Buzzy Wares
| Buzzy Wares | ||
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Runs batted in | 24 | |
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Clyde Ellsworth "Buzzy" Wares (March 23, 1886 – May 26, 1964) was an American Major League Baseball shortstop during the second decade of the 20th century and a longtime coach in the Majors. Born in Newberg Township, Michigan, Wares attended Kalamazoo College. He stood 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) (178 cm), weighed 160 pounds (72.6 kg), and threw and batted right-handed.
Wares played only one month and one full season of Major League ball. He came to the
runs batted in. His manager, however, was Branch Rickey, and when Rickey was the general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League, he hired Wares as a coach in 1930. Wares would remain on the Redbirds' staff through 1952, a string of 23 consecutive seasons, during which time St. Louis won seven NL pennants and five World Series
. Wares worked under eight different Cardinal managers in that span.
During his
minor league playing career (1905–20), Wares twice led his league in fielding percentage, although he did commit a league-leading 107 errors in 224 games played for Oakland of the Pacific Coast League in 1910. That season, however, Wares led the PCL with 790 assists, and had 1,287 total chances, for a fielding percentage
of .917.
Buzzy Wares died at age 78 in South Bend, Indiana.
See also
References
- Spink, J.G. Taylor, ed., The Baseball Register. St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1949.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference
- Buzzy Wares at Find a Grave
