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Alston was a first baseman with the St Louis Cardinals in the 1936 season. He played in his only major league game on September 27, as a substitute for future Hall of Famer Johnny Mize, who had earlier been ejected from the game. Alston striking out in his only major league at-batIn baseball statistics, an at bat AB is used to calculate other data such as batting average. A player has an at bat every time he comes to bat except under the following circumstances: He receives a base on balls (BB). He is hit by pitch (HBP). He hits a. Then, he managed the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954-57) and Los Angeles DodgersFor the 1930s NFL team, see Brooklyn Dodgers (football). The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. They are in the Western Division of the National League. Founded 1883, as a member of the minor Inter-State (1958-76).
Alston won seven National LeagueThis article refers to the American baseball league. For the English cricket league of the same name, please see National League (cricket). The term National League generally refers to the organization more properly referred to as the National League of P pennants in his 23 years tenure as Dodgers manager. In 19551955 is a common year starting on Saturday. see link for calendar) Events January events January 2 Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is assassinated. January 19 The Scrabble board game debuts. February events February 8 Nikolai Bulganin ousts Georgi Mal he led Brooklyn to the pennant and its only World SeriesIn baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. championship, and repeated the National LeagueThis article refers to the American baseball league. For the English cricket league of the same name, please see National League (cricket). The term National League generally refers to the organization more properly referred to as the National League of P title in 19561956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. see link for calendar) Events January January 1 End of Anglo- Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in. After the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, he won the pennant in 1959Events January-February January 1 Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January 2 CBS Radio cuts four soap operas: Bac, 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1974, and three more World Series (1959, 1963, 1965).
Named Manager of the Year six times, Alston also guided a victorious NL
All-Star squad a record seven times. He retired after the 1976 season with 2,063 wins (2,040 in the regular season and 23 in the postseason).Walter Alston was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. He died in
Oxford, Ohio at the age of 72.