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Durocher, with Ed Linn, wrote a memoir titled Nice Guys Finish Last, a book that was recently re-published by the University of Chicago Press. Leo Durocher died in 1991 in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 86 and is buried in Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame ...
[1] In the first season after the National League was split into two divisions, the Cubs finished with a record of 92–70, 8 games behind the New York Mets in the newly established National League East. Caustic 64-year-old Leo Durocher was the Cubs manager. The ill-fated season saw the Cubs in first place for 155 days, until mid-September when ...
With the trade of Gamble, who was the starting center fielder in late 1969, and Selma, who was the fourth starter in the starting pitching rotation, Manager Leo Durocher had decisions to make about who would play center, who would play right (Callison's natural position, but the Cubs already had a right fielder in Jim Hickman), and who would be the fourth starting pitcher.
The 1971 Chicago Cubs season was the 100th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, ... 2 Leo Durocher; Coaches 5 Joey Amalfitano 7 Peanuts Lowrey 3 Al Spangler
The 1968 Chicago Cubs season was the 97th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, ... 2 Leo Durocher; Coaches 5 Joey Amalfitano 3 Joe Becker 7 Pete Reiser
In 1969 the Cubs, managed by Leo Durocher, built a substantial lead in the newly created National League Eastern Division by mid-August. Ken Holtzman pitched a no-hitter on August 19, and the division lead grew to 8 1 ⁄ 2 games over the St. Louis Cardinals and by 9 1 ⁄ 2 games over the New York Mets. After the game of September 2, the Cubs ...
After playing his final game on June 27, 1967, Amalfitano became a coach for the Cubs, serving under his first-ever manager, Leo Durocher. He moved back to the Giants as a coach in 1972, then to the San Diego Padres from 1976–77, before rejoining the Cubs as a member of Herman Franks' staff in 1978–79.
December 1, 1971: Ernie Banks was released by the Cubs. [2] January 20, 1972: Johnny Callison was traded by the Cubs to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Jack Aker to the Cubs on May 17. [3] February 14, 1972: Julio González was signed as an amateur free agent by the Cubs. [4]