playing coach in 1959. In all or parts of eight major league seasons (1952–59), Katt appeared in 417 games, and batted .232 with 32 home runs and 120 runs batted in for 1,071 at bats. Coaching career Katt was a bullpen coach for the Cardinals from 1959 through June 15, 1960, and first-base coach for the Cleveland Indians in 1962. In between, he managed the Triple-A Portland Beavers for the final eight weeks of the 1961 season. He then returned to Texas — first as a high school baseball coach in New Braunfels, and then as head baseball coach at Texas Lutheran, where he served for 22 seasons (1971–92), the team compiling a record of 502–362–2. Katt-Isbel Field, home of the college's baseball team, is named in his honor. Katt died at age 72 from lymphoma in New Braunfels. See also List of St. Louis Cardinals coaches References Obituary Sources Baseball Reference (MLB) Baseball Reference (MiLB) 1951–52 Habana (Liga Profesional Cubana) 1953–54 Magallanes (Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional) Retrosheet Van Hyning, Thomas (1999). The Santurce Crabbers : Sixty Seasons of Puerto Rican Winter League Baseball. McFarland & Company. Texas Lutheran University Hall of Honor 1927 births 1999 deaths Baseball coaches from Texas Baseball players from Texas Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball) players Cleveland Indians coaches College baseball coaches Deaths from cancer in Texas Deaths from lymphoma Habana players Jacksonville Jax players Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente catchers Major League Baseball bullpen coaches Major League Baseball catchers Major League Baseball first base coaches Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players Navegantes del Magallanes players American expatriate baseball players in Venezuela New York Giants (NL) players People from New Braunfels, Texas Portland Beavers managers Portland Beavers players Rochester Red Wings players Sportspeople from New Braunfels, Texas St. Cloud Rox players St. Louis Cardinals coaches St. Louis Cardinals players Sioux City Soos players Texas A&M Aggies baseball players Texas Lutheran Bulldogs baseball coaches Trenton Giants players Tulsa Oilers (baseball) players American expatriate baseball players in Cuba