Fred Haney

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Fred Girard "Pudge" Haney was born on April 25, 1898, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Haney was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 18, 1922 with the Detroit Tigers. He spent two seasons with the Red Sox in 1926 and 1927 after the Sox acquired him from Detroit for Tex Vache and Homer Ezzell.

Contents 1 Overall Career 2 Haney's Moments in the Sun 3 Trivia 4 Transactions 5 External Links

Overall Career

Haney had a 7-year career as a third baseman. In 622 games he batted .275 with 8 HR and 228 RBI. Following a career spent mostly as a Tiger third baseman and a long stint in Triple-A, Haney began managing. He was with the Browns in 1939, but they had a club-record 111 losses and was replaced early in 1941. He turned to broadcasting games for the Hollywood Stars (Pacific Coast League) in 1943-48, then managed the club to two pennants in four seasons. That success earned him major league jobs with the St. Louis Browns (1939-1941), Pittsburgh Pirates (1953-1955) and Milwaukee Braves (1956-1959).

He was called a conservative manager and was once hung in effigy by Milwaukee fans during a pennant-winning campaign. He later broadcast NBC-TV's Game of the Week, and served as GM of the expansion Los Angeles Angels.

Haney's Moments in the Sun

• August 16, 1926: In the second game of a doubleader with the Browns, two Red Sox players -- Alex Gaston in the 2nd‚ and Fred Haney in 6th -- triple with the bases loaded. This is the first time it's been done in the AL‚ and ties the ML record.
• Managed the World Series Champion Milwaukee Braves in 1957.

Trivia

• Won his first 11 games as a manager with the Milwaukee Braves in 1956.

Transactions

• December 9, 1925: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Boston Red Sox for Tex Vache and Homer Ezzell.
• July 12, 1927: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Boston Red Sox.

External Links

• Baseball-Reference.com - Career Statistics and Analysis