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36-525: Jonathan James Caldwell (born 10 June 1984) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. Caldwell attended the University of South Alabama from 2004 to 2008. He competed in the 2007 Walker Cup . Caldwell played on the 2009 European Tour , but did not perform well enough to retain his card. He played a number of events on the Challenge Tour in 2009, 2010 and 2011. From 2012 to 2017 he played mostly on

72-425: A lawsuit was filed against a former University of South Alabama volleyball coach due to alleged sexual and mental abuse in 2019 and 2020. The lawsuit included eight former players as plaintiffs. The amendment also alleged that university administrators had knowledge of the abuse and added the university's athletic directors and coaches as defendants. A second lawsuit was filed in 2022 by a former player uninvolved in

108-593: A more permanent one by Billy Hunter four days later on June 27. His career MLB managerial mark was 467–435 (.518). Stanky was inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. He died of a heart attack in 1999 at age 83 in Fairhope, Alabama . He was buried in the Catholic Cemetery of Mobile . Eddie Stanky Field , the ballpark of the University of South Alabama baseball team, is named for him. Stanky

144-511: A natural second baseman, was shifted to first base in his rookie season as Stanky was already the Dodgers' second baseman and leadoff hitter. Robinson credited Stanky with giving him tips that made the transition to first base easier. Before the 1948 season began, Stanky was traded to the Boston Braves so that Robinson could return to his natural position and also bat leadoff. Stanky also demanded

180-511: A protective screen, presumably to encourage toughness. He expected his players to know the statistics of the opposing team. A pet peeve of his was when he would see players reading the Wall Street Journal . "Guys today are more worried about their investments than they are about their batting averages," Stanky complained. After his firing in Chicago, Stanky became the head baseball coach of

216-458: A tactic eventually outlawed as a result. He was also (in)famous for what came to be called "the Stanky maneuver", distracting opposing hitters by jumping up and down and waving his arms behind the pitcher from his second base position. Stanky was also a master of the "delayed steal" in which the runner feigns disinterest after the pitch, but instead of walking back to first breaks for second as soon as

252-482: A trade because he thought Durocher had taken Branch Rickey 's side in a salary dispute, which Stanky considered "a knife in my back." He appeared in three World Series in the five years between 1947 and 1951—with three different National League champions, the Dodgers, Braves and Giants, all of whom lost to their American League opponents. In 1948, he was on pace to have his finest season. Batting .320 in July, his season

288-430: Is divided into ten colleges and schools that include one of Alabama's two state-supported medical schools . In the fall semester of 2018, South Alabama had an enrollment of 15,093 students. By the spring of 2019, the university had awarded over 90,000 degrees. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". USA has an annual payroll of more than $ 400 million, with over 6,000 employees, and

324-443: Is governed by a board of trustees appointed by and including the governor of Alabama . The board appoints a president of the university. Frederick Palmer Whiddon served as president from 1963 until 1998 and was succeeded by V. Gordon Moulton who served until 2013. John W. Smith, the current executive vice president, served as an interim president until the arrival of Tony G. Waldrop in 2014 and after his retirement in 2021. Jo Bonner

360-817: Is the second-largest employer in Mobile. The university claims to have an annual economic impact of $ 3 billion. The university offers a range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in ten colleges and schools. Several programs offer masters level degrees in addition to undergraduate degrees. Doctoral level degrees are offered in several areas, including a Doctor of Pharmacy degree offered in collaboration with Auburn University . USA also offers classes in nearby Baldwin County at its Fairhope campus, and in 2015 opened Gulf Coast Campus. Students at South Alabama can choose from more than 50 bachelor's degree and certificate programs and more than 40 master's degree programs. As of 2011, USA ranks as

396-684: The East Dixie League , where he was a teammate of future St. Louis Cardinals star Harry Brecheen , whom Stanky would manage in St. Louis in 1952. After spending a brief time as a player-manager, he transitioned to managing full-time, ending his MLB career in 1968, along with a brief return in 1977. In the interim, he had a successful run as an NCAA baseball manager. Stanky was famous for his ability to draw walks ; he drew 100 or more walks in each of six different seasons, 140 or more in two of them. In 1946, he hit just .273 but his 137 walks allowed him to lead

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432-629: The New York Mets in a similar capacity in 1965. In 1966 , he succeeded Al López as the Chicago White Sox ' manager. The White Sox had been runners-up in the American League (AL) for three successive seasons (1963–65), averaging almost 96 victories per year, but Stanky's maiden squad won only 83 games and fell to fourth place. However, his 1967 White Sox team — built on speed and pitching but hampered by an impotent offense — contended for

