Ralph Houk
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Ralph George Houk, nicknamed "the Major", was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of
Houk in 1975
Houk (at front, in Yankees uniform) with Richard Nixon on April 7, 1969
61*
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61* is a 2001 American sports drama television film directed and co-executive produced by Billy Crystal and written by Hank Steinberg. It stars Barry Pepper as Roger Maris and Thomas Jane as Mickey Ma
Ralph Houk
…Bouton's first big league manager and sparred with him over contracts when Houk was the Yankees' GM. Houk was portrayed by Bruce McGill in the 2001 film 61*. He died on July 21, 2010, in Winter Haven, Florida, just nineteen days before he would have turned 91. At age 90 he was, at the time, the oldest living…
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