Great HOF Bucky Harris Ken Wel Baseball Glove

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This is a great Ken Wel Glove for Hall of Famer Bucky Harris. The glove a great patina and is in overall very nice condition with no rips or tears or writing on it. It has a great Ken Wel tag and original lacing. The last three pictures look washed out because of the flash. The color of the leather is much more like the 1st two photos. Please e mail me with any questions Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris (November 8, 1896 – November 8, 1977) was a Major League Baseball player, manager and executive. In 1975, the Veterans Committee elected Harris, as a manager, to the Baseball Hall of Fame .[ 1] Harris was born in Port Jervis, New York and raised mostly in Pittston, Pennsylvania . Harris was discovered by baseball promoter Joe Engel , who led the Chattanooga Lookouts at Engel Stadium . In 1919, at the age of 22, he came up to the Washington Senators , where his initial performance was unimpressive. [2 ] Harris' batting average was a meager .214, and he participated in only eight games in his first season. [2 ] Despite this poor showing, club owner Clark Griffith made him Washington's regular second baseman in 1920, and before long, Harris was batting .300, while distinguishing himself as a tough competitor. [2 ] The young player stood up even to the ferocious Ty Cobb , who threatened Harris when he tagged Cobb in their first encounter. [2 ] Harris spent most of his playing career as a second baseman with Washington Senators (1919–28). One of baseball's "boy managers", Harris both played for and managed the Senators beginning in 1924. At the age of 27, he was the youngest regular major league manager, also serving as the team's second baseman. [2 ] Harris directed the team to a World Series Championship in his rookie season and the AL pennant the following year. [3 ] Baseball historian William C. Kashatus noted that, during the 1924 World Series, Harris excelled as a player. [4 ] "Not only did he set records for chances accepted, double plays and put-outs in the exciting seven-game affair, but he batted .333 and hit two home runs". [4 ] After leaving the Senators initially in 1928 (he would twice return to manage them again from 1935–42 and from 1950–54), Harris was traded to the Detroit Tigers as player-manager. [1 ] His playing career essentially ended in 1928, though he had a few cameo appearances with the Tigers in 1929 and 1931. He managed the Tigers twice (1929–33, 1955–56), Boston Red Sox (1934), Philadelphia Phillies (briefly known as the Blue Jays, 1943), and the 1947 World Champion New York Yankees .[ 1] He closed his 29-year managing career with the 1956 Tigers ,[ 1] then rejoined the Red Sox as assistant general manager in 1957–58. He succeeded Joe Cronin as Boston's GM in January 1959 and served two seasons in that post before his release in September 1960. On his watch, however, the BoSox finally broke the baseball color line by promoting Pumpsie Green from Triple-A on July 21, 1959. Late in his career, Harris was a scout for the Chicago White Sox and special assistant for the expansion Washington franchise that existed from 1961–71. Bucky Harris died in Bethesda, Maryland , on his 81st birthday, and was buried at Saint Peter's Lutheran Church (in Hughestown, Pennsylvania ). During his 29-season managerial career, Harris presided over two world championships and three pennants. [1 ] He is sixth in MLB manager career wins with 2,157 wins to his name. [1 ] read more

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