| Red Corriden | |
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| Shortstop /Third baseman /Manager | |
| Born:(1887-09-04)September 4, 1887 Logansport, Indiana, U.S. | |
| Died: September 28, 1959(1959-09-28) (aged 72) 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 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
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John Michael "Red" Corriden (September 4, 1887 – September 28, 1959) was an American player,coach,manager, andscout inMajor League Baseball. Ashortstop andthird baseman in his playing days, Corriden appeared in 223 big league games with theSt. Louis Browns (1910),Detroit Tigers (1912) andChicago Cubs (1913–15),batting .205 with 131hits. He was born inLogansport, Indiana.
He had an important role in the1910 Chalmers Award batting title controversy. When playing third base, he was ordered by catcherJack O'Connor to play back, givingNap Lajoie a good chance to beat outbunts forhits that could help win the award for Lajoie instead of the widely hatedTy Cobb, who had been leading in thebatting average race prior to the last-day'sdoubleheader, .385 to .376.
After his playing career ended, Corriden coached and managed in theminor leagues during the 1920s. In 1932 he was named a coach with the Cubs. As a Major League coach for the next 17 years, Corriden would assist managers such asRogers Hornsby,Charlie Grimm,Gabby Hartnett,Leo Durocher andBucky Harris with the Cubs (1932–40),Brooklyn Dodgers (1941–46) andNew York Yankees (1947–48) — working for five pennant-winning teams and oneWorld Series champion.
The Yankees' "raiding" of Corriden andChuck Dressen from the coaching staff of Durocher's Dodgers was one of the factors in the public feud between Durocher and Yankee presidentLarry MacPhail that spilled into print in early1947. When a newspaper column under Durocher's name accused MacPhail of allowing known gamblers to use his box seats at spring training games inHavana, Cuba,Commissioner of BaseballHappy Chandler initiated an investigation that resulted in Durocher's suspension for the entire 1947 campaign.
Corriden left the Yankees after the1948 season. He began1950 in the familiar role of coach for theChicago White Sox when his only MLB managing chance occurred. On May 26, 1950, with the Sox only 8–22 and last in theAmerican League, skipperJack 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., anoutfielder in professional baseball, had a brief big-league trial as apinch runner with Brooklyn in 1946.
| 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 | – | |||
Red Corriden died inIndianapolis, Indiana, at 72 from aheart attack suffered while watching the1959 National League tie-breaker series between theMilwaukee Braves and the Dodgers on television.[1]
· Baseball Almanac
