Ralph Houk, American baseball player and manager (died 2010)

Ralph Houk

American baseball player and coach (1919-2010)

Ralph George Houk, nicknamed "the Major", was an American catcher, coach, manager, and front office executive in Major League Baseball. He is best known as the successor of Casey Stengel as manager of the New York Yankees from 1961 to 1963, when his teams won three consecutive…