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Hardscrabble Childhood. Leo Ernest Durocher was born on July 25, 1905 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, the son of George Durocher, a railroad worker. Durocher stopped attending school regularly when he was around age twelve and spent a lot of time as a youth hanging out in local pool halls, becoming a consummate pool player and local pool ...
Jan 16, 2020 · Leo "The Lip" Durocher was a big name in baseball for decades, and was named to the Hall of Fame in 1994 after his death. Durocher grew up in a French-speaking family in Massachusetts . He wasn't one for school, preferring to frequent local pool halls as a teenager but also building a reputation as a formidable semi-pro baseball player in spite ...
Jun 9, 2007 · Six seasons later, MacPhail and Durocher met again, resulting in the suspension of Leo Durocher. Born July 27, 1905, in West Springfield, MA, Durocher reached the majors in 1925, playing two games with the New York Yankees. Durocher spent the next two seasons in the minors, playing in Atlanta and St. Paul. In 1928, he rejoined the Yankees for ...
Oct 8, 1991 · Leo Ernest Durocher was born July 27, 1905, to a railroad family in West Springfield, Mass. In high school, he hustled pool-a vocation that was to color his reputation the rest of his life.
Oct 8, 1991 · Leo Ernest Durocher was born in West Springfield, Mass., on July 27, 1905. He reached the major leagues briefly in 1925 and then for good in 1928 with the Yankees. He left, bidding a grumpy ...
Leo Durocher became the Dodgers' player/manager in 1939 and would go on to manage four teams, including the Giants, Cubs and Astros, over 24 seasons. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) In 1942, Brooklyn won 104 games but fell two games short of the pennant as the Cardinals began a streak of three straight World Series appearances.
Sep 30, 1973 · In early September, the Boston Globe’s Peter Gammons reported that “even people within the Houston organization say Leo Durocher is gone as manager.”9 But as of September 30, Durocher’s departure was only a rumor, and he once more donned Houston’s gray and orange road uniform and prepared for a potential date with history, courtesy of ...
