Former Red Sox Player, Manager Eddie Kasko Dies at Age 88

Former Boston Red Sox player, manager, scout and executive Eddie Kasko died on Wednesday, the team announced. He was 88.   

In his Major League Baseball career, Kasko played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1957-58), Cincinnati Reds (1959-63), Houston Colt .45s (1964), Houston Astros (1965) and Red Sox (1966), hitting .264 with 22 homers, 261 RBI and 411 runs. He was a two-time All-Star and played shortstop, third base and second base.

After his playing career, he stuck in Boston, serving as the organization's Triple-A manager from 1967-69. He then took over as the Red Sox manager in 1970, going 345-295 in four seasons. He never had a losing season in Boston, though the team failed to reach the postseason under his watch. 

 managed the Sox until '73

 

born with 33 numerology

 640 career games managed..

 born on the 27th

After the 1966 season, his only campaign with Boston, Kasko retired as an active player and managed the Red Sox' Triple-A clubs, the Toronto Maple Leafs (1967) and Louisville Colonels (1968–69), to a cumulative 213–213 record and one playoff berth.

died in Richmond Virginia

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