George Stallings

Catcher / Manager

Born: November 17, 1867
Augusta, Georgia

Died: May 13, 1929 (aged 61)
Haddock, Georgia

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

May 22, 1890, for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms

Last MLB appearance

August 28, 1898, for the Philadelphia Phillies

MLB statistics

Batting average

.100

Home runs

Runs batted in

Games managed

1,813

Managerial record

879–898

Winning %

.495

Teams

As player

Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1890)
Philadelphia Phillies (1897–1898)

As manager

Career highlights and awards

World Series champion (1914)

As player

As manager

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."

He was born on November 17, 1867 in Atlanta. Stallings graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1886. He entered medical school, but was instead offered a contract by Harry Wright, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies. He was cut in spring training. Stallings was a mediocre player: he appeared in only seven major league games as a catcher, first baseman and outfielder with Brooklyn (1890) and the Phillies (1897–98) and had only two hits in 20 at-bats, hitting a weak .100. As a manager, he had a mixed major league resume prior to 1914: a poor record with the Phillies (1897–98), then mild successes in the American League with the Detroit Tigers (1901) and New York Highlanders (1909–10). In the minor leagues, he managed the 1895 Nashville Seraphs to win the Southern League pennant; he also played an infield position on the team. He also managed Detroit before it became a major league team in part of 1896 and from the end of 1898 through its becoming a charter member of the American League.

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