468-842: The PGA EuroPro Tour , winning tournaments in 2016 and 2017. He finished fifth in the 2017 Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2018. In June 2021, Caldwell claimed his breakthrough win at the Scandinavian Mixed , an event co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour . Caldwell had not previously finished better than 5th on the European Tour. Mixed event with the Ladies European Tour Amateur University of South Alabama USA

504-603: The University of South Alabama in 1969, compiling a 490–195-2 (.714) record with five NCAA baseball tournament appearances over 14 seasons. He returned to MLB on June 22, 1977, as manager of the Texas Rangers , replacing Frank Lucchesi who was dismissed earlier that day despite the team being four games out of first place in the AL West . The 10–8 victory over the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium later that night

540-466: The color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Upon first meeting Jackie Robinson at spring training, Stanky told him he was not in favor of integrating baseball, and that he was unhappy that it was his own team doing it , but that despite his own personal feelings, Robinson was now his teammate, and Stanky promised he would have his back. When Robinson began playing that season, he

576-412: The 10,000 seat Mitchell Center . South Alabama's home park is Eddie Stanky Field, a 4,500-seat stadium with a natural grass playing surface. On October 12, 2012, 18-year-old freshman Gil Collar was shot and killed by a campus police officer, after appearing naked outside the police station. The university released a statement saying a campus police officer "was confronted by a muscular, nude man who

612-547: The 22nd best public university in the southern United States, and 52nd overall in the South. It has an acceptance rate of 86.5%. The student-faculty ratio at USA is 18:1, and the school has 44.1% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. USA students are 57% female and 43% male. As of 2018, the university had a 44% six-year graduation rate and a 22% four-year graduation rate for bachelor's degree programs. The University of South Alabama has ten colleges and schools: The university

648-487: The Series with it. Stanky himself said, "I would spike my mother if it meant being safe on a close play." As a runner at third base with less than two out, he would station himself several feet back of the bag, in shallow left field. He would time the arc of any outfield fly and then take off running, step on third as the catch was being made and continue to run at full speed, making it almost impossible to throw him out at home,

684-512: The Sun Belt Conference, a Division I / FBS conference. The university announced the creation of an NCAA sanctioned football team on December 6, 2007, with the goal of fast tracking the program to full FBS status by the 2013 season. Since starting the football program from scratch, South Alabama has built a football facility and practice fields. The Hancock Whitney Stadium opened in 2020. South Alabama men's and women's basketball play in

720-757: The first lawsuit. WKRG-TV reported that the claims of abuse made by the second lawsuit was similar to the first and that both allegations included inappropriate touching and overtraining. The volleyball coach was hired by the University of South Alabama in December 2018 and resigned in February 2021. Notable alumni of the University of South Alabama include: 30°41′48″N 88°10′43″W  /  30.69671°N 88.17873°W  / 30.69671; -88.17873 Eddie Stanky As manager Edward Raymond Stanky (born Stankiewicz (September 3, 1915 – June 6, 1999)

756-412: The infielders return to their normal positions. As Cardinal player-manager, he would hold up games close to being called on account of darkness or curfew when that would benefit his team, by walking leisurely to the mound from second base or the dugout (when not playing) after every pitch to confer with his pitcher, eventually resulting in the one-trip-per-inning rule. Stanky contributed to the breaking of

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792-562: The lawsuit, paying the students an undisclosed amount of money. According to a copy of the settlement document provided by the Alliance Defending Freedom , the university "denied all material allegations and Plaintiff's claims of constitutional infirmities". USA agreed to change a portion of its policy on use of its space and facilities, and to pay an unspecified sum settling "all of plaintiff's remaining claims, including liability, damages, and attorney's fees". In September 2021,

828-544: The league in OBP with .436, edging out Stan Musial—who led in more than ten hitting categories. His best season was probably 1950 with the Giants, when he hit an even .300 and led the league in walks (144) and OBP (.460). On August 30, he tied a major league record when he walked in seven consecutive plate appearances (in two games). Leo Durocher , who managed him with the Dodgers and Giants, once summed up Stanky's talents: he said

864-557: The officer was cleared in a civil suit. The shooting inspired Brian Burghart, then editor of the News & Review in Reno, to found Fatal Encounters, a database that tracks killings by law enforcement officers . In 2014, a group of students belonging to Students for Life USA, a pro-life student organization, filed a complaint about alleged discrimination in federal court against University of South Alabama officials. The university later settled

