HOF MLB Manager Whitey Herzog Dies at 92

⚾Whitey Herzog, the manager who led ⚾St. Louis Cardinals to greatness in the 1980s has died at the age of 92.

The Cardinals announced Herzog’s passing on X, formerly Twitter.

Under Herzog, who died Monday, the Cardinals won three pennants and a World Series.

“Whitey spent his last few days surrounded by his family. We have so appreciated all of the prayers and support from friends who knew he was very ill. Although it is hard for us to say goodbye, his peaceful passing was a blessing for him,” his family said in a statement released by the Cardinals.

Herzog had been at Busch Stadium on April 4 for the Cardinals’ home opener, ESPN reported.

Herzog was known as a tobacco chewer who was no nonsense manager with a crew-cut.

“A typical Cardinals victory under Herzog was a low-scoring, one-run game, sealed in the final innings by a ‘bullpen by committee,’ relievers who might be replaced after a single pitch, or temporarily shifted to the outfield, then brought back to the mound,” ESPN reported.

Not many understood this way of playing.

“They seemed to think there was something wrong with the way we played baseball, with speed and defense and line-drive hitters,” Herzog wrote in his memoir “White Rat: A Life in Baseball.”