Major League baseball player, coach, and manager. Born Carroll Walter Lockman, he played at the first base, outfield, and second base positions for fifteen seasons (1945, 1947 to 1960) with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Cincinnati Reds. He was a member of two National League Pennant-winning teams (1951, 1954 Giants), which included the 1954 World Champion Giants. In 10 career World Series games, he had 8 hits with 1 home run, 4 RBIs, and a .186 batting average. Lockman had the distinction of being on base when Bobby Thomson hit his famed home run (known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World") to give the Giants the National League Pennant in 1951. He made his big league debut with the Giants on July 5, 1945, twenty days shy of his nineteenth birthday. His career was interrupted while he served in the United States Military during World War II. In 1,666 career regular-season games, he had 1,658 hits and a .279 lifetime batting average. Lockman was selected to the National League All-Star Team in 1952. After retiring as a player, he served as a coach for seven seasons with the Reds (1960), Giants (1961 to 1964), and Chicago Cubs (1965 to 1966), and was on Alvin Dark's staff when San Francisco won the National League Pennant in 1962. In 1972, he succeeded Leo Durocher (his former manager with the Giants) as manager of the Cubs and remained in that capacity until 1974. In addition, Lockman served as a scout with the Cubs', Montreal Expos', and Florida Marlins organizations. He died from pulmonary complications at age 82 in 2009.
Major League baseball player, coach, and manager. Born Carroll Walter Lockman, he played at the first base, outfield, and second base positions for fifteen seasons (1945, 1947 to 1960) with the New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, and Cincinnati Reds. He was a member of two National League Pennant-winning teams (1951, 1954 Giants), which included the 1954 World Champion Giants. In 10 career World Series games, he had 8 hits with 1 home run, 4 RBIs, and a .186 batting average. Lockman had the distinction of being on base when Bobby Thomson hit his famed home run (known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World") to give the Giants the National League Pennant in 1951. He made his big league debut with the Giants on July 5, 1945, twenty days shy of his nineteenth birthday. His career was interrupted while he served in the United States Military during World War II. In 1,666 career regular-season games, he had 1,658 hits and a .279 lifetime batting average. Lockman was selected to the National League All-Star Team in 1952. After retiring as a player, he served as a coach for seven seasons with the Reds (1960), Giants (1961 to 1964), and Chicago Cubs (1965 to 1966), and was on Alvin Dark's staff when San Francisco won the National League Pennant in 1962. In 1972, he succeeded Leo Durocher (his former manager with the Giants) as manager of the Cubs and remained in that capacity until 1974. In addition, Lockman served as a scout with the Cubs', Montreal Expos', and Florida Marlins organizations. He died from pulmonary complications at age 82 in 2009.
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