900-561: The pennant until the last week of the season in a thrilling four-team race. But they lost their last five games to the lowly Kansas City Athletics and Washington Senators , and finished three games behind the surprise pennant winners, the "Impossible Dream" Boston Red Sox . In 1968 , the White Sox got off to a terrible start, losing their first ten games (extending their regular-season losing streak to 15 games dating from 1967). They recovered slightly but were only 34–45 on July 11, when Stanky

936-455: The second baseman "can't hit, can't run, can't field [but] he just knows how to win." Yankee shortstop Phil Rizzuto still complained years later about a notorious play during Game 3 of the 1951 World Series in which Stanky kicked the ball loose from Rizzuto's glove as he slid into second base, instrumental in the Giant win that put them ahead two games to one, although they lost the next three and

972-708: The slow decline of the team and its farm system from its glory days in the 1940s and the ownership transition from Fred Saigh to August "Gussie" Busch . On May 27, 1955 , after a 17–19 start, he was fired. Stanky then managed the Triple-A Minneapolis Millers (1956) before returning to the Majors as a coach for the Cleveland Indians (1957–58). He then spent almost six seasons in the Cardinal front office in charge of player development (1959–64), moving on to

1008-438: Was acting erratically." Collar was 5 foot 7 and weighed 135 pounds. Authorities state that Collar appeared to be on drugs when the incident occurred. The student's family filed suit against the university, the officer involved, and the police chief, Herbert Earl "Zeke" Aull. In February 2013, a Mobile County judge ruled that the university was not liable for the student's death. in 2014 the case moved to federal court. In 2015,

1044-593: Was an American professional baseball second baseman , shortstop , and manager . He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs , Brooklyn Dodgers , Boston Braves , New York Giants , and St. Louis Cardinals between 1943 and 1953. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . It took Stanky eight years to reach the major leagues at age 27, after starting out at Greenville, Mississippi , in

1080-553: Was appointed as university president in 2021. The Jaguars participate in 17 NCAA sanctioned sports (8 men's and 9 women's), and are founding members of the Sun Belt Conference . Men's sports include football, basketball, baseball, tennis, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. Women's sports include basketball, softball, soccer, tennis, cross country, volleyball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and golf. All sports participate in

1116-478: Was fired and López came out of retirement to reclaim his old job. One of his players, Tommy John , recalled that "When Eddie Stanky took over as manager of the White Sox in 1966, people would tell me what an absolute tyrant he was, an S.O.B., a slave driver. Yet I probably learned more baseball under Eddie than any manager I ever played for. I wish I could have played for him ten years. He was just that good." Stanky used to have pitchers throw batting practice without

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1152-517: Was good friends with Alvin Dark , his roommate when the two played together on the Braves and Giants. As players, both dreamed of managing major league teams one day, and Dark spoke highly of Stanky's baseball intelligence. "Stanky knew so much more about the game than anybody else. If there were ten possible percentage plays to make, most guys would know four or five. Stanky would know ten." After their careers,

1188-430: Was interrupted on July 8 when he broke his right leg in a collision with Bruce Edwards while trying to return to third base during a game. Originally expected to be out for just two weeks, Stanky did not play again for the Braves until September 19 and was used sparingly in the remainder of the regular season. Following the 1951 World Series , in which he played in all six games for the Giants but hit an anemic .136, he

1224-503: Was the only Rangers game he would manage. He submitted his resignation due to homesickness the following day on June 23 and returned to college coaching at South Alabama. His 18 hours on the job is one of the shortest managerial stints in MLB history. According to Leo Durocher's autobiography, Stanky quit because he couldn't adapt to the attitudes of modern baseball players. He was succeeded on an interim basis by third‐base coach Connie Ryan and

1260-568: Was traded to the Cardinals as player-manager. In 1952 , his Cardinals won seven more games than they had in 1951 and he was chosen Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News . The Cards advanced from fourth to third place in the National League standings, although finishing 15 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the pennant-winning Dodgers. But Stanky's time as Cardinal manager coincided with

1296-407: Was treated harshly and discriminated against, and frequently taunted with insults and threats by players from the opposing teams. Stanky stayed silent at first, but finally yelled back at Ben Chapman 's racist insults during a game. Not long afterward, the other Dodgers began to stand up for Robinson as well. The incident is portrayed in the film 42 . Stanky is played by Jesse Luken . Robinson,

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