Dal Maxvill

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4+1⁄2 months of the campaign, he was acquired by the Oakland Athletics from the Cardinals for minor-leaguethird baseman Joe Lindsey on August 30, 1972. [5] The deal occurring one day prior to the waiver trade deadline meant that he was eligible to be on the A's roster for its postseason run. Minor-league catcherGene Dusan was also sent to the Cardinals to complete the transaction two months later on October 27. [6]

Coaching and executive career

In November 1975, Maxvill officially retired from playing baseball. His first coaching job came from Joe Torre who hired him to work as the third base coach for the New York Mets in 1978. After the 1978 season, Maxvill resigned to be closer to his St. Louis home and the Cardinals hired him as a coach for the 1979 and 1980 seasons. In 1981, Maxvill worked as a minor league instructor for the Cardinals when new manager Whitey Herzog brought in his own coaches.

Torre hired Maxvill again in 1982 when Torre took over the Atlanta Braves. Maxvill worked with Atlanta through the 1984 season. In January 1985, the St. Louis Cardinals came to Maxvill again, this time to serve as general manager over Whitey Herzog. [7]

The 1987 season was the last time one of Maxvill's teams made the playoffs. The Cardinals finished above .500 in 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993, but their best finish was 2nd place. [8] Longtime owner and president August "Gussie" Busch died in September 1989 and Anheuser-Busch took over operations of the team. [9]

Changes within the top levels in the organization continued to the point that most remnants of the Busch era turned over. The next season, longtime manager Whitey Herzog resigned and Torre was hired in his place. [10] [11] However, the brewery did not appear as invested as Busch in making the Cardinals a winning team and began looking to sell the team. As a result, after new president Mark Lamping was hired in 1994, he sought to make changes to attempt to build a winner. [12] Three weeks after Lamping's hire, he fired Maxvill. [13] The next year, Anheuser-Busch sold the team to an investment group led by Fred Hanser, Drew Baur and William DeWitt, Jr. [14] At this point, Maxvill pursued no further baseball opportunities, citing the desire to spend more time with his family. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Dal Maxvill statistics and history". Baseball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Donovan, Loretta. "Dal Maxvill – Society for American Baseball Research". Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. Retrieved 2022-10-21.
  4. ↑ @ESPNStatsInfo (October 21, 2022). "Jose Altuve is now 0-for-23 this postseason. That breaks a tie with Dal Maxvill, who went 0-for-22 for the Cardinals in the 1968 World Series, for the longest hitless streak to begin a postseason in MLB history. (h/t @EliasSports)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "A's Obtain Dal Maxvill," The Associated Press (AP), Thursday, August 31, 1972. Archived October 29, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved October 26, 2020
  6. ↑ "Personalities: Texas Gets Carty". The New York Times. 28 October 1972. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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  9. ↑ Cart, Julie (September 30, 1989). "Patriarch of Cardinals is dead at 90: August A. Busch, jr., beer baron, bought baseball team in '53". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2013-10-24. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  10. ↑ Holbreich, Curt (July 7, 1990). "A dismayed Herzog quits as manager of the Cardinals". Los Angeles Times . Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  11. ↑ "Joe Torre returning 'home' to Cardinals". Los Angeles Times . August 1, 1990. Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
  12. ↑ "Transactions". The Baltimore Sun . August 20, 1990. Archived from the original on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
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Dal Maxvill
Dal Maxvill - St. Louis Cardinals - 1965.jpg
Maxvill in 1965
Shortstop
Born: (1939-02-18) February 18, 1939 (age 84)
Granite City, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 10, 1962, for the St. Louis Cardinals
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1975, for the Oakland Athletics
Preceded by St. Louis Cardinals General manager
1984–1994 		Succeeded by
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