Saturday, 21 December 2024

Bucky Harris

Contest: The US Athletic Hall of Fame - Coaches 2024
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Sport(s): Baseball
Statistics: 2 World Series Championships (1924 & 1947)
2,158-2,219 MLB Record
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Member of the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor
While Bucky Harris was still the Washington Senators' second baseman, he was also named their manager going into the 1924 season. Harris, who was only 27, took the Senators to their first (and only in D.C.) World Series title and Harris' play had a huge part in that. Harris brought Washington back to the World Series in 1925, but the result differed as the Senators lost to Pittsburgh.

Harris was let go after 1928, Washington's first losing record under Harris, and he moved to the struggling Detroit Tigers, but he only had one winning year in the five there. After a one-year job as Boston's manager, he returned to D.C. for eight years, but they just did not have the horses to compete. Let go again; he had a brief turn as the Philadelphia Phillies manager, but it was short-lived as he balked at Phillies' owner, William Cox's constant interference, and he was fired. Harris got the last laugh as he testified on Cox's gambling, which got him banned from the game.

After a successful stint running the minor league Buffalo Bisons, Harris was called by Jacob Ruppert to manage his club, the New York Yankees. Harris won his second World Series with the Joe DiMaggio led team, but the impatient Ruppert released Harris when New York failed to repeat.

Harris returned to Washington for five years and had another two back with Detroit.

We are proud to nominate Bucky Harris for the United States Athletic Hall of Fame.

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