Oct. 20, 1964 - Red Schoendienst (pictured), the National League’s premier second baseman for more than a decade, was named manager of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals today, replacing Johnny Keane.
Schoendienst, 41, has been a Cardinal coach three years. He has spent all but four of his 22 years in baseball with St. Louis.
The move pointed up a surprising reorganization of the Cardinals, who last Thursday won the World Series from the New York Yankees. Keane resigned the following day because of “a lot of little things, none of them important.” He replaced Yogi Berra as the Yankee manager only two hours before Schoendienst was named by the Cards.
Schoendienst’s appointment ended speculation that Leo Durocher would get the post.
The terms of the contract for Schoendienst were not announced immediately.
August Busch Jr., club president, said Schoendienst had been the unanimous choice of the six-man administrative committee. Besides Busch, the committee included Stan Musial, vice president; Richard Meyer, executive vice president; Bob Howsam, general manager, and Jim Conzelman and Mark Eagleton, board members.
Howsam said Musial, probably Schoendienst’s best friend, would work closely with the new manager.
Albert (Red) Schoendienst, a slender, freckle-faced man from Germantown, Ill., began in the Cardinal chain at Union City, Tenn., in 1942.
He joined the parent club in 1945 and was the league’s outstanding second baseman until Frank Lane traded him to the then New York Giants in 1956.
Two years later, the baseball world was stunned with the announcement that Schoendienst had tuberculosis. He was then with the Milwaukee Braves.
However, he overcame the illness and rejoined the Cardinals in 1961. He has enjoyed wide popularity with players and fans.
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