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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, January 21, 1970
THE BATTALION
Somebody Up There Likes Lou, New Hall-Of-Famer
By Mike Rathet
Associated Press Sports Writer
NEW YORK (A*) — Lou Boud
reau, who had “angels on my
shoulders” in 1948 when he led
the Cleveland Indians to the
world championship as a player-
manager, was elected Tuesday to
Baseball’s Hall of Fame by the
narrow margin of seven votes.
Boudreau, now a 52-year-old
sportscaster in Chicago and the
father-in-law of Detroit’s unpre
dictable Denny McLain, received
232 votes of the 300 votes cast
by the Baseball Writers Asso
ciation of America. That gave
him seven more than the re
quired 225.
And it made him the only
player among the 48 on the ballot
to amass the required votes for
election.
Finishing a distant second was
Ralph Kiner, the slugging Pitts
burgh outfielder, with 167 votes,
followed by Gil Hodges, currently
the manager of the world cham
pion New York Mets, with 145.
Boudreau, who was bowling in
Dalton, 111., Monday night when
a call came notifying him of his
selection, flew to New York early
Tuesday morning to be on hand
personally when Baseball Com
missioner Bowie Kuhn announced
his election.
“I’ve waited 12 years for this,”
Boudreau admitted, referring to
the fact that he has been eligible
that long. “It’s a dream. It’s
something you keep within your
self. You just keep hoping, but
you never really say it to any
one.”
The former Cleveland short
stop, who became a manager in
1942 at 24 and won a batting
title in 1944, recalled that he
almost didn’t play for the Indians
during 1948 — the year of his
greatest achievements.
“That was my year,” he said
proudly. “It was like I had angels
on my shoulders. You know in
1947 Veeck (owner Bill Veeck)
tried to trade me to St. Louis.
But the fans rebelled. We had a
fan vote and the ballot was 4-1
in favor of keeping me in Cleve
land.
“Veeck didn’t think much of
me as a manager and in those
days neither did I. It’s a lucky
thing I could play shortstop.”
Boudreau played shortstop and
managed that year, doing both
brilliantly. He hit .355, led the
Indians to the American League
pennant after a playoff with the
Boston Red Sox, a World Series
victory over the Boston Braves
and then was named the AL’s
Most Valuable Player.
Boudreau’s playing career last
ed 15 years and while he fielded
brilliantly he also compiled a .295
lifetime batting average. When
he took over the Indians in 191!
he became the youngest manage!
in major league history to handli
a club for a full year.
He remained the Indians’ hub.
ager until 1950 and also manage!
the Boston Red Sox from
to 1954 and the Kansas CityA'i
from 1955 to 1958. At that tim
he took a job as a sportscastei
with WGN in Chicago and kepi
close to baseball through McLain
the ace of the Detroit Tigers,
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