Miller Huggins T205 Tobacco Reprint Baseball Card with Gold BordersMiller Huggins, the reliable second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, has distinguished himself in his position at the head of their batting order. In the season of 1910 he was the star waiter of the National League being awarded 116 passes to first. His batting eye was certainly good-he was only struck out 46 times in 151 games while cracking out 145 hits, good for 175 bases. It is worth noting that he scored 101 runs. Huggins was the "Mighty Mite" who managed the Yankees to dominance in the 1920s, winning six pennants in eight years and three World Series titles, the first three in franchise history. He was a feisty, temperamental manager who wasn't afraid to challenge players and opponents who were twice his size, which almost everyone was. His death late in the 1929 season was one of the saddest days in franchise history, and the viewing of his casket at Yankee Stadium drew tens of thousands of fans.
 "A good catcher is the quarterback, the carburator, the lead dog, the pulse taker, the traffic cop and sometimes a lot of unprintable things, but no team gets very far without one."- Huggins 
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