Don Gutteridge

For the Canadian writer, see Don Gutteridge (writer).

Don Gutteridge

Second baseman / Third baseman

Born: June 19, 1912
Pittsburg, Kansas

Died: September 7, 2008 (aged 96)
Pittsburg, Kansas

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 7, 1936, for the St. Louis Cardinals

Last MLB appearance

May 9, 1948, for the Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB statistics

Batting average

.256

Home runs

Runs batted in

391

Teams

As player

As manager

Chicago White Sox (1969–1970)

Donald Joseph Gutteridge (June 19, 1912 – September 7, 2008) was an American second and third baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, and later managed the Chicago White Sox in 1969–1970. He was born in Pittsburg, Kansas, and was the first cousin of former MLB catcher Ray Mueller.

Gutteridge played his first game for the Cardinals at age 24, and in only his second career major league game had six hits in a doubleheader, including an inside-the-park home run and two steals of home plate. He was an average hitter with excellent speed and fielding ability (he turned five double plays in a game in 1944 during the Browns' only pennant-winning season). Gutteridge was sold to the Red Sox in 1946, where he played in his only other World Series. He retired from playing after only two games with the Pirates in 1948.

Gutteridge coached for the White Sox for over a decade (1955–66 and 1968–69), including the 1959 pennant-winning team, and in 1969 he succeeded Al Lopez as manager on May 3. He led Chicago to a fifth-place finish in the AL West that season and was fired with 26 games left in the 1970 season on September 1. He was replaced by interim manager Bill Adair. His record over those two partial seasons was 109–172 (.388).

Gutteridge died on September 7, 2008, in his hometown of Pittsburg after contracting pneumonia.^[1] At the time of his death, Gutteridge was the oldest living former manager or coach in Major League Baseball. He was also the last living St. Louis Brown who played in the 1944 World Series—the franchise's only St. Louis Fall Classic.

References

↑ "Ex-player, manager Don Gutteridge dies at 96". usatoday.com. Associated Press. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-01-10.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Don Gutteridge at Find a Grave

Chicago White Sox managers

Clark Griffith (1901–1902)
Nixey Callahan (1903–1904)
Fielder Jones (1904–1908)
Billy Sullivan (1909)
Hugh Duffy (1910–1911)
Nixey Callahan (1912–1914)
Pants Rowland (1915–1918)
Kid Gleason (1919–1923)
Johnny Evers (1924)
Ed Walsh (1924)
Eddie Collins (1924)
Johnny Evers (1924)
Eddie Collins (1925–1926)
Ray Schalk (1927–1928)
Lena Blackburne (1928–1929)
Donie Bush (1930–1931)
Lew Fonseca (1932–1934)
Jimmy Dykes (1934–1946)
Ted Lyons (1946–1948)
Jack Onslow (1949–1950)
Red Corriden (1950)
Paul Richards (1951–1954)
Marty Marion (1954–1956)
Al López (1957–1965)
Eddie Stanky (1966–1968)
Les Moss (1968)
Al López (1968)
Les Moss (1968)
Al López (1968–1969)
Don Gutteridge (1969–1970)
Bill Adair (1970)
Chuck Tanner (1970–1975)
Paul Richards (1976)
Bob Lemon (1977–1978)
Larry Doby (1978)
Don Kessinger (1979)
Tony La Russa (1979–1986)
Doug Rader (1986)
Jim Fregosi (1986–1988)
Jeff Torborg (1989–1991)
Gene Lamont (1992–1995)
Terry Bevington (1995–1997)
Jerry Manuel (1998–2003)
Ozzie Guillén (2004–2011)
Don Cooper (2011)
Robin Ventura (2012–)

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