finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1953 6 june 1999 1943 .268 29 364 st. louis cardinals 3 september 1915 fairhope , alabama july 25 eddie stanky 1953.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in chicago cubs eddie stanky right stanky as player-manager of the cardinals . philadelphia , pennsylvania april 21 right second baseman / manager eddie stanky

eddie stanky

edward raymond stanky -lrb- september 3 , 1915 -- june 6 , 1999 -rrb- , nicknamed `` the brat '' , was an american professional baseball player and manager .
he played in major league baseball as a second baseman for the chicago cubs -lrb- 1943 -- 44 -rrb- , brooklyn dodgers -lrb- 1944 -- 47 -rrb- , boston braves -lrb- 1948 -- 49 -rrb- , new york giants -lrb- 1950 -- 51 -rrb- and st. louis cardinals -lrb- 1952 -- 53 -rrb- .
he was born in philadelphia , pennsylvania , and his original nickname , `` the brat from kensington , '' is in reference to the neighborhood where he grew up .
it took stanky eight years to reach the major leagues at age 27 , after starting out at greenville , mississippi , in the east dixie league , where he was a teammate of future st. louis cardinals star harry brecheen , whom stanky would manage in st. louis in 1952 .
