Miller Huggins

Miller James "Mighty Mite" Huggins (1878–1929) was the smallest man on the field and would go on to manage the Yankees through their first dynasty. Born March 27, 1878 in Cincinnati, Ohio, he debuted in 1904 and played thirteen MLB seasons through 1916, primarily as the St. Louis Cardinals second baseman. By 1911 he was the Cardinals' 33-year-old second baseman; he would manage the Cardinals from 1913 to 1917 before taking the Yankees job and holding it through 1929. A 140-pound switch-hitter who threw right, Huggins appears in our 1909-era card holdings on T204 Ramly. He died September 25, 1929 in New York City — mid-season, while managing the Yankees — and is buried in the Garden LN, Section 53, Lot 172, Grave 6 of Spring Grove Cemetery in his Cincinnati hometown. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1964.