Red Schoendienst Death
Red passed away on June 6, 2018 at the age of 95 in Town and Country, Missouri, United States.
When did Red Schoendienst die?
June 6, 2018How old was Red Schoendienst when died?
95Where did Red Schoendienst die? What was the location of death?
Town and Country, Missouri, United States
Red Schoendienst Birthday and Date of Death
Red Schoendienst was born on February 2, 1923 and died on June 6, 2018. Red was 95 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 2, 1923
Date of Death: June 6, 2018
Age at Death: 95
Red Schoendienst - Biography
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (/ˈʃeɪndiːnst/; born February 2, 1923) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) coach, and former player and manager. An outstanding second baseman, he played for 19 years with the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–56, 1961–63), New York Giants (1956–57) and Milwaukee Braves (1957–60), and was named to 10 All Star teams. He then managed the Cardinals from 1965 through 1976, the second-longest managerial tenure in the team's history (behind Tony La Russa). Under his direction, St. Louis won the 1967 and 1968 National League pennants and the 1967 World Series, and he was named National League Manager of the Year in both 1967 and 1968. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Schoendienst remains with the Cardinals as a special assistant coach; as of 2015 he has worn a Major League uniform as a player, coach, or manager for 70 consecutive seasons.
In 1947, Schoendienst married the former Mary Eileen O'Reilly who died in 1999, after 52 years of marriage. The Schoendiensts had four children. He also had ten grandchildren (though two predeceased him), and seven great-grandchildren. At the time of his death, Schoendienst lived in Town and Country, Missouri, a western suburb of St. Louis, and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals.
On November 13, 2017, Schoendienst, 94, became the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame when Bobby Doerr died at 99, and the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team. He was also the last living member of the Cardinals team that won the 1946 World Series, opposing Doerr's Boston Red Sox team. There are no living players who played on an earlier World Series-winning team. He said of Doerr, "I didn't want him to go."
