Danny Murtaugh
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Murtaugh's 1949 bowman gum baseball card
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| Second baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: October 8, 1917 Chester, Pennsylvania |
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Died: December 2, 1976 (aged 59) Chester, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 6, 1941, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
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| September 6, 1951, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .254 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 219 | ||
| Managerial record | 1,115–950 | ||
| Winning % | .540 | ||
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Daniel Edward Murtaugh (October 8, 1917 – December 2, 1976) was an American second baseman, manager, front-office executive and coach in Major League Baseball best known for his 29-year association with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a player and manager. He threw and batted right-handed.
A native of Chester, Pennsylvania, Murtaugh played during nine seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies (1941–43, 1946), Boston Braves (1947) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1948–51).
As a rookie, he led the National League in stolen bases with 18. He was a .254 career hitter with eight home runs and 219 RBI in 767 games. His most productive season came in 1948, when he hit .290 and posted career highs in RBI (71), runs (56), doubles (21), triples (5) and games played (146). In 1950 he hit .294, also a career-high.
After retiring as a player, he managed the minor league New Orleans Pelicans and Charleston Senators before returning to the Pirates as a coach (1956 through August 4, 1957). He then succeeded Bobby Bragan as manager and would hold the job for all or parts of 15 seasons over four different terms (1957–64, 1967, 1970–71, 1973–76). Murtaugh guided the team to two World Series championships (1960, 1971) and four Eastern Division titles (1970–71, 1974–75). He first retired after the 1964 season citing health problems, moving up to the Pirate front office evaluating players for general manager Joe L. Brown. However, when his immediate successor as manager, Harry Walker, was fired during the 1967 season, Murtaugh returned as interim manager for the remainder of the season, after which he returned to the front office.
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