Walter Alston Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Walter Emmons Alston (December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984) was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Venice, Ohio.Alston was a first baseman with the St Louis Cardinals in the 1936 season. He played in his only major league game on September 27, as a substitute for future Hall of Famer Johnny Mize, who had earlier been ejected from the game. Alston striking out in his only major league at-bat. Then, he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954-57) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1958-76).
Alston won seven National League pennants in his 23 years tenure as Dodgers manager. In 1955 he led Brooklyn to the pennant and its only World Series championship, and repeated the National League title in 1956 . After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, he won the pennant in 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1974, and three more World Series (1959, 1963, 1965).
Named Manager of the Year six times, Alston also guided a victorious NL All-Star squad a record seven times. He retired after the 1976 season with 2,063 wins (2,040 in the regular season and 23 in the postseason).
Walter Alston was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. He died in Oxford, Ohio at the age of 72.