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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Bing Devine</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bing_Devine_(general_manager)_-_St._Louis_Cardinals_-_1962.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Bing_Devine_%28general_manager%29_-_St._Louis_Cardinals_-_1962.jpg/220px-Bing_Devine_%28general_manager%29_-_St._Louis_Cardinals_-_1962.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Bing_Devine_%28general_manager%29_-_St._Louis_Cardinals_-_1962.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="357" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Devine in 1962</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1916-03-01</span>)</span>March 1, 1916<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">January 27, 2007<span style="display:none">(2007-01-27)</span> (aged 90)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Baseball executive</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Vaughan Pallmore</b> "<b>Bing</b>" <b>Devine</b> (March 1, 1916 – January 27, 2007) was an American front office executive in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>. As <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">general manager</a>, Devine was a major architect of four <a href="/wiki/National_League_(baseball)" title="National League (baseball)">National League</a> champions and three <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a> champions in the six years from <a href="/wiki/1964_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1964 Major League Baseball season">1964</a> through <a href="/wiki/1969_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="1969 Major League Baseball season">1969</a>. </p><p>Specifically, Devine served as general manager of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> from November 12, 1957, through August 17, 1964, and was directly responsible for putting the <a href="/wiki/1964_World_Series" title="1964 World Series">1964 world champion Cardinals</a> on the field – even though he had been fired with seven weeks remaining in the season, one of the most bizarre events in baseball annals. Many of the players Devine acquired led the Cardinals to the <a href="/wiki/1967_World_Series" title="1967 World Series">1967 world title</a> and the <a href="/wiki/1968_World_Series" title="1968 World Series">1968 NL championship</a>, the latter occurring during Devine's second tour (1968–78) as the Cardinals' general manager. </p><p>In between those terms, from 1965 to 1967, Devine was assistant to the president and then president (and <i>de facto</i> general manager) of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a>, where he helped put together the organization that turned the franchise from baseball's laughingstocks into <a href="/wiki/1969_World_Series" title="1969 World Series">1969's world champions</a> as the "Miracle Mets." During the 1980s, he also served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Cardinals" title="Arizona Cardinals">St. Louis football Cardinals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_baseball_career">Early baseball career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early baseball career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devine was born in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis</a>, where he attended <a href="/wiki/University_City_High_School_(Missouri)" title="University City High School (Missouri)">University City High School</a> and <a href="/wiki/Washington_University_in_St._Louis" title="Washington University in St. Louis">Washington University</a>. He played college <a href="/wiki/Basketball" title="Basketball">basketball</a> and semiprofessional baseball, then joined the Cardinals in 1939 as an office boy and batting practice pitcher. In 1941, he became business manager of the Class D <a href="/wiki/Johnson_City_Cardinals" title="Johnson City Cardinals">Johnson City Cardinals</a>. During a roster shortage, Devine activated himself as a <a href="/wiki/Second_baseman" title="Second baseman">second baseman</a> for 27 games and 93 <a href="/wiki/At_bats" class="mw-redirect" title="At bats">at bats</a>, but he garnered only 11 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hits</a> for a .118 <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a>. Thereafter he hung up his uniform and concentrated on his work in the front office.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As pioneers of the <a href="/wiki/Farm_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Farm system">farm system</a> concept, the Cardinals had as many as 40 affiliated or owned teams in their <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">minor league</a> system before World War II. With time out for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> service during the war, Devine rose rapidly through the ranks as a business manager of Cardinal farm teams, finally becoming the general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Red_Wings" title="Rochester Red Wings">Rochester Red Wings</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Triple-A_(baseball)" title="Triple-A (baseball)">Triple-A</a> <a href="/wiki/International_League" title="International League">International League</a> in 1949. After six seasons at the helm of the Redbirds' top farm team, he joined the St. Louis front office in the autumn of 1954. The Cardinals, recently purchased by brewery magnate <a href="/wiki/Gussie_Busch" title="Gussie Busch">August A. Busch Jr.</a>, entered a rebuilding mode under trade-happy general manager "Frantic" <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lane" title="Frank Lane">Frank Lane</a> after the <a href="/wiki/1955_in_baseball" title="1955 in baseball">1955</a> season. The team finished second in the NL in <a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a>, but Lane had worn out his welcome; he moved on to run the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a> and was replaced in St. Louis by the steadier hand of Devine. