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- Ralph George Houk (* 9. August 1919 in Lawrence, Kansas; † 21. Juli 2010 in Winter Haven, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Baseballspieler und -manager der Major League Baseball (MLB). Sein Spitzname war Major. (de)
- Ralph George Houk (/ˈhaʊk/; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships. He was the second rookie manager to win 100 games in a season and third rookie manager to win a World Series, doing each in 1961. He was the first manager to win World Series titles in his first two seasons and the first manager since Hughie Jennings to win three pennants in his first three seasons. (en)
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- Ralph George Houk (* 9. August 1919 in Lawrence, Kansas; † 21. Juli 2010 in Winter Haven, Florida) war ein US-amerikanischer Baseballspieler und -manager der Major League Baseball (MLB). Sein Spitzname war Major. (de)
- Ralph George Houk (/ˈhaʊk/; August 9, 1919 – July 21, 2010), nicknamed The Major, was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive American League pennants and the 1961 and 1962 World Series championships. He was the second rookie manager to win 100 games in a season and third rookie manager to win a World Series, doing each in 1961. He was the first manager to win World Series titles in his first two seasons and the first manager since Hughie Jennings to win three pennants in his first three seasons. (en)