Haas spent 14 years as a skipper in the farm system of the Atlanta Braves and replaced Joe Torre as Atlanta's manager after the 1984 season. His 1985 Braves squad went 50–71 (.413). With the Braves in fifth place in the National League West Division and 22 games out of the lead,[1] Haas was fired on August 26, 1985, and succeeded by interim pilot Bobby Wine.
In his playing days, the 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), 178 lb (81 kg) Haas was an outfielder who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He graduated from St. John High School in Paducah and signed his first professional contract with the Chicago Cubs. He made the Majors with the Cubs in 1957 and was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in the offseason. His MLB career consisted of 55 games (1957–1958; 1960) with those two clubs, batting .243 with one home run and 17 total hits. A broken ankle cost him the entire 1959 season.
Haas remained with the Braves after his minor league playing career ended, managing and coaching in the minor leagues (1965–73; 1978–84), and serving as a Major League coach (1974–77). After his brief MLB managerial career, he served as a special assignment scout for the Montreal Expos (1986–94) and Boston Red Sox (1995–2003).
He comes from a baseball family: his brother, Louis, was an infielder in the Braves' organization from 1959 to 1962; two sons, Matt and Danny, are longtime scouts and former minor league players; cousins Phil and Gene Roof are former Major League players and coaches and who spent many years as minor league managers; and another cousin, Paul Roof, pitched in the minor leagues.
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^"Events of Sunday, August 25, 1985". www.retrosheet.org.
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Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
April 11, 2024
eddie, haas, george, edwin, haas, born, 1935, former, outfielder, coach, manager, scout, american, major, league, baseball, outfielderborn, 1935, 1935, paducah, kentucky, batted, leftthrew, rightmlb, debutseptember, 1957, chicago, cubslast, appearanceoctober, . George Edwin Haas born May 26 1935 is a former outfielder coach manager and scout in American Major League Baseball Eddie HaasOutfielderBorn 1935 05 26 May 26 1935 age 88 Paducah Kentucky U S Batted LeftThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 8 1957 for the Chicago CubsLast MLB appearanceOctober 1 1960 for the Milwaukee BravesMLB statisticsBatting average 243Hits17Runs batted in10TeamsAs playerChicago Cubs 1957 Milwaukee Braves 1958 1960 As managerAtlanta Braves 1985 Haas spent 14 years as a skipper in the farm system of the Atlanta Braves and replaced Joe Torre as Atlanta s manager after the 1984 season His 1985 Braves squad went 50 71 413 With the Braves in fifth place in the National League West Division and 22 games out of the lead 1 Haas was fired on August 26 1985 and succeeded by interim pilot Bobby Wine In his playing days the 5 ft 11 in 1 80 m 178 lb 81 kg Haas was an outfielder who batted left handed and threw right handed He graduated from St John High School in Paducah and signed his first professional contract with the Chicago Cubs He made the Majors with the Cubs in 1957 and was traded to the Milwaukee Braves in the offseason His MLB career consisted of 55 games 1957 1958 1960 with those two clubs batting 243 with one home run and 17 total hits A broken ankle cost him the entire 1959 season Haas remained with the Braves after his minor league playing career ended managing and coaching in the minor leagues 1965 73 1978 84 and serving as a Major League coach 1974 77 After his brief MLB managerial career he served as a special assignment scout for the Montreal Expos 1986 94 and Boston Red Sox 1995 2003 He comes from a baseball family his brother Louis was an infielder in the Braves organization from 1959 to 1962 two sons Matt and Danny are longtime scouts and former minor league players cousins Phil and Gene Roof are former Major League players and coaches and who spent many years as minor league managers and another cousin Paul Roof pitched in the minor leagues References edit Events of Sunday August 25 1985 www retrosheet org External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eddie Haas amp oldid 1180252326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