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_term_as_Cardinals'_general_manager"><span id="First_term_as_Cardinals.27_general_manager"></span>First term as Cardinals' general manager</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First term as Cardinals' general manager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devine began to add talent and depth to the St. Louis roster, including African American and Latin American players. He was seen as being very progressive when it came to signing or trading for black and Latin ballplayers, whereas other teams (most notably the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>) showed a great deal of reluctance in this area. In the first five years of his reign, he promoted or traded for players such as <a href="/wiki/Bob_Gibson" title="Bob Gibson">Bob Gibson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_White_(first_baseman)" title="Bill White (first baseman)">Bill White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Curt_Flood" title="Curt Flood">Curt Flood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Javier" title="Julián Javier">Julián Javier</a>. But the Cardinals were mired in the middle of the pack of a very powerful National League. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1963_in_baseball" title="1963 in baseball">1963</a>—a season also marked by the final campaign of the Cardinals' longtime superstar, <a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a>—the Redbirds surged into contention, sparked by the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Shortstop" title="Shortstop">shortstop</a> <a href="/wiki/Dick_Groat" title="Dick Groat">Dick Groat</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates">Pittsburgh Pirates</a>, 18-win seasons from <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitchers</a> Gibson and <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Broglio" title="Ernie Broglio">Ernie Broglio</a>, the comeback of left-handed starter <a href="/wiki/Curt_Simmons" title="Curt Simmons">Curt Simmons</a> (who had been signed off the scrap heap by Devine), and the strong campaign of young <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Tim_McCarver" title="Tim McCarver">Tim McCarver</a>. The Cardinals challenged the eventual world champion <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> into mid-September before finishing second, the club's highest showing since 1957. Devine was chosen as Major League Executive of the Year by <a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a> for his efforts in returning the Cards to contending status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1964:_Premature_firing_and_a_world_championship">1964: Premature firing and a world championship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1964: Premature firing and a world championship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>However, when the <a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a> season began, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a> took a stranglehold on first place. The Cardinals were trying a variety of young players in Musial's old left-field position, and none were taking hold. At the June 15 trading deadline, Devine sprang. <a href="/wiki/Lou_Brock" title="Lou Brock">Lou Brock</a>, a 25-year-old <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> with great speed (and deceptive power as a hitter) in his third year with the <a href="/wiki/First_division_(baseball)" title="First division (baseball)">second-division</a> <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, was not living up to his projected potential. Devine offered the Cubs Broglio, his 18-game winner from the previous year, plus outfielder <a href="/wiki/Doug_Clemens" title="Doug Clemens">Doug Clemens</a> and pitcher <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Shantz" title="Bobby Shantz">Bobby Shantz</a>, for Brock and two marginal pitchers. The Cubs agreed, and one of the <a href="/wiki/Brock_for_Broglio" title="Brock for Broglio">most significant (and one-sided) trades in baseball history</a> was made. Brock hit .348 for the remainder of the season, and led the Cardinals to their three pennants and two world titles over the next five years. He played the rest of his career with St. Louis (retiring in 1979), and would <a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">steal</a> 938 bases (breaking <a href="/wiki/Ty_Cobb" title="Ty Cobb">Ty Cobb</a>'s record, and currently second all-time to <a href="/wiki/Rickey_Henderson" title="Rickey Henderson">Rickey Henderson</a>), exceed the 3,000 <a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">hit</a> mark (with 3,023), bat .424 with 34 hits and 14 stolen bases in 21 World Series games, and become a member of the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Baseball Hall of Fame">Baseball Hall of Fame</a>. </p><p>Ironically, Brock's impact on the Cardinals' won-lost mark or position in the standings was not felt immediately. The team continued to trail the Phillies by a large margin and it looked to all as though the club's pennant drought would extend to 18 years; by August 17, the Redbirds were mired in fifth place, nine games behind the Phillies. Owner Busch was bitterly disappointed, and decided to clean out his front office. On the advice of his special assistant, legendary <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Branch Rickey</a>, Busch fired Devine and business manager Art Routzong, and accepted the resignation of assistant general manager <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Stanky" title="Eddie Stanky">Eddie Stanky</a>. Manager <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Keane" title="Johnny Keane">Johnny Keane</a> was temporarily spared, but <a href="/wiki/Leo_Durocher" title="Leo Durocher">Leo Durocher</a>, then the bench coach of the Dodgers, was secretly negotiating with Busch to take over for 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Devine's old job went to Rickey protégé <a href="/wiki/Bob_Howsam" title="Bob Howsam">Bob Howsam</a>. </p><p>As events unfolded, Busch had acted in haste. The Cardinals began to win, while the Phillies suffered an epic September collapse, losing a <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">6<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>-game lead with a dozen games to play, sparking a wild, four-team, 11th hour scramble for the pennant. On the final day of the season, after sweeping the Phillies to take first place, the Cardinals prevailed, clinching the NL championship for the first time since 1946 by beating the lowly Mets after losing the first two games of the series. Led by Gibson, the undisputed ace of the staff since Broglio's trade, and McCarver, the Cardinals then defeated the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> in a seven-game World Series. Even though he had been on the sidelines since August 17, Devine again was cited as the top executive in baseball by <i>The Sporting News.