RIP Whitey Herzog

Obligatory "I didn't know he was still alive" goes here.

 

this one sucks.

 

Horrible news. But a baseball life in full. RIP.

 

This one really hits home. What a baseball man. What a man.

 

had a bad feeling when he was not at the home opener ceremonies. But 92 is a hell of a ride and he had a great time doing it. Dude built his own house.

 

Still haven't gotten over '85.

This is kind of cool:

 

Whitey the player.

Code:

                                                                                    
Year    Age   Tm   G   PA   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS  BB SOV   BA  OBP  SLG  OPS
1956     24  WSH 117  465  421  49 103 13  7  4  35  8  5  35  74 .245 .302 .337 .639
1961     29  BAL 113  377  323  39  94 11  6  5  35  1  4  50  41 .291 .387 .409 .795
1962     30  BAL  99  312  263  34  70 13  1  7  35  2  3  41  36 .266 .369 .403 .772
1960     28  KCA  83  295  252  43  67 10  2  8  38  0  1  40  32 .266 .364 .417 .781
1958     26  TOT  96  119  101  11  23  1  2  0   9  0  3  17  26 .228 .336 .277 .613
1959     27  KCA  38  158  123  25  36  7  1  1   9  1  0  34  23 .293 .446 .390 .836
1958     26  KCA  88  113   96  11  23  1  2  0   9  0  3  16  21 .240 .345 .292 .637
1963     31  DET  52   66   53   5   8  2  1  0   7  0  0  11  17 .151 .303 .226 .529
1957     25  WSH  36   93   78   7  13  3  0  0   4  1  2  13  12 .167 .301 .205 .506
1958     26  WSH   8    6    5   0   0  0  0  0   0  0  0   1   5 .000 .167 .000 .167
8 Yr   8 Yr 8 Yr 634 1885 1614 213 414 60 20 25 172 13 18 241 261 .257 .354 .365 .719

 

"Whiteyball" LOL

and just one day after Jackie Robinson Day...

 

If you’d given me a guess at what year he died, I’d have been off by about 30 years.

 

The White Rat to his rest. RIP.

 

I can't think of a team better built for a ballpark than the 1980s Cardinals and Astroturfed Busch Stadium. And Whitey used that advantage to his advantage. When I think of great St. Louis managers, it's Schoendienst, Herzog and LaRussa in that order. RIP.

 

a genius-level IQ, at least according to the U.S. Army