George Stallings
American Major League Baseball player, manager
Died when: 61 years 177 days (737 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
George Tweedy Stallings (November 17, 1867 – May 13, 1929) was an American professional baseball catcher and manager.He played in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and Philadelphia Phillies in 1890 and 1897 to 1898 and managed the Phillies, Detroit Tigers, New York Highlanders, and Boston Braves between 1897 and 1920.
Stallings led the 1914 Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics – resulted in a nickname he would bear for the rest of his life: "The Miracle Man."
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