</i> Meanwhile, Keane resigned after the World Series triumph (and became skipper of the Yankees). Instead of Durocher, Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Coach_(baseball)" title="Coach (baseball)">coach</a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Schoendienst" title="Red Schoendienst">Red Schoendienst</a> was named as manager for 1965. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Building_the_Miracle_Mets">Building the Miracle Mets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Building the Miracle Mets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devine's departure was a cause-celebre in St. Louis, but the damage had been done. Although he landed on his feet as the successor to <a href="/wiki/George_Weiss_(baseball)" title="George Weiss (baseball)">George Weiss</a>, president of the Mets, Devine was forced to leave his hometown and the only team he had ever worked for at the pinnacle of his career. But, while Devine never moved his family to New York, he tackled his new job with gusto. On his watch, the Mets began to strengthen their farm system, signing and developing young pitching talent that formed the core of the 1969 world champions: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Koosman" title="Jerry Koosman">Jerry Koosman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nolan_Ryan" title="Nolan Ryan">Nolan Ryan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gentry" title="Gary Gentry">Gary Gentry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_McAndrew" title="Jim McAndrew">Jim McAndrew</a>. Meanwhile, Howsam left the Cardinals in January 1967 to become general manager of the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Reds" title="Cincinnati Reds">Cincinnati Reds</a> and Musial was named his successor. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a>, the Cardinals won 101 games and ran away with the National League race, winning the pennant by <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">10<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> games, then bested the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Red_Sox" title="Boston Red Sox">Boston Red Sox</a> in a seven-game World Series. The core of the team was Devine's, but Howsam had contributed significantly to the roster with his 1966 acquisitions of NL <a href="/wiki/MLB_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first baseman</a> <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cepeda" title="Orlando Cepeda">Orlando Cepeda</a> and right fielder <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a>. At the other extreme, the Mets, with most of their young pitching talent still ripening in the minors, lost 101 games and finished dead last. Baseball people took note of Devine's accomplishments in New York, however, and when Musial, a world champion general manager in his maiden season, decided he did not want to continue in the role, Busch was able to secure Devine's release from the Mets, and brought him back to the Cardinals as executive vice president and general manager on December 2, 1967. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_term_as_Cardinals'_general_manager"><span id="Second_term_as_Cardinals.27_general_manager"></span>Second term as Cardinals' general manager</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second term as Cardinals' general manager"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1968, led by Gibson's all-time record 1.12 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>, the Cardinals repeated as NL champions and held a three games to one lead in the World Series against the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tigers" title="Detroit Tigers">Detroit Tigers</a>, but lost the final three contests to be denied back-to-back world titles. Suddenly, Devine was faced with retooling an aging roster. Brock and Gibson remained Cardinal mainstays, but Devine traded Cepeda to the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> after the 1968 season, then dealt Flood and McCarver to Philadelphia following the 1969 campaign. In the Cepeda deal, Devine acquired <a href="/wiki/Joe_Torre" title="Joe Torre">Joe Torre</a>, who won the <a href="/wiki/1971_in_baseball" title="1971 in baseball">1971</a> NL <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> championship and the league's <a href="/wiki/National_League_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="National League Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player award</a>. But the Cardinals suffered long-term damage when Busch ordered Devine to trade star left-handed pitcher <a href="/wiki/Steve_Carlton" title="Steve Carlton">Steve Carlton</a> in <a href="/wiki/1972_in_baseball" title="1972 in baseball">1972</a> after a salary dispute. Carlton, coming off his first 20-win season, was sent to the Phillies for pitcher <a href="/wiki/Rick_Wise" title="Rick Wise">Rick Wise</a>, an uneven swap that helped to turn the last-place Phillies into contenders. Meanwhile, the Cardinals became NL East also-rans. </p><p>In 1978, Devine was again replaced as Cardinals' general manager (this time by <a href="/wiki/John_Claiborne_(baseball_executive)" title="John Claiborne (baseball executive)">John Claiborne</a>) and again he departed the organization, working for the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a> as assistant general manager, the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Expos" title="Montreal Expos">Montreal Expos</a> as a player development official, and the Phillies as a <a href="/wiki/Scout_(sport)" title="Scout (sport)">scout</a>. From 1981 to 1986, he was club president of the <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_football_Cardinals" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis football Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a>. But eventually he returned to the baseball Cardinals, where he served as a special scout and advisor to general manager <a href="/wiki/Walt_Jocketty" title="Walt Jocketty">Walt Jocketty</a>. </p><p>Devine died in St. Louis at the age of 90. