BUT HE HELD THE BALLYankee second baseman Billy Martin backs up, grabs ball, slips and falls backward with Sandy Amoros fly in second inning World Series sequence today, but hangs on for an out. Ready to lend a hand--and almost falling himself as Martin goes over--is Hank Bauer, Yank right fielder. DATE: 10-8-1956 ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 3 - Second or later-generation photo, printed from a duplicate negative or wire photo process, within about 2 years of when it was shot TEAM: New York Yankees SUBJECTS: Hank Bauer, Billy Martin ISSUER: Associated Press APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Henry Albert Bauer was born in 922 in East St. Louis, IL and died in 2007 in Lenexa, KS. He played major league baseball from 948 to 96 as outfielder for the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Athletics, appeared in the 949, 950, 95, 952, 953, 955, 956, 957 and 958 World Series, and was selected 3 times as an All-Star. One month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Bauer enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. While in the South Pacific, Bauer contracted malaria, but recovered enough to earn campaign ribbons, two Bronze Stars and a pair of Purple Hearts in 32 months of combat. His second injury came during the Battle of Okinawa, when he commanded a platoon of 64 men. Only six survived the brutal siege, with shrapnel hitting Bauer in the thigh and sending him home. Returning to East St. Louis, he joined the local pipefitter's union and stopped by a local bar where his brother Joe worked. Danny Menendez, a New York Yankees scout, signed him for a tryout with the team's farm club in Quincy, Illinois. The terms: $75 a month (a $25 increase if he made the team) and a $250 bonus. Batting .300 at Quincy and with the team's top minor league unit, the Kansas City Blues, Bauer eventually made his debut with the Bronx Bombers in September 948. On June 9, 96, he was named playing-manager of the Athletics, and he retired from the field a month later. In Bauer's first stint at A's pilot, through the end of the 962 season, Kansas City won 07 games and lost 57 (.405) and twice finished ninth in the ten-team American League of the day. After his firing at the close of the 962 campaign, Bauer spent the 963 season as first-base coach of the Baltimore Orioles. He was elevated to manager at the end of the season, as the Orioles sought a firmer hand in command of the team. The move was successful: Baltimore contended aggressively for the 964 American League pennant, finishing third, and then — bolstered by the acquisition of future Hall of Fame outfielder Frank Robinson — its first AL pennant and World Series championship in 966. But when the Orioles, hampered by an injury to Robinson, finished in the second division in 967 and then fell far behind the eventual champion Detroit Tigers in 968, Bauer was released as manager on July 2, in favor of Earl Weaver, then Baltimore's first-base coach. Bauer then returned to Finley and the A's, now in Oakland, for the 969 campaign. He was fired for the second and final time by Finley after bringing Oakland home second in the new American League West Division. Overall, his regular-season managerial record was 594-544 (.522). Bauer managed the Tidewater Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets, in 97-72. The Tides made the finals of IL Governors' Cup playoffs each season, winning the playoff title in the latter campaign. Bauer then hung up his uniform, returning home to the Kansas City area, where he scouted for the Yankees and the Kansas City Royals. Alfred Manuel Martin was born in 928 in Berkeley, CA and died in 989 in Johnson City, NY. He played major league baseball from 950 to 96 as infielder for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves and the Minnesota Twins, appeared in the 95, 952, 953, 955 and 956 World Series, and was selected in 956 as an All-Star. After retiring in 96, Martin worked as a scout for the Minnesota Twins from 962 to 964, and a Twins coach from 965 to May of 968. He then replaced Johnny Goryl as manager of the Denver Bears for the rest of 968, and the Minnesota Twins in 969. He then went on to manage the 969 Minnesota Twins, 97 to 973 Detroit Tigers, 973 to 975 Texas Rangers, 975 to 979 New York Yankees (including the 977 World Champion team), 980 to 982 Oakland Athletics, and the 983, 985 and 988 New York Yankees. Martin was killed in a car accident on Christmas 989. SKU: XP11729
Item: XP11729
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