Bill Virdon Obituary – Bill Virdon, the consistent focus defender who won the 1955 National League Rookie of the Year for St. Louis and directed the Houston Astros to three straight postseason appearances as a director, has kicked the bucket. He was 90. Virdon passed on at the Lester E. Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, as per Virdon’s significant other Shirley. No reason for death was given.

Virdon was a vocation .267 hitter in 12 seasons with St. Louis and Pittsburgh, winning a World Series in 1960 with the Pirates and a Gold Glove in 1962. He resigned for great in 1968 and went into instructing, going 995-921 during a 13-year administrative vocation that highlighted spells with Pittsburgh, the New York Yankees, Houston, and Montreal.

His most prominent achievement came during an eight-year run with the Astros from 1975-82 when he drove the establishment to its initial two postseason appearances, both consummation with five-game misfortunes. Houston lost to Philadelphia in the 1980 NL Championship Series and to the Los Angeles Dodgers in an NL Division Series incited by the 1981 players’ strike.

Virdon remains Houston’s profession wins pioneer as a chief (544). He was cast a ballot NL Manager of the Year in 1980 subsequent to directing the Astros to the NL West title, one they got in the wake of overcoming the Los Angeles Dodgers in a one-game season finisher.