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Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (/ d ə ˈ r oʊ. ʃ ər /; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder.
Feb 14, 2017 · Leo Durocher made the cover of Time magazine just once: the April 14, 1947, issue. Published the day before Jackie Robinson broke into the major leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Time article did not cast the Dodgers’ manager in a kind light.
Leo Durocher. Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman. Bats: Right • Throws: Right. 5-10 , 160lb (178cm, 72kg) Born: July 27, 1905 in West Springfield, MA. Died: October 7, 1991 in Palm Springs, CA. Buried: Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA.
Over 24 years as a skipper for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros, Durocher won 2,008 total games, three pennants and a World Series. But it was Durocher’s banter with umpires, executives and players that earned him his eternal reputation as “The Lip.”.
Jan 4, 2012 · His frank assessment of African American baseball talent remains a simple, if coarse, endorsement of the American belief in meritocracy. He stood in the third-base coach’s box for one of baseball’s most memorable home runs, Bobby Thomson’s 1951 “Shot Heard ’Round the World” off Ralph Branca.
Jun 19, 2024 · Leo Durocher (born July 27, 1905, West Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died October 7, 1991, Palm Springs, California) was an American professional baseball player and manager. Durocher played minor-league baseball for three years before joining the New York Yankees in 1928.
Aug 10, 2014 · The Astros’ new skipper was a light-hitting infielder who played for the Yankees, Reds, Cardinals, and Dodgers. As a player, he won a World Series with the New York Yankees in 1928 and another with the St. Louis Cardinals Gashouse Gang in 1934. Durocher took over as player-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1939.
Leo Durocher, perhaps major league baseball's best example of the win-at-all-costs manager, one who viewed the game not as a challenging pastime for talented athletes but as a sports relative...
Apr 27, 2017 · Leo Durocher: Baseball’s Prodigal Son. by Paul Dickson. Bloomsbury Publishing. Durocher, born in Massachusetts to French Canadian parents, has had many nicknames through his career — Frenchy, “the All-American Out,” and a great number of four-letter ones. But “Leo the Lip” seemed to fit him best.
Oct 8, 1991 · Leo Durocher, one of baseball’s controversial characters, died Monday of natural causes at Desert Hospital in Palm Springs. He was 86. Nobody ever accused Leo Durocher of being a nice guy,...
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