Larry Woodall
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Charles Lawrence Woodall
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
- School University of North Carolina, Wake Forest University
- Debut May 20, 1920
- Final Game May 9, 1929
- Born July 26, 1894 in Staunton, VA USA
- Died May 16, 1963 in Cambridge, MA USA
[edit] Biographical Information
After his playing career ended, Larry Woodall was a San Francisco Seals coach in 1940-1941, then a Boston Red Sox coach from 1942 to 1948. While coaching San Francisco, he taught Larry Jansen the slider and Jansen in turn helped popularized it at the major league level.
Woodall also managed the Portland Beavers in 1930, during a long playing run in the Pacific Coast League (1929-1939) after his ML career.
Woodall scouted for the Boston Red Sox from 1955 to 1963.
