season, as the team's directors felt Peckinpaugh didn't sufficiently develop a farm system. Managerial record Personal Peckinpaugh was considered a calm baseball player and manager, who did not let his temper get the best of him. After the end of his baseball career, Peckinpaugh worked as a manufacturer's representative for the Cleveland Oak Belting Company. He retired in 1976 at the age of 85. Suffering from cancer and heart disease, he was brought to a hospital for a respiratory condition, and died on November 17, 1977, in Cleveland. He was buried in Acacia Masonic Memorial Park in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. His wife, Mildred, died five years earlier. Together, they had four sons. Peckinpaugh was survived by two of his sons. See also List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders List of Major League Baseball player-managers References External links Roger Peckinpaugh - Baseballbiography.com 1891 births 1977 deaths Cleveland Indians players Chicago White Sox players New York Yankees players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players Baseball managers Cleveland Indians managers New York Yankees managers Cleveland Indians executives Major League Baseball shortstops Baseball players from Ohio People from Wooster, Ohio Minor league baseball managers New Haven Prairie Hens players Portland Beavers players Major League Baseball player-managers Kansas City Blues (baseball) managers Baseball coaches from Ohio