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Delmar Wesley Crandall (March 5, 1930 – May 5, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and manager. [1] Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1949 to 1966, most prominently as a member of the Boston / Milwaukee Braves where, he was an eleven-time All-Star player and was a member of the 1957 World Series winning team.
Third base coach Roy McMillan filled in on an interim basis for two games before Triple-A Evansville Triplets manager Del Crandall was brought up to finish the season. [9] [10] Crandall was released on September 28, 1975, with one game left to play. [11] Hitting coach Harvey Kuenn managed the season finale that day. [12]
The trade re-united Aaron with former teammate Del Crandall, who was now managing the Brewers. [66] He signed a two-year contract with the Brewers for $240,000 per year. [68] Playing in the American League allowed Aaron to serve as a designated hitter rather than play in the field. [69]
Del Crandall, a star catcher for the Milwaukee Braves for a decade and the manager who gave teenage Robin Yount a shot, has died at age 91.
Dominican Republic won the tournament with a 4–2 record. The Licey club was guided by manager Del Crandall and led by center fielder and Series MVP Rudy Law, who was joined by fellows Leon Durham (1B), Jerry Dybzinski (SS), Dámaso García (2B), Dennis Lewallyn (P) and Teodoro Martínez (3B) on the Series All-Star team.
Even in the twilight of his 20-year career wearing a Milwaukee Brewers jersey, he was still the 18-year-old kid who Brewers manager Del Crandall dared to start on opening day in 1974. He got quite ...
The 1981 club, powered by sluggers Mike Marshall and Candy Maldonado and managed by Del Crandall, was also a dominant team, winning both halves of the South Division with a 94–38 record and sweeping the Tacoma Rainiers to win their third league title. Their .712 winning percentage was the second-best in PCL history at the time.
September 1 – Manager Del Crandall (59–76 (.437)) was fired on Saturday morning, August 31, [5] succeeded by third base coach Chuck Cottier. [6]First baseman Alvin Davis reached base in each of the first 47 games of his career, and was chosen for his only All-Star Game.