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title: "3 Mickey Cochrane Quotes - Famous Head coach (Baseball, the fans' game)"
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# Mickey Cochrane

Head Coach

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Mickey Cochrane is a head coach, best known for *Baseball, the fans' game*.

## Quick Facts About Mickey Cochrane

Profession Head Coach

Notable works Baseball, the fans' game

## About Mickey Cochrane

Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Detroit Tigers. Cochrane was considered one of the best catchers in baseball history and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his first season as manager, he led the Tigers to 101 wins, which was the most for a rookie manager for 27 years.

##  Quotes by Mickey Cochrane

> [I didn't want to be a catcher. It was thrust upon me, as they say in the classics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-cochrane/i-didn-t-want-to-be-a-catcher-it-was-thrust-upon-me-as-they-say-in/)

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> [I was in a fever to get out from behind the plate. Oh boy, I was terrible back there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-cochrane/i-was-in-a-fever-to-get-out-from-behind-the-plate-oh-boy-i-was/)

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> [When I was a player, I worried only about myself. Good money and easy work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-cochrane/when-i-was-a-player-i-worried-only-about-myself-good-money-and-easy/)

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