I think it's pretty safe to assume that he could have won the pennant like Yogi did that year as well, maybe even without the difficulty Yogi had in doing so. He was the most underrated manager in Yankees history. He died from natural causes at age 90. His father, George J. Houk, raised cattle and farmed 160 acres of land in Kanwaka, Kansas, about eight miles east of Lawrence. When Houk retired from managing permanently in October 1984, just after his 65th birthday, he bequeathed the core of another pennant winning ballclub (in this case, the 1986 Red Sox) to his successor, John McNamara. Buried: Rolling Hills Cemetery, Winter Haven, FL High School: Lawrence HS (Lawrence, KS) Debut: April 26, 1947 (Age 27-260d, 7,982nd in MLB history) Then, after the Yanks lost the 1960 World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates—and with Houk one of the hottest managerial candidates in baseball—the Yankees "discharged" Stengel (to use Stengel's own words) and promoted Houk. In 1963, the Yanks won 104 games and rolled to the pennant, but were swept in four games by the Dodgers in the Series. Following three highly successful seasons at Denver, culminating with the 1957 league playoff and Junior World Series championships, Houk returned to the Bronx as Stengel's first-base coach from 1958 to 1960. [5] The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, of which Houk is a member, describes Houk as "rough, blunt and decisive" and his tantrums in arguments with umpires earned him 45 ejections as a manager in the majors. If only he could have waited a couple more years; the Red Sox would win the AL Pennant in 1986 but lose the World Series thanks to questionable tactics by manager John McNamara. The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer John McGraw, who managed the team for one year and part of a second before becoming manager of the New York Giants. He compiled a 1,619 win, 1,531 loss career regular season managerial record. When they won only four of the first 20 games of 1966, Houk fired Keane on May 7 and named himself manager, assuming that job for the second time. Ralph Houk is inducted in the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, and lives in retirement in Winter Haven , Florida . (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Created July 5, 2006. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) Died: July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, FL. Back in the Bronx in 1966, he inched above league average. Could Andrew Miller have won the 2017 ALCS? Ralph’s mother was Emma A. The other two-time winners not in the Hall are Ralph Houk, Danny Murtagh, Tom Kelly and Bill Carrigan, a player/manager on the winning Red Sox in 1915 and 1916. After two years of retirement, in the autumn of 1980, Houk, now 61, was ready to get back into baseball. 5-11, 193lb (180cm, 87kg) Born: August 9, 1919 in Lawrence, KS us. His best season was 1970, when the Yanks won 93 games, but finished 15 games behind the eventual World Series champion Baltimore Orioles. Ford's best seasons came in 1961 and 1963, in the midst of a stretch of five straight AL pennants for the Yankees, when manager Ralph Houk began using a four-man rotation instead of five. Ralph George Houk (August 9, 1919 - July 21, 2010) had a highly successful career in Major League Baseball, despite playing only 91 games as the New York Yankees backup catcher behind Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. Houk was Bouton's first big league manager and sparred with him over contracts when Houk was the Yankees' GM. The question comes now: Is Ralph Houk a Hall-of-Fame manager? The early 1960s Yankees responded to Houk's leadership; the 1961 team led by Roger Maris (61 home runs), Mickey Mantle (54 homers) and Whitey Ford (25 victories) won 109 games and beat the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the World Series. From late May through early June 1960, Houk served as acting manager of the Yanks for 13 games while Stengel, 70, was sidelined by illness. You never hear anyone talk about Houk the way they do about Casey Stengel, Joe McCarthy, Miller Huggins or Billy Martin. 2029 Signed on March 16, 1985 just six months after Houk’s last managerial job with the Red Sox, the check provides the signatures of two men important to baseball history. The He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as the manager of the New York Yankees from 1961–63, when he won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961–62 World Series championships. