Don Gutteridge

From BR Bullpen

Snipped from: 1960 Topps #458 White Sox Coaches

Donald Joseph Gutteridge

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School Pittsburg State University
Debut September 7, 1936
Final Game May 9, 1948
Born June 19, 1912 in Pittsburg, KS USA

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After his playing career ended, Don Gutteridge managed the 1946 Toledo Mud Hens. He spent 1951 as the skipper of the Indianapolis Indians in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. The next season, he began a long association with the Chicago White Sox. He managed the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Western League in 1952-1953, leading the team to the best record in the league the second year. Gutteridge moved up to the Memphis Chicks of the Southern Association in 1954. From 1955-1966, he was a coach on the major league staff and also worked with the Florida Instructional League White Sox on occasion. In 1967, he managed the Sox AAA team in the Pacific Coast League, the Indianapolis Indians. Gutteridge began 1968 scouting for the Kansas City Royals in preparation for the expansion draft, before returning to the White Sox coaching staff from July, 1968 through 1969. When Al Lopez stepped down in 1969, Gutteridge took over as the club's manager. Gutteridge was in turn replaced in mid-1970 by Bill Adair.