Bill Carrigan

Bill Carrigan
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1883-10-22)October 22, 1883 Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Died: July 8, 1969(1969-07-08) (aged 85) Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 7, 1906, for the Boston Americans
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 1916, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average	.257
Home runs	6
Runs batted in	235
Games managed	1,003
Managerial record	489–500
Winning %	.494
Teams
As Player Boston Americans/Red Sox (1906, 1908–1916) As Manager Boston Red Sox (1913–1916, 1927–1929)
Career highlights and awards
3× World Series champion (1912, 1915–1916) Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

William Francis Carrigan (October 22, 1883 – July 8, 1969), nicknamed "Rough", was an American Major League baseball catcher and manager. He played for the Boston Red Sox between 1906 and 1916, and he was a player-manager for the last four of those seasons. In 1915 and 1916, Carrigan's teams won back-to-back World Series. He was said to exert a positive influence on young Red Sox star Babe Ruth, serving as his roommate and his manager. He has the highest postseason winning percentage (.800) of any manager with multiple postseason appearances, and was named to the Honor Rolls of Baseball in 1946.

After his playing career, Carrigan was a partner in a large chain of New England vaudeville and movie theaters. He returned to the Red Sox as a manager between 1927 and 1929; the team finished in last place in each of those seasons. He then returned to his native Lewiston, where he was named a bank president in 1953 and where he died in 1969.