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info Ralph was working his way through the Yankees minor league system when World War II broke out and he served four years in the Army, earning a Bronze Star and Silver Star. His 1962 club won 96 games, and were victorious over the San Francisco Giants in seven games in the Fall Classic. In 1955 he was named manager of the Yanks' Triple-A affiliate, the Denver Bears of the American Association. Ralph Houk. @MearnsPSA By choosing I Accept, you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. on Jul 21, 2010, 10:36pm EDT What if Houk had stayed with the Yanks past 1973 to the late '70s and possible championship years? After his first three championship seasons, he never appeared in the postseason.[12]. Arthur Kohler: Former football and basketball coach at Southwestern College, Sterling College, Coffeyville and … Keane, a longtime minor league manager, was better suited by temperament for managing young players than established and aging superstars, and his hiring was a failure. New York Yankees @ Baltimore Orioles: Corey Kluber vs. Dean Kremer, NYY @ BAL: Domingo Germán vs. Jorge López, NYY vs. TB: Jameson Taillon vs. Rich Hill, New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Gerrit Cole vs. Collin McHugh, NYY vs. TB: Jordan Montgomery vs. Luis Patiño, Baserunning has been worse for the Yankees than you might realize, The Yankees’ outfield defense has been a problem, Yankees option Miguel Andujar back to Triple-A Scranton. RALPH G. HOUK, 90 Major League Baseball Player/Manager WINTER HAVEN - Mr. Ralph G. Houk, age 90, died of Winter Haven died of heart failure Wednesday (July 21, … Ralph Houk dies at 90; Yankees manager won World Series in first 2 seasons 1 / 53 Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame Pitcher Bob Feller died December 15, he was 92. FanPosts are user-created content and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Pinstripe Alley writing staff or SB Nation. Tommy Lasorda, a Baseball Hall of Fame manager, briefly played for Houk at Denver and called Houk the best handler of men he ever played for, and modeled his managerial style on him. On his watch, Boston broke in young players Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, Bruce Hurst and Marty Barrett. Position: Manager. Colorful opinions about Houk can be found in Jim Bouton's classic 1970 memoir, Ball Four. Murtaugh probably would be in the Hall of Fame, had he not been forced to resign every few years to recover his health. [13], List of Major League Baseball managers by wins, https://www.baseballinwartime.com/player_biographies/houk_ralph.htm, "Lucky to Be Yankee and Lucky to Be Alive", "Ralph Houk, Yankees Manager, Dies at 90", "Cox's favorite tune: Take me out of the ballgame! Ralph Houk died today at the age of 90, and the Yankees organization thus suffered a third tough blow in just a fortnight. Houk is tied with Billy Martin for fourteenth place on baseball's "most ejected" list.[6]. Ralph Houk Stats. Ralph George Houk (/ˈhaʊk/; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Among this group of fine managers, Ralph Houk and Danny Murtaugh, who won two World Series apiece, came closest to meeting the standards of a Hall of Fame manager, although they fell short of that standard. ... Ralph Houk 1619-1531, 20 years. During his last five years as a major-league player (1950–1954), Houk played in only 31 regular-season games, made 30 total plate appearances, and caught 83 innings. The low point came in 1975, when Houk's team lost 102 games, but the 1976 Tigers improved their record by 14 games behind the heroics of rookie pitcher Mark Fidrych, who won 19 games while becoming a national sensation. champion trapshooter. After the '73 season, he left because he couldn't stand absorbing the boos from the frustrated Yankees fans any longer, and it's likely that he was concerned about new owner George Steinbrenner's tactics. Pinstripe Alley, a New York Yankees community, By Andrew Mearns Ralph Houk, who guided the powerhouse New York Yankees of the early 1960s to two World Series championships during his 20 years as a big league manager, died Wednesday. Ralph Houk. But Houk rose to the challenge, and in four seasons produced three over-.500 teams. View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen. Houk was known as a "player's manager" — albeit one with a quick temper. The Hall of Fame manager -- meaning a Hall of Famer who's in primarily for or solely because of his managerial accomplishments ... (Ralph Houk and Danny Murtaugh). He was a terrific manager, guiding the Yankees to back-to-back World Series titles (in his first two years as a manager) in 1961 & 1962. What if he hadn't left the Tigers and Red Sox when he did? A right-handed hitter listed as 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and 193 pounds (88 kg), Houk played in only 91 games over eight seasons (1947–1954), finishing with a batting average of .272. I don't think it's hard to argue that Houk was a better manager than Bucky Harris. The veteran club (its 1973 roster averaged 31.8 years of age[10]) had won the AL East in 1972 under Billy Martin, but was in need of replacing its longtime stars, including Hall of Famer Al Kaline, with younger talent. The left-hander returned to the rebuilding Yankees the following year as manager Ralph Houk’s new first base coach. "And he did, bringing in Catfish and Reggie, " Houk told Madden in the sportswriter's book Pride of October. Houk was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 26, 1947, with the New York Yankees. Perhaps his best comparison is Bucky Harris. