Player #83K: Stanley R. "Bucky" Harris. Second baseman for the Washington Senators in 1919-1928. 1,297 hits and 167 stolen bases in 12 MLB seasons. 1924 and 1947 World Series champion. In 1975, inducted to the MLB Hall of Fame. Named player-manager of the Washington Senators in 1924 at age 27. "The Boy Wonder" led Washington to World Series victory as "rookie" manger. Managed Washington Senators in 1924-1928, 1935-1942, and 1950-1954. Managed the Detroit Tigers in 1929-1933 and 1955-1956. Managed the Boston Red Sox in 1934. Managed the Philadelphia Phillies in 1943. Managed the New York Yankees in 1947-1948, including winning the 1947 world Series. Served as the General Manager of the Boston Red Sox in 1959-1960.
We continue with Deveaux as he progresses from Cronin to Harris: While replacing his shortstop would be another matter entirely, Clark Griffith knew all along who would be taking Cronin's place as manager -- Bucky Harris. Harris had just completed a one-year term as manager of Tom Yawkey's Bosox and had led them to a .500 record in '34, an improvement of 11 1/2 games over the previous campaign. Bucky had known no real success, however, since his salad days with the Senators. His Tiger teams from '29 to 33 had been buried in the league's second division. But Griffith's feelings about Bucky Harris ran deep.
The old man had often freely admitted that Harris had not been the disciplinarian he would have preferred to have seen in the late twenties. On the other hand, Griffith liked to say, there was no one who in his mind could get as much out of a baseball team during the crucial afternoon hours as Bucky could. The 39-year-old Harris, who hadn't played on any kind of regular basis since his last year with the Senators (1928), praised the old man as well. Bucky told the press he was flattered to be hired by the likes of Griffith. The Old Fox wasn't just any baseball owner, but a former player, a man with a profound understanding of the game. If Clark Griffith wanted you as his manager, Harris contended, that ought to be considered an honor.
Joe Cronin the shortstop, however, would not be replaceable, and certainly not by "Broadway Lyn" Lary, whose Senator career would amount to just 39 games and a .194 average before Griffith got rid of him in exchange for another shortstop, Alan Strange of the Browns. Strange would do even worse, with .185, and wouldn't play in the majors again until 1940. Lary did go on to lead the league in stolen bases with the Browns in '36 and, transferred to the Indians in '37, had a good year there as well. His failure in Washington, though, and that of Strange, meant the Senators had yet to obtain anyone useful with the cash Griffith had collected from the Red Sox when he'd sold Cronin.
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