Red Corriden
Red Corriden | |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 8, 1910, for the St. Louis Browns | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 15, 1915, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .205 |
Home runs | 6 |
Runs batted in | 47 |
Teams | |
As player
As coach
As manager | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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John Michael "Red" Corriden (September 4, 1887 – September 28, 1959) was an American player, coach, manager, and scout in Major League Baseball. A shortstop and third baseman in his playing days, Corriden appeared in 223 big league games with the St. Louis Browns (1910), Detroit Tigers (1912) and Chicago Cubs (1913–15), batting .205 with 131 hits. He was born in Logansport, Indiana.
Involvement in 1910 controversy
He had an important role in the 1910 Chalmers Award batting title controversy. When playing third base, he was ordered by catcher Jack O'Connor to play back, giving Nap Lajoie a good chance to beat out bunts for hits that could help win the award for Lajoie instead of the widely hated Ty Cobb, who had been leading in the batting average race prior to the last-day's doubleheader, .385 to .376.
Minor league manager, MLB coach
After his playing career ended, Corriden coached and managed in the
The Yankees' "raiding" of Corriden and
White Sox manager
Corriden left the Yankees after the 1948 season. He began 1950 in the familiar role of coach for the Chicago White Sox when his only MLB managing chance occurred. On May 26, 1950, with the Sox only 8–22 and last in the American League, skipper Jack Onslow was dismissed and Corriden, 62 years old at the time, finished out the season. Under Corriden, the White Sox won only 52 of 124 games, but climbed two places, finishing sixth. He returned to the Dodgers in 1951, as a scout. His son, John M. Jr., an outfielder in professional baseball, had a brief big-league trial as a pinch runner with Brooklyn in 1946.
Managerial record
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
CWS | 1950 | 124 | 52 | 72 | .419 | 6th in AL | – | – | – | – |
Total | 124 | 52 | 72 | .419 | 0 | 0 | – |
Death
Red Corriden died in
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Retrosheet
- The Deadball Era