Eddie Sawyer Biography

Eddie Sawyer

major league baseball manager who led the Philadelphia Phillies' 1950 Whiz Kids to the franchises first NL pennant in 35 years, earning manager of the year kudos; hired as Phillies manager midway through the 1948 season and served until 1952 then again from 1958–59; quit after his team lost the first game of the 1960 season; long-time minor league outfielder in the NY Yankees' system, never played in majors; Phi Betta Kappa member and had a master's degree from Cornell; after a brief illness