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    Leo Ernest Durocher (French spelling Léo Ernest Durocher) (/dəˈroʊ.ʃər/; July 27, 1905 – October 7, 1991), nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an...
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    " Jocko Conlan and manager Leo Durocher were both known as colorful characters, and sometimes they would clash. Durocher liked to tell of one unique...
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  • rules footballer Leo Cantor (1919–1995), American NFL football player Leo Chenal (born 2000), American football player Leo Durocher (1905–1991), American...
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    and television shows, and wrote two books. Because of her marriage to Leo Durocher and her involvement with his baseball career, she was known as the "First...
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    Braves manager Bobby Cox holds the record with 162. Cox, John McGraw, and Leo Durocher are the only managers with at least 100 career ejections. Stats updated...
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  • petition refusing to play with Robinson, but manager Leo Durocher rebuffs them. However, Durocher is suspended by Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler...
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  • Jean-Baptiste Durocher (1754–1811), Canadian businessman and politician Joseph Marie Elisabeth Durocher (1817–1860), French geologist Leo Durocher (1905–1991)...
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    New York Yankees (12, 9–3) Joe McCarthy 4–1 Brooklyn Dodgers (3, 0–3) Leo Durocher 1942 St. Louis Cardinals (6, 4–2) Billy Southworth 4–1 New York Yankees...
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  • 258-foot (79 m) right-field fence at the Polo Grounds. Giants manager Leo Durocher, who had managed teams to three National League championships, won his...
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  • Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-11-16. "Leo Durocher Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved...
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    distance in the loss. After the game manager Leo Durocher blamed Young for the loss. Among other things, Durocher said, ``My 3-year-old could have caught those...
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    was released in 2013. That year, he played Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in the historical baseball feature 42. Meloni starred in the 2014 comedy...
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    baseball's most colorful managers, Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Leo Durocher of the Giants. This was the 13th appearance by the Giants in Series play...
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  • Hubert Humphrey, November 23, 1973 (Show #913) Roasters: Foster Brooks, Leo Durocher, Pat Henry, Gene Kelly, Ted Knight, Rich Little, Audrey Meadows, Donald...
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    for the Giants. Midway during the 1948 season Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher left as Dodgers skipper to manage the Giants, not without controversy...
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    George Burns Meets Mister Ed Zsa Zsa Gabor S2.E15 ∙ Zsa Zsa Leo Durocher S4.E1 ∙ Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed Johnny Crawford S6.E2 ∙ Ed a Go-Go Jon Provost...
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    1963 episode of Mister Ed titled "Leo Durocher meets Mister Ed", Ed offers hitting tips to Dodgers coach Leo Durocher ahead of a big game. Curb Your Enthusiasm...
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    winning percentage with .594. Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Durocher and Baker each achieved...
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    Cincinnati Reds Bill McKechnie 100–53 12 Brooklyn Dodgers Leo Durocher 1941 Brooklyn Dodgers Leo Durocher 100–54 2+1⁄2 St. Louis Cardinals Billy Southworth 1942...
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  • by Brooklyn Dodgers manager Leo Durocher in 1946, which was then condensed by journalists. The original quote by Durocher was, "The nice guys are all...
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    reception among newspaper writers and white major league players. Manager Leo Durocher informed his team, "I don't care if he is yellow or black or has stripes...
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    championships while in New York, led by managers John McGraw, Bill Terry, and Leo Durocher. New York-era star players including Christy Mathewson, Carl Hubbell...
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    Only the 1928 Yankees had more, with nine players (including infielder Leo Durocher, inducted based on his subsequent managerial accomplishments) along with...
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    However, it is still sometimes thrown in violation of the rules. In 1942, Leo Durocher, then-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, fined Bobo Newsom for throwing...
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  • spread horror among their rivals. According to one account, shortstop Leo Durocher coined the term. He and his teammates were speaking derisively of the...
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    inning, on April 23, 1999. Both were against Chan Ho Park of the Dodgers. Leo Durocher 1934–1937 Terry Moore 1942–1948 Ken Boyer 1959–1965 Ted Simmons and Reggie...
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    2,125 1,333 29 .615 9/7 11 Walter Alston† 2,040 1,613 5 .558 7/4 12 Leo Durocher† 2,008 1,709 22 .540 3/1 13 Terry Francona* 1,950 1,672 0 .538 3/2 14...
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    off the field on a stretcher nearly a dozen times.[citation needed] Leo Durocher, who was Reiser's first major league manager, reflected many years later...
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  • appeared in four episodes while Willie Mays appeared in three episodes and Leo Durocher once. Musician Harry James and singers Tony Martin and Lesley Gore appeared...
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    Leo Durocher (2) Cookie Lavagetto (2) Gene Moore Goody Rosen (2) Fred Sington Red Evans 1938 Paul Chervinko Dolph Camilli Johnny Hudson Leo Durocher Cookie...
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