Bats: Left Throws: Right
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Nicknames
"Billy the Kid"
Hall of Fame
Baseball Evolution - 2006
Cooperstown - 2007
Years Managed
1929, 1940-1951
Main Team
St. Louis Cardinals 1929, 1940-1945
Other Teams
Boston Braves 1946-1951
World Series Winners
1942, 1944
Pennants
1942-1944, 1948
Positions Played
MGR 1748, RF 805, CF 214, LF 93, 2B 2
Notes of Significance
- Third highest winning percentage for managers with over 1,000 wins
- .642 winning percentage with the Cardinals, including six straight seasons of .600 or better
- Even without Stan Musial, Southworth guided the 1945 Cardinals to a 95-win season
- Ranked first in power/speed number as a player in 1926
- 12th all time in at bats per strikeout
Managing
| G | W | L | W% | Sea | 1st | Pythag. |
| 1748 | 1044 | 704 | .597 | 13 | 4 | 17.2 |
Southworth Merits Enshrinement
"Billy the Kid" was among 37 non-Cooperstown players inducted into the Baseball Evolution Hall of Fame on the inaugural ballot.