finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1954 january 3 , 1996 -lrb- aged 75 -rrb- 1942 .248 56 381 cincinnati redlegs february 27 , 1920 metairie , louisiana april 19 connie ryan 1953.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in new york giants connie ryan right ryan in about 1953 . new orleans , louisiana april 14 right second baseman/third baseman connie ryan

connie ryan

cornelius joseph ryan -lrb- february 27 , 1920 -- january 3 , 1996 -rrb- was an american second baseman , third baseman , coach and manager in major league baseball .
a native of new orleans who attended louisiana state university , ryan appeared in 1,184 games over 12 seasons , and compiled a lifetime batting average of .248 with 58 home runs for the new york giants , boston braves , cincinnati reds/redlegs , philadelphia phillies and chicago white sox .
on april 16 , 1953 , ryan -lrb- then with the phillies -rrb- made six hits in six at bats in a 14 -- 12 loss to pittsburgh , tying a then-major league record .
he batted and threw right-handed and was listed as tall and .
ryan spent much of his career with the braves , working in three different cities : as a player in boston -lrb- he was a utility infielder for the 1948 national league champions -rrb- ; a coach and minor league manager for milwaukee during the late 1950s -lrb- he was a coach on fred haney 's staff during the braves ' 1957 world championship season -rrb- ; and as a coach , manager and scout for the atlanta club during the 1970s .
ryan succeeded clyde king as skipper of the atlanta braves on august 30 , 1975 , and guided the team to a record of 9 -- 18 over the final 27 games of the season .
in 1977 , ryan began the season as a coach for the texas rangers .
in a season of managerial turmoil , texas skipper frank lucchesi was replaced by eddie stanky , a teammate of ryan 's on the 1948 -- 1949 braves , on june 22 .
but stanky resigned after only one game .
ryan then filled the breach for six games -lrb- with texas winning two -rrb- while the rangers signed baltimore orioles coach billy hunter as permanent manager .
his career managerial mark was 11 -- 22 -lrb- .333 -rrb- .
ryan remained a rangers ' coach through 1979 .
during the 1960s , ryan also spent several seasons as a scout and minor league manager for the houston astros and briefly worked for the kansas city a 's .
he died at age 75 in metairie , louisiana .