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDevineWheatley2004" class="citation book cs1">Devine, Bing; Wheatley, Tom (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UbsldDlgZeEC&pg=PA62"><i>The Memoirs of Bing Devine: Stealing Lou Brock and Other Winning Moves by a Master GM</i></a>. Sports Publishing LLC. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781582617633" title="Special:BookSources/9781582617633"><bdi>9781582617633</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Memoirs+of+Bing+Devine%3A+Stealing+Lou+Brock+and+Other+Winning+Moves+by+a+Master+GM&rft.pub=Sports+Publishing+LLC&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9781582617633&rft.aulast=Devine&rft.aufirst=Bing&rft.au=Wheatley%2C+Tom&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUbsldDlgZeEC%26pg%3DPA62&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABing+Devine" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19641017&id=PtIhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v54FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1726,3619805&hl=en">Newspaper article</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Associated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Associated Press">The Associated Press</a>, October 17, 1964</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bing_Devine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li>Career statistics from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=devine001vau">Baseball Reference (Minors)</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tjrhino1.umsl.edu/whmc/view.php?description_get=bing+devine">"Bing Devine photographs"</a>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_Missouri%E2%80%93St._Louis" title="University of Missouri–St. Louis">University of Missouri–St. Louis</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bing+Devine+photographs&rft.pub=University+of+Missouri%E2%80%93St.+Louis&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftjrhino1.umsl.edu%2Fwhmc%2Fview.php%3Fdescription_get%3Dbing%2Bdevine&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABing+Devine" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collection.baseballhall.org/PASTIME/bing-devine-oral-history-interview-circa-1968">Bing Devine Oral History Interview - National Baseball Hall of Fame Digital Collection</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td 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baseball">1966</a>–<a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joan_Whitney_Payson" title="Joan Whitney Payson">Joan Payson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Stan_Musial" title="Stan Musial">Stan Musial</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> <a href="/wiki/General_manager_(baseball)" title="General manager (baseball)">General Manager</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a>–<a href="/wiki/1978_in_baseball" title="1978 in baseball">1978</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a 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MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1940: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Briggs_Sr." title="Walter Briggs Sr.">Briggs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1941: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Barrow" title="Ed Barrow">Barrow</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1942: <a href="/wiki/Branch_Rickey" title="Branch Rickey">Rickey</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1943: <a href="/wiki/Clark_Griffith" title="Clark Griffith">Cl. Griffith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1944: <a href="/wiki/Bill_DeWitt" title="Bill DeWitt">DeWitt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1945: <a href="/wiki/Philip_K._Wrigley" title="Philip K. 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MacPhail</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1967: <a href="/wiki/Dick_O%27Connell" title="Dick O'Connell">O'Connell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1968: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Campbell_(baseball_executive)" title="Jim Campbell (baseball executive)">Campbell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Murphy" title="Johnny Murphy">Murphy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dalton" title="Harry Dalton">Dalton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Cedric_Tallis" title="Cedric Tallis">Tallis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hemond" title="Roland Hemond">Hemond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Howsam" title="Bob Howsam">Howsam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a href="/wiki/Gabe_Paul" title="Gabe Paul">Paul</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Dick_O%27Connell" title="Dick O'Connell">O'Connell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burke_(baseball_executive)" title="Joe Burke (baseball executive)">Burke</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Veeck" title="Bill Veeck">Veeck</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Spec_Richardson" title="Spec Richardson">Richardson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Peters" title="Hank Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Tal_Smith" title="Tal Smith">Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/John_McHale_(baseball)" title="John McHale (baseball)">McHale</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Dalton" title="Harry Dalton">Dalton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Hank_Peters" title="Hank Peters">Peters</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Green_(baseball)" title="Dallas Green (baseball)">Green</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/John_Schuerholz" title="John Schuerholz">Schuerholz</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cashen" title="Frank Cashen">Cashen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Al_Rosen" title="Al Rosen">Rosen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Claire" title="Fred Claire">Claire</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Roland_Hemond" title="Roland Hemond">Hemond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Quinn_(baseball,_born_1936)" title="Bob Quinn (baseball, born 1936)">Quinn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Andy_MacPhail" title="Andy MacPhail">A. 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