888 concord , massachusetts october 3 jackonslow.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in detroit tigers jack onslow right onslow with the detroit tigers -lrb- 1912 -rrb- scottdale , pennsylvania may 2 right catcher jack onslow

jack onslow

john james onslow -lrb- october 13 , 1888 -- december 22 , 1960 -rrb- was an american player , manager , coach and scout in major league baseball .
at age 60 , onslow became one of the oldest rookie managers in mlb annals when he was named skipper of the chicago white sox in the fall of 1948 , succeeding hall of fame pitcher ted lyons .
onslow managed the south siders for the entire season , finishing sixth in the american league with a 63 -- 91 record .
but he could not get along with his boss , chisox general manager frank lane , and clashed with players and the media .
after a poor start in , when the white sox dropped 22 of their first 30 contests , onslow was replaced by one of his coaches , red corriden .
his career record as a manager : 71 wins , 113 defeats -lrb- .386 -rrb- .
born in scottdale , pennsylvania , onslow played 36 games as a major league catcher for the 1912 detroit tigers and 1917 new york giants , batting .169 , but was a popular baseball figure as a longtime coach for a number of teams , including the pittsburgh pirates -lrb- 1925 -- 26 -rrb- , washington senators -lrb- 1927 -rrb- , st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1928 -rrb- , philadelphia phillies -lrb- 1931 -- 32 -rrb- and boston red sox -lrb- 1934 -rrb- .
in addition , he scouted for the white sox and boston braves for several years and held a similar job with the red sox when he died , at 72 , in concord , massachusetts , from a heart attack in .
to people around the game , onslow was known as one of the most garrulous raconteurs of his day .
onslow also managed minor league clubs for six seasons .
his memphis chicks won 92 games in 1948 , finishing second in the southern association , prompting his promotion to manager of the parent white sox .
onslow 's younger brother , eddie , also played major league baseball and managed in the minor leagues .