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. On July 22 the Yankees announced players and coaches would wear a black armband in Houk's memory on the left sleeve of their home and away uniforms for the remainder of the 2010 season. View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject. Although not as daunting as his Detroit assignment, Houk faced another rebuilding job: the powerful Boston team of the 1970s was about to lose marquee players such as Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn and needed to retool its roster. And the next year his Yankees led the AL in free passes. Cara of "Fame" fame Hiller’s manager in 1974 wasn’t always a prolific intentional walker. Houk was known as a "player's manager"—albeit one with a quick temper. Ralph Houk. Let’s look at that list of five three-pennant managers NOT in Cooperstown: Bruce Bochy: he won three World Series in five years with the Giants this century and he will be elected to the Hall of Fame when his name first appears on a ballot. Whitey Ford retired with the Yankees on May 30, 1967, with a franchise-high 236 victories. His win percentage may have been .514, but he managed longer than all but 19 managers in major league history. Would Houk have taken Buckner out? James Mutrie 658-419, 9 years. the first game i ever saw was in august,1963 as the yanks beat baltimore on 2 johnny blanchard home runs. [9] But the great postwar Yankee dynasty was aged and crumbling, the farm system had seriously deteriorated, and the Kansas City Athletics were no longer a reliable source for Major League talent. He previously worked for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY, and worked for Major League Baseball as a web producer. He was a combat veteran of Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge, and was awarded the Silver Star with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star with an Oak Leaf Cluster and Purple Heart.[2][3]. Ralph George Houk (/ ˈ h aʊ k /; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball.He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships. When Ralph Houk, 65, retired as Boston's manager at the close of the 1984 season, the Red Sox approached the Angels about McNamara's availability for the opening; he and Haywood Sullivan, the Red Sox' chief executive officer and co-owner, had managed … Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. While the team was rebuilding and CBS was sucking the energy out of the ownership of the organization, Houk took a rough hit to his winning percentage during this time from '66-'73, though he was able to help a mediocre 1970 team overachieve to 93 wins and a 2nd place finish behind powerhouse Baltimore. Houk even said that Steinbrenner insisted he'd get some new players to restore the team's greatness. With the Yankees from 1961-1963, he was always below league average, and his Yankees were last in the AL in 1963. Houk's name had been linked by the media with the Boston Red Sox' managerial job since his days as a Yankees' coach. (Schael) Houk; he had two older brothers, Harold M. and Russell V., an older sister, Hazel, and a younger brother, Clifford. Houk served with the Minnesota Twins as a special assistant to general manager Andy MacPhail, Lee's son, from 1987–1989 before retiring from the game for good. After the final game of 1973, he resigned as manager. He worked for George Steinbrenner for one season, in 1973, and was the Bombers' manager during their final game in 1973 at the "original" Yankee Stadium prior to its closure for two years for renovation. What if he had stayed in the dugout in '64? His final record, over 20 years with the Yankees (1961–1963, 1966–1973), Tigers (1974–1978) and Red Sox (1981–1984) was 1,619 wins and 1,531 losses (.514), plus eight wins and eight losses in the World Series. Walter Johnson: All-time major league baseball strike-out leader from Humboldt. Group Three—the 1970s To succeed Berra, he then hired Johnny Keane, who had just resigned as manager of the champion Cardinals. He served stints as manager of the Detroit Tigers (1974 to 1978), and Boston Red Sox from 1981 to 1984. On October 11, 1973—less than two weeks after Houk left the Yankee organization—he became the manager of the rebuilding Detroit Tigers. He was survived by a daughter, Donna; a son, Robert; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Ralph Houk dies