Remembering Baseball’s Alvin Dark: All-Star Shortstop, Captain, Pennant Winner, World Series Player and Manager

Alvin Dark passed away this week at the age of 92. He certainly is a part of some major baseball history.

He participated in five World Series, winning two times. In 1954 Dark was the shortstop for the New York Giants when they won the championship. A remarkable twenty years later in 1974, this time as the manager of the Oakland A’s, he led them to a World Series victory.

Three other times Dark’s teams won the National League Pennant, but lost in the World Series. Those teams were the 1948 Boston Braves and 1951 New York Giants as a player. He managed the 1962 New York Giants.

A truly fond memory for Giants’ fans is Alvin Dark’s single, that started the rally that culminated with Bobby Thomson’s home run to win the 1951 National League Pennant.