Clubhouse Lawyer, by Art Ditmar, former major league pitcher "Hank lost four prime years from his playing career due to his Marine service. This is heavy duty when you figure such a career is usually over when a player reaches his mid-thirties. This is something that does not bother Hank. 'I guess I knew too many great young guys who lost everything out there to worry about my losing part of a baseball career', he says." Tommy Lasorda on Bauer: "This guy's tough. He had a face that looked like it'd hold two days of rain." Bauer was a no-nonsense leader and could be unforgiving if he felt his teammates' off-the-field activities were hurting the Yankees' on-the-field performance. Pitcher Whitey Ford remembered how Bauer reacted when he thought players like Ford and Mantle were overindulging after hours: "He pinned me to the wall of the dugout one day and said, 'Don't mess with my money'." New York Times, obituary, February 10, 2007. See also List of famous U.S. Marines List of Major League Baseball annual triples leaders List of Major League Baseball player-managers References External links Hank Bauer at SABR (Baseball BioProject) Kansas City Star obituary Hank Bauer – Time cover, September 11, 1964. "Old Potato Face" (cover story), Time, September 11, 1964. 1922 births 2007 deaths American League All-Stars United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II United States Marines American people of Austrian descent Baltimore Orioles coaches Baltimore Orioles managers Baseball players from Illinois Deaths from lung cancer in Kansas Kansas City Athletics managers Kansas City Athletics players Kansas City Royals scouts Major League Baseball first base coaches Major League Baseball player-managers Major League Baseball right fielders New York Yankees players New York Yankees scouts Norfolk Tides managers Oakland Athletics managers Sportspeople from East St. Louis, Illinois People from Prairie Village, Kansas World Series-winning managers