Bill Carrigan

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Bill Carrigan
Bill Carrigan
Catcher
Born: October 22, 1883(1883-10-22)
Died: July 8, 1969 (aged 85)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 7, 1906
for the Boston Americans
Final game
September 30, 1916
for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
AVG     .257
RBI     235
Managerial Record     489-500
Teams
Career highlights and awards

William Francis Carrigan (October 22, 1883 - July 8, 1969), nicknamed "Rough", was a Major League baseball catcher. He was born in Lewiston, Maine.

Hubert “Dutch” Leonard and Bill Carrigan (right), 1916
Hubert “Dutch” Leonard and Bill Carrigan (right), 1916

Carrigan started his career as a platoon catcher and played all ten seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Midway through the 1913 baseball season, he replaced Jake Stahl as manager of the defending World Series champion Red Sox as a player-manager. He then led Boston to a second-place finish in 1914 and two world championships in 1915 and 1916, compiling an 8-2 record as a manager in World Series play. Until Terry Francona duplicated the feat in 2007, he was the only manager to have won two World Series titles with Boston.

He then left baseball to become a banker in his home state of Maine.[1] He returned to manage the Red Sox in 1927, but he was unable to duplicate his previous success as Boston finished in last place for three straight seasons.

Bill Carrigan died in Lewiston, Maine, at the age of 85. He was posthumously elected to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kavanagh, Jack. Bill Carrigan. Retrieved October 10, 2006.

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Preceded by
Jake Stahl		 Boston Red Sox Manager
1913-1916		 Succeeded by
Jack Barry
Preceded by
Lee Fohl		 Boston Red Sox Manager
1927-1929		 Succeeded by
Heinie Wagner
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Boston Red Sox managers

Boston Americans (1901-1907)
Collins, J. • Stahl, C. • Young • Huff • Unglaub • McGuire

Boston Red Sox (1908-present)
McGuire • Lake • Donovan • Stahl, J. • Carrigan • Barry • Barrow • Duffy • Chance • Fohl • Carrigan • Wagner • Collins, S. • McManus • Harris • Cronin • McCarthy • O'Neill • Boudreau • Higgins • York • Jurges • Baker • Higgins • Pesky • Herman • Runnels • Williams, D. • Popowski • Kasko • Popowski • Johnson • Zimmer • Pesky • Houk • McNamara • Morgan • Hobson • Kennedy • Williams, J. • Kerrigan • Little • Francona
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Boston Red Sox 1912 World Series roster
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Boston Red Sox 1915 World Series roster
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Boston Red Sox 1916 World Series roster
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