Walter Alston
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican baseball player and manager (1911-1984)
United StatesLived 1911 to 1984 · aged 72Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who managed the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, signing 23 one-year contracts with the team.
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Alston (left) with Phillies manager Mayo Smith in 1957
Alston with outfielder Wally Moon and pitcher Sandy Koufax, before Game 1 of the 1959 World Series
Alston waves to appreciative fans at Dodgers Stadium a week after his retirement
Walter Alston's number 24 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977.
Alston's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame in CooperstownConnected to Walter 6
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Walter Emmons Alston, nicknamed "Smokey", was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who managed the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1954 through 1976, signing 23 one-year contracts with the team. Regarded as one of the greatest managers in baseball history, Alston was known for his calm, reticent demeanor, for which he was sometimes referred to as "the Quiet Man."
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