at 90. Broward County Sports Hall of Fame/Sports Development Office ... Ralph Houk, Baseball Ray Hudson, Soccer Jobie Hughes, Soccer H. Wayne Huizenga, Panthers/Marlins/Dolphins Stefan Humphries, Football Ryan Hunter-Reay, Motorsports (Auto Racing) Steven J. Hutchinson, Football (The team won 7 and lost 6.) Ah well, that's life. Unfortunately, the lean years of the late '60s and early '70s would soon follow. ... Houk managed a handful of Hall of Famers in New York, but Kubek said he was an integral part of the team’s success. The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, of which Houk is a member, describes Houk as "rough, blunt and decisive" and his tantrums in arguments with umpires earned him 45 ejections as a manager in the majors. Born: August 9, 1919 Died: July 21, 2010 Connection to Kansas: Born in Lawrence Achievement: Ralph Houk was a Major Leauge Baseball player for the New York Yankees who won six World Series championships and would later serve 20 seasons as manager of the Yankees, the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox. Houk was known as a "player's manager"—albeit one with a quick temper. [7] He thus enjoyed one additional world championship season, when the Twins defeated the Cardinals in the 1987 World Series. Yogi would win the 1964 pennant after a summer-long struggle with the Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox, but Houk and the Yankee ownership quickly became disenchanted with Berra's work and in late August they made up their mind to fire him regardless of how the season turned out. However, once an opening emerged in Boston after Don Zimmer was fired, he accepted a job offer to manage the once-enemy Red Sox in 1981. A star athlete in high school, he was signed by the Yankees as a catcher in 1939. Later, Houk said that the Yankee brain trust had concluded Berra wasn't ready to be a manager, though he didn't elaborate on the reasoning.[8]. At age 90 he was, at the time, the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team. He died on July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, Florida, just nineteen days before he would have turned 91. Houk (eventually succeeded as general manager by Lee MacPhail) thus began a second, and far less successful, term as Yankee manager, finishing the 1966 season. [4] By 1953 he had transitioned to becoming the Yankees' full-time bullpen coach, effectively beginning his managerial apprenticeship. Their talent and farm system both depleted, the Yankees finished in last place for the first time since 1912. Houk moved into the Yankees' front office as general manager on October 23, 1963,[7] replacing Roy Hamey, and Berra, at the end of his playing career, became the Yanks' new manager. His Hall of Fame case never gained any momentum, and while the numbers are short of Hall standards, he could be a sentimental, anti-steroid choice for the Modern Baseball committee. Besides Ford, the 1968 Yankees coaches included Frank Crosetti, Jim Turner and Jim Hegan. Emulated Ralph Houk Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame's 2020 class (2 wds.) Houk is tied with Billy Martinfor fourteenth place o… Last Friday, in the Star, Dave Perkins wrote that Cito belongs in the Hall of Fame. ", "Notes: His biggest mistake was Yogi, Houk says", "Yankees plan to honor late manager Ralph Houk", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Houk&oldid=1018228000, United States Army personnel of World War II, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 16 April 2021, at 22:21. We may never know. By 1978, Houk had restored Detroit to respectability and its first winning record since 1973, bringing to the team future stars of the Sparky Anderson Tigers such as Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell and Jack Morris. Houk was named as the Twins' vice president in November 1986. [1] He rose to the rank of Major (the source of his Yankees nickname). 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Houk was portrayed by Bruce McGill in the 2001 film 61*. Houk fired Keane and went back to the dugout to guide the team during these rough years. Returning to baseball after the war, Houk eventually reached the major leagues, serving as the Yankees' second- and third-string catcher behind Yogi Berra. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Ralph Houk managed the Red Sox for four seasons, from 1981-1984, before retiring at 65. Houk managed a handful of Hall of Famers ... stadium. He kept them in contention for the next 5 years before retiring for good after 1984 at the age of 64. Died: July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, FL. Danny Murtaugh 1115-950, 15 years. His win percentage may have been .514, but he managed longer than all but 19 managers in major league history. Ralph Houk. 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