(1928 - 1989, second base and manager) The alert, combative second baseman for the Yankees from 1950 to 1957, he made a famous catch in the seventh game of the 1952 World Series when Jackie Robinson lifted a bases-loaded pop-up near the pitcher's mound. In 1953 he was named World Series MVP after batting .500 and winning the final game with a single in the bottom of the ninth. As Yankee manager, he won two pennants and one World Series (1977). Strung extremely tight—he almost came to blows with Reggie Jackson during a nationally televised game—his barroom brawls and arguments with the Yankee front office repeatedly got him fired (and re-hired). His five terms managing one club is tied for the major league record.