| By The Associated Press |
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A look at the honorees to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame: --- ed all nine Texas batters he faced for his final save. --- DICK WILLIAMS: Born May 7, 1929, in St. Louis. ... 18th manager selected to Hall of Fame. ... Managed six teams in 21-year career, winning World Series with Oakland Athletics in 1972 and 1973. ... Won American League pennant with the Boston Red Sox in 1967 and National League pennant with San Diego in 1984. ... Also had tours with the California Angels and Montreal Expos. ... Managed 3,023 games with a 1,571-1,451 record for a .520 winning percentage. ... Only the fourth manager from his era to be enshrined, along with Earl Weaver of the Baltimore Orioles, Sparky Anderson of the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers, and Tommy Lasorda of the Dodgers. ... Retired in 1988. --- ed the Braves until they left for Atlanta after the 1965 season. ... In 1970 began covering the Brewers for three years. ... Moved to the Boston Globe in 1973, covering the Red Sox World Series runs in 1975 and 1986, as well as several Celtics playoff games. ... Three-time chairman of the Boston Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. ... In 1971 created ``The Black List'' of African-American reporters and copy editors, which he developed to assist sports editors in helping hire black journalists. ... Retired from the Globe in 2004. ... Died June 15, 2007, of complications from Parkinson's disease. --- l. --- ittsburgh. --- Gallagher and was named the NL's legal counsel. ... In 1969 became fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball. ... Endured five work stoppages in a long struggle with players union leader Marvin Miller. ... Created League Championship Series in 1969 and enacted the designated hitter rule in the American League. ... Maneuvered to create the Hall of Fame's Committee on Negro League Veterans. ... Helped make baseball an Olympic sport. ... Suspended Braves owner Ted Turner for tampering, Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign funding, and Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays for consorting with a casino. ... Inked an unprecedented dual-network contract with ABC and NBC and spurred creation of the weekly highlight show ``This Week in Baseball,'' hiring host Mel Allen to narrate it. ... Brought World Series games to weeknight television but kept weekend games during the day. ... Dismissed as commissioner in 1982. ... Wrote a memoir, ``Hardball,'' counseled the International Baseball Association, and regularly read to AIDS patients at a New York City hospital. ... Died March 15, 2007. --- .. Worked on baseball internationally, beginning with a team tour of Japan in 1956. ... Died Aug. 9, 1979. --- BILLY SOUTHWORTH: Born March 9, 1893, at Harvard, Neb. ... Broke into the major leagues as an outfielder with the Cleveland Naps in 1913 and played for the Pirates, Braves, and Giants before being acquired by the Cardinals in 1926. ... Hit .317 in 1926 and helped lead the Cardinals to the city's first World Series title. ... Named Cardinals manager for 1929, then won three straight pennants at Rochester of the International League. ... Served as a scout for the Cardinals and in 1935 discovered future Hall of Famer Enos Slaughter. ... In 1940 returned as manager of the Cardinals. ... In five full seasons and parts of two others with the Cardinals compiled a .642 winning percentage and won three straight NL championships. ... Defeated the New York Yankees in the 1942 World Series and the crosstown rival Browns in the 1944 ``Streetcar Series.'' ... His St. Louis teams, led by Hall of Famer Stan Musial, won 106, 105 and 105 games from 1942-44, the only time in major league history a team has won 105 or more games three straight years. His second-place teams won 97 in 1941 and 95 in 1945. ... Was one of the first managers to change pitchers in the middle of the eighth and ninth innings. ... After the 1945 season left to manage the Boston Braves, winning the 1948 pennant with pitching aces Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain. ... In six of his nine full seasons, Southworth's teams won 90 or more games and reached the World Series four times. ... Had a career record of 1,044 wins and 704 losses, a .597 winning percentage, fifth all-time. ... Died Nov. 15, 1969. |
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