Red Schoendienst
MLB debut April 17, 1945 for the St. Louis Cardinals Last MLB appearance July 7, 1963 for the St. Louis Cardinals Career statistics Batting average .289 Hits 2,449 Runs batted in 773 Teams As player St. Louis Cardinals (1945–1956) New York Giants (1956–1957) Milwaukee Braves (1957–1960) St. Louis Cardinals (1961–1963) As manager St. Louis Cardinals (1965–1976, 1980, 1990) Career highlights and awards 10× All-Star (1946, 1948–1955, 1957) 5× World Series champion (1946, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1982) NL stolen base champion (1945) St. Louis Cardinals #2 retired St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1989 Election Method Veterans Committee Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (/ˈʃeɪndiːnst/; born February 2, 1923) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager. An outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–56, 1961–63), New York Giants (1956–57) and Milwaukee Braves (1957–60), and was named to 10 All Star teams. He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976, the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history (behind Tony La Russa). Under his direction, St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series, and he was named National League Manager of the Year in both 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Schoendienst remains with the Cardinals as a special assistant coach; as of 2014 he has worn a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager for 69 consecutive seasons.