Smokey

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Smokey was the longtime nickname of Walter Alston, the Hall of Fame manager who led the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers to multiple World Series titles.

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Smokey canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
nickname
achievement multiple World Series championships as manager
bats right
battingPosition first baseman
birthDate 1911-12-01
birthPlace Venus, Ohio, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1984-10-01
deathPlace Oxford, Ohio
surface form: Oxford, Ohio, United States
finalManagerTeam Los Angeles Dodgers
finalManagerYear 1976
gender male
hallOfFame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
hasNickname Smokey
honor Dodgers retired number 24
inductedIntoHallOfFameYear 1983
jerseyNumber 24
league Major League Baseball
ledTeamTo World Series title
managedInLeague National League
managedPlayer Don Drysdale
Sandy Koufax
managedTeam Brooklyn Superbas
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers
managerDebutTeam Los Angeles Dodgers
surface form: Brooklyn Dodgers
managerDebutYear 1954
memberOf National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
MLBDebutTeam St. Louis Cardinals
MLBDebutYear 1936
nicknameOf Walter Alston
notableFor long tenure as Dodgers manager
managing Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers
occupation Major League Baseball manager
baseball manager
pennantsWonAsManager 7
playedFor St. Louis Cardinals
sport baseball
teamCityManaged Brooklyn
Los Angeles
teamFranchiseManaged Los Angeles Dodgers
surface form: Dodgers
throws right
usedFor Walter Alston
surface form: Walter Emmons Alston
worldSeriesTitlesAsManager 4
worldSeriesTitleYear 1955
1959
1963
1965

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Walter Alston nickname Smokey
Smokey hasNickname Smokey
subject surface form: Walter Alston