Marty McManus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American baseball player
Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1900
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 18-Feb-1966
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Marty McManus
- Martin Joseph "Marty" McManus (March 14, 1900 – February 18, 1966) was an American baseball player and manager. A native of Chicago, Illinois, McManus spent two years in the United States Army before beginning his professional baseball career in 1920.
- He played professional baseball for 22 years from 1920 to 1941, including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a second baseman (927 games) and third baseman (725 games) for the St.
- Louis Browns (1920-1926), Detroit Tigers (1927-1931), Boston Red Sox (1931-1933), and Boston Braves (1934).
- He had four seasons in which he compiled a batting average above .300, including a .333 average in 1923 and a .320 average in 1930.
- He led the American League with 23 stolen bases in 1930 and with 44 doubles in 1925.
- In 15 major league seasons, he compiled a .289 batting average (1,926-for-6,660) with 1,008 runs scored, 401 doubles and 88 triples. McManus also served as a manager or player-manager with several baseball teams, beginning with the Boston Red Sox in 1932 and 1933.
- He was also a player-manager of the St.
- Paul Saints in 1935, the Tulsa Oilers in 1936, the Williamsport Grays in 1938 and 1939, the San Antonio Missions in 1940 and 1941, and the Denver Bears in 1947.
- He also served as a manager in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Kenosha Comets in 1944 and the South Bend Blue Sox in 1945 and 1948.
- In 1951, he led an effort to unionize professional baseball, football, and basketball players under the umbrella of the American Federation of Labor.
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