Walter Alston
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 40 years ago |
Date of birth | December 1,1911 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Venice Township |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Date of died | October 1,1984 |
Died | Oxford |
Ohio | |
United States | |
Hall of fame induction | 1983 |
Books | The Complete Baseball Handbook: Strategies and Techniques for Winning |
Did you know | Walter Alston is the ninth-most-winning Major League Baseball manager, with 2,040 wins. |
Job | Baseball player |
Baseball Manager | |
Nickname | Smokey |
Inducted date | 1983-03-16 15:02:14 |
Game manag | 3,658 |
Win | .558 |
Manageri record | 2,040–1,613 |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 549408 |
Walter Alston Life story
Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball player and manager in Major League Baseball. He is best known for managing the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, and signed 23 one-year contracts with the team.