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Burton Edwin Shotton (October 18, 1884 – July 29, 1962) was an American player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. As manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947; 1948–50), he won two National League pennants and served as Jackie Robinson 's first permanent Major League manager.
Burt Shotton: 92 18 Sam Chapman: 91 19 Taylor Douthit: 90 20 Dom DiMaggio: 89 21 Earle Combs * 88 22 Hy Myers: 87 23 Baby Doll Jacobson: 86 24 Hack Wilson * 84 25 Sam Rice * 80 26 Kenny Lofton: 78 Willie McGee: 78 Lloyd Waner * 78 29 Bill Bruton: 77 Johnny Mostil: 77 Vada Pinson: 77 Ray Powell: 77 33 Ken Griffey Jr. * 76 Garry Maddox: 76 35 ...
Key # Ordinal number in the succession of coaches Prior role, other notes: Previous Cardinal coaching assignment or assignment in another organization: M (Manager), BN (Bench coach), PT (Pitching), BP (Bullpen), H (Hitting), AH (Assistant hitting), 1BC (First base), 3BC (Third base), QC (Quality Control), SA (Special assistant), MI (Coached or managed in minor leagues)
He was replaced first by team coach Ray Blades and then by Burt Shotton, who had managed the team to the 1947 pennant. The Dodgers finished third in the National League after this tumultuous season. The 1948 Dodgers were very much a work in progress, beginning to coalesce into the classic "Boys of Summer" teams of the 1950s.
The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio.They are members of the National League Central Division in Major League Baseball.
42 is a 2013 American biographical sports drama film produced by Howard Baldwin and distributed by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Written and directed by Brian Helgeland, 42 is based on baseball player Jackie Robinson, the first black athlete to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the modern era. [4]
The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was the team's 65th season of play overall and its 58th season of play in the National League (NL) of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Dodgers finished in first place in the National League with a record of 94–60, five games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Previously, Young had agitated for the dismissal of Dodgers manager Burt Shotton, or "KOBS" in Youngspeak. Daily News readers knew that "KOBS" was Young's acronym for "Kindly Old Burt Shotton", and was not intended as a term of endearment.