Vern Hoscheit

Baseball player

Vern Hoscheit

Hoscheit with the New York Mets c. 1986

Coach
Born: (1922-04-01)April 1, 1922
Brunswick, Nebraska, U.S.
Died: June 11, 2007(2007-06-11) (aged 85)
Pierce, Nebraska, U.S.

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams

* Baltimore Orioles (1968)
* Oakland Athletics (1969–1974)
* California Angels (1976)
* New York Mets (1984–1987)

Career highlights and awards

* 4× World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974, 1986)

Vernard Arthur Hoscheit (April 1, 1922 – June 11, 2007) was an American professional baseball catcher, coach, and manager. He served as a coach on four World Series championship Major League Baseball (MLB) teams with the Oakland Athletics and New York Mets. Hoscheit was the Mets' bullpen coach from 1984 to 1987, which included their World Series championship run in 1986. During that season's spring training, he accurately predicted that the team would clinch the National League East Division title on September 17, long before any regular season game was even played.

## Career

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### Playing

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Born in Brunswick, Nebraska, Hoscheit originally signed with the New York Yankees and was a catcher in their farm system for 12 seasons, starting in 1941. He missed the 1943–45 seasons because of World War II military service, but returned to hit .245 for the Binghamton Triplets in the Class A Eastern League, where his manager was Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez. Hoscheit also caught 25 games in 1947 for Binghamton while hitting .271. He hung on in the minor leagues until 1955, his best season being 1951, when he hit .354 with 11 home runs and 109 RBIs for the McAlester Rockets of Class D Sooner State League. Hoscheit managed in the lower levels of the Yankees' organization from 1948 to 1959.

### Coaching and management

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Hoscheit also was an executive in minor league baseball. He was the general manager for the Quincy (1955–56), Peoria (1957), and Greensboro (1958–59) clubs, concurrent with being their field manager, and then became president of the Three-I League in 1960.[1]

After the Three-I League disbanded following the 1961 season, Hoscheit joined the Baltimore Orioles and was a scout and minor league instructor (1962–67) and Major League coach (1968). He switched to Oakland and was a coach from 1969 to 1974, earning World Series rings in his final three seasons.[1]

He coached for the California Angels (1976) and was the Mets' Gulf Coast League manager in 1983. With the parent team, he served as bullpen coach when New York won the 1986 World Series. He became a minor league catching instructor for the Mets in 1988.[1]

In retirement, Hoscheit returned to his native Nebraska, where he coached American Legion teams in Plainview, Nebraska for many years including a state championship team in 1982. In 1983, he returned to the Mets to become their Gulf Coast League Manager in 1983 and went on to receive his 4th World Series Ring with the 1986 Mets as a bullpen coach

## Death

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He died at the Pierce Manor nursing home in Pierce, Nebraska on June 11, 2007.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Vern Hoscheit; won 4 World Series as a coach; at 85". AP via Boston Globe. June 13, 2007.
2. ^ The Plainview News

## External links

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* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
* Vern Hoscheit at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

Preceded by

Sherm Lollar

|  Baltimore Orioles bullpen coach
1968  | Succeeded by

Charley Lau

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Oakland Athletics 1972 World Series champions

1 Dick Green
2 Ángel Mangual
4 Don Mincher
5 Mike Epstein
6 Sal Bando
9 Reggie Jackson
10 Dave Duncan
11 Ted Kubiak
12 Gonzalo Márquez
13 Blue Moon Odom
14 Matty Alou
16 Tim Cullen
19 Bert Campaneris
20 Mike Hegan
21 Dal Maxvill
22 Joe Horlen
24 Allan Lewis
25 George Hendrick
26 Joe Rudi
27 Catfish Hunter
30 Ken Holtzman
33 Dave Hamilton
34 Rollie Fingers
35 Vida Blue
36 Bob Locker
38 Gene Tenace (World Series MVP)

Manager
23 Dick Williams

Coaches
40 Bill Posedel
41 Jerry Adair
43 Irv Noren
44 Vern Hoscheit

Regular season
American League Championship Series

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Oakland Athletics 1973 World Series champions

* 1 Dick Green
* 2 Ángel Mangual
* 4 Bill North
* 6 Sal Bando
* 7 Deron Johnson
* 9 Reggie Jackson (AL and World Series MVP)
* 10 Ray Fosse
* 11 Ted Kubiak
* 13 Blue Moon Odom
* 14 Vida Blue
* 16 Billy Conigliaro
* 17 Mike Andrews
* 18 Gene Tenace
* 19 Bert Campaneris
* 22 Jesús Alou
* 24 Allan Lewis
* 25 Paul Lindblad
* 26 Joe Rudi
* 27 Catfish Hunter
* 28 Horacio Piña
* 30 Ken Holtzman
* 32 Darold Knowles
* 34 Rollie Fingers
* 37 Vic Davalillo
* 38 Pat Bourque

Manager
23 Dick Williams

Coaches
40 Wes Stock
41 Jerry Adair
43 Irv Noren
44 Vern Hoscheit

Regular season
American League Championship Series

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Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series champions

* 1 Dick Green
* 2 Ángel Mangual
* 3 Herb Washington
* 4 Billy North
* 6 Sal Bando
* 8 Manny Trillo
* 9 Reggie Jackson
* 10 Ray Fosse
* 12 Larry Haney
* 13 Blue Moon Odom
* 14 Vida Blue
* 15 Claudell Washington
* 16 Dal Maxvill
* 18 Gene Tenace
* 19 Bert Campaneris
* 22 Jesús Alou
* 25 Paul Lindblad
* 26 Joe Rudi
* 27 Catfish Hunter (AL CYA)
* 30 Ken Holtzman
* 32 Darold Knowles
* 33 Dave Hamilton
* 34 Rollie Fingers (World Series MVP)
* 37 Glenn Abbott
* 38 Jim Holt

Manager
5 Alvin Dark

Coaches
40 Wes Stock
41 Jerry Adair
43 Bobby Winkles
44 Bobby Hofman

Regular season
American League Championship Series

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New York Mets 1986 World Series champions

1 Mookie Wilson
2 Kevin Elster
3 Rafael Santana
4 Lenny Dykstra
6 Wally Backman
7 Kevin Mitchell
8 Gary Carter
11 Tim Teufel
12 Ron Darling
13 Lee Mazzilli
16 Dwight Gooden
17 Keith Hernandez
18 Darryl Strawberry
19 Bob Ojeda
20 Howard Johnson
22 Ray Knight (World Series MVP)
25 Danny Heep
35 John Gibbons
38 Rick Aguilera
39 Doug Sisk
40 Randy Niemann
42 Roger McDowell
47 Jesse Orosco
49 Ed Hearn
50 Sid Fernandez

Manager
5 Davey Johnson

Coaches
23 Bud Harrelson
28 Bill Robinson
30 Mel Stottlemyre
51 Vern Hoscheit
52 Greg Pavlick

Regular season
National League Championship Series
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