VINTAGE BASEBALL MEMORABILIA Vintage Baseball Memorabilia Dick Howser Positions: Shortstop/ManagerBats: R Throws: RHeight: 68 Weight: 155Born: Thursday, May 14, 1936 in Miami, FL USADied: 6 17 1987 in Kansas City, MO USADebut: 4/11/1961Last Game: 9/27/1968Full Name: Richard Dalton Howser Notable Events and Chronology for Dick Howser Career Biography SS/Coach/Manager Dick Howser was born…
1987 – The Royals fire manager Billy Gardner, who replaced Dick Howser in spring training, and replace him with John Wathan, the former Kansas City catcher who was managing the club’s Triple A Omaha affiliate. In Wathan’s major league managerial debut, the Royals win, 3 – 2, on George Brett’s 10th-inning home run to move within three games of first-place Minnesota.
On ‘Dick Howser Day’ at Royals Stadium, the former manager, who died last month from brain cancer, is inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame. The club honors their late former manager (1981-86), by retiring his uniform number 10, the first digits retired in the history of the franchise.
On June 17, 1987, former Kansas City Royals manager Dick Howser dies from brain cancer at the age of 51. The popular Howser, who led the Royals to the 1985 World Championship, fell ill during the 1986 season. He attempted to return to managing in the spring of ’87, only to give up the comeback…
Three days into spring training, Dick Howser’s attempted comeback after undergoing brain tumor surgery comes to an end when the frail-looking Royals manager finds he is physically too weak to continue. Third base coach Billy Gardner replaces the ill skipper, who will die three months later at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City.
1985 – After giving up just two hits in eight innings, Kansas City Royals pitcher Charlie Leibrandt is raked with three two-out hits and loses, 4 – 2. The St. Louis Cardinals have a 2-0 lead in the World Series.
On November 21, 1980, the New York Yankees fire manager Dick Howser, and is replaced by Gene Michael. Howser led the club to a regular season record of 103 wins and 59 losses. Howser takes the fall for the Yankees’ disappointing performance in the playoffs-a three-game sweep at the hands of the Kansas City Royals….
1979 – The New York Yankees replace fired manager Billy Martin with Dick Howser, the head coach of the Florida State Seminoles and a former coach with the Bronx Bombers. In 1980, Howser will lead the Yankees to 103 victories but will be fired in turn after failing to advance in the ALCS.
September 26, 1978 LOOK ME IN THE EYE Erika Weitzner of the New Brunswick (N.J.) Home News interviews New York Yankees second baseman Willie Randolph in the Yankee clubhouse after Tuesday night’s game with the Toronto Blue Jays. Earlier, a court ordered the Yanks to open the doors to women. “It’s not a very…
On July 23, 1978 Reggie Jackson returns to the team and the Yankees win their 5th straight, 3 – 1, over the White Sox. At the Chicago airport, Billy Martin, reacting to reporters’ questions about Jackson and George Steinbrenner, replies: “The two deserve each other. One’s a born liar; the other’s convicted.” The remarks will…