George Stallings Baseball player

George Tweedy Stallings (November 17, 1867 – May 13, 1929) was an American manager and (briefly) player in Major League Baseball. His most famous achievement – leading the 1914 Boston Braves from last place in mid-July to the National League championship and a World Series sweep of the powerful Philadelphia Athletics – resulted in a nickname he would bear for the rest of his life: "The Miracle Man."

Personal facts

George Stallings
Alias (AKA)Stallings George Tweedy; Stallings George T.
Birth dateNovember 17, 1867
Date of deathMay 13, 1929

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Baseball player

Career startMay 22, 1890
Career endAugust 28, 1898
batting sideRight
former teams
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
position
Catcher
teams
Atlanta Braves
Detroit Tigers
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
New York Yankees
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George Stallings on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/stallge01.shtml
  2. http://www.gshf.org