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Durocher


1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86

1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash

1973 Leo Durocher resigns as Houston Astro manager

1972 Leo Durocher replaces Harry Walker as manager of Astros

1962 Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds

1958 "Jackpot Bowling" premieres on NBC with Leo Durocher as host

1948 Leo Durocher returns to Ebbets Field as a New York Giant

1948 Eddie Sawyer replaces Ben Chapman in Philadelphia, New York Giants Leo Durocher replaces Mel Ott and Burt Shotton replaces Durocher as Dodger manager

1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year

1945 Following an 8-7 win over the Phils, Brooklyn manager Leo Durocher is arrested on a complaint by a fan that Durocher slugged him

1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"

1938 Leo Durocher, hits 2,000th Dodger home run

1925 Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher

1906 Leo Durocher, born in Massachusetts, baseball manager, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants



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