WELCOME
The family of 'Billy the Kid' Southworth, daughter, Carole Watson, and grand-children, Cheryl, Shelley, Eric, and Evan wish to welcome you to this web-site created by the Mileur Media Group,
and to whom we are very grateful for such a generous tribute.
Billy Southworth's 'stats' as a player and manager are capsulated for easy access and as this site matures there will be photos throughout his life in his profession as well as a father and family man.
Short stories and anecdotes will appear from time to time to allow you to become closer to the man that seemed so far away as you sat in the stands eating your cracker jacks!
It will be baseball history re-lived and revived for those never fortunate to have been a part of that era and know such a dynamic figure.
Determination, tenacity and a deep devotion for the game of baseball created successes for Billy Southworth that led him to enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Kindest regards,
Carole
Carol Southworth Watson & family
They're Safe at Home
by Carol Southworth Watson
The Rochester Red Wings were in top contention in a run for the pennant. 'Billy the Kid' Southworth was the player-manager for the club and being a stickler for perfection of the fundamentals of baseball he made every attempt to prepare his men for any situation on the playing field. Never asking his men to do anything that he would not do, Billy would practice right along with his players.
On this particular occasion, during a game, Billy had a man on first base. He knew what the runner could do, as he was a fast and savvy base-runner. The 'hit' was on, a little blooper, Texas Leaguer, went out over second base. Billy, coaching at third, had his man with a good lead off first base, and before the ball even took first bounce, his runner was rounding second and heading for third.
Billy, lost in the moment, was waving his man on with his arm going like a windmill, running right along beside the runner, coaching him to "pour it on" and as they approached home, Billy made a 'stand-up' slide right along with the base runner, almost wiping out the umpire; but he jumped up, looked around quickly, dusted himself off, regained his composure and headed back to the third base coaching box.
The base runner was safe!
Hall of Fame Celebration in Columbus
At 2 p.m., July 27, 2008, Green Lawn Cemetery, in Columbus, is having a program in celebration of Billy Southworth’s Enshrinement to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The program will be presented by Randy Mobley, President of the International League, and Ray Stein, Sports Editor of the Columbus Dispatch.
IN THE NEWS
by Ray Mileur, www.thestlcardinals.com Scout.com
by Brian Walton, www.thestlcardinals.com Scout.com
Latest Addition to the Website
Submitted by Michael Roberts, Aurora, CO
Billy Southworth
Outfielder / Manager
Born: March 9, 1893
Died: November 15, 1969
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Major League Career
MLB debut - August 4, 1913
Cleveland Naps
Final game - July 9, 1929
St. Louis Cardinals
Teams As Player
Cleveland Naps (1913, 1915)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1918-1920)
Boston Braves (1921-1923)
New York Giants (1924-1926)
St. Louis Cardinals (1926-1927, 1929)
Teams As Manager
St. Louis Cardinals (1929, 1940-1945)
Boston Braves (1946-1951)
Career highlights and awards
Manager World Series Champions;
1942, 1944
Manager NL Pennant winners;
1942, 1943, 1944, 1948
Manager All-Star Games;
1943, 1944, 1949
The Sporting News Manager of the Year;
1941, 1942
100 Win Seasons; 1942, 1943, 1944
Scout.com's All-Time Greatest Teams
1942 St. Louis Cardinals #1 All-Time Team
1944 St. Louis Cardinals #2 All-Time Team
1943 St. Louis Cardinals #9 All-Time Team
1926 St. Louis Cardinals #11 All-Time Team
Minor League Career
International League (AA)
Governor's Cup Winner - 1939
Manager; Rochester Redwings (AA)
International League Championships
1928,1929, 1930, 1931, 1939
Manager, Rochester Redwings (AA)
IL World Series Champions; 1930, 1931
Manager - Ashville Tourists (B)
Piedmont League Championship - 1935
International League Hall of Fame - 1947
Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame - 1989
Alabama Sports Hall of Famer - 1988
Nebraska High School Hall of Famer - 1998
100 Win Seasons; 1929, 1930, 1931
