Billy Martin

AKA:

Billy the Kid

Birth Name:

Alfred Manuel Martin Jr.

Birth Date:

May 16, 1928

Birth Place:

Berkeley, California

Death Date:

December 25, 1989

Place of Death:

135 Potter Hill Road, Port Crane, New York

Age:

Cause of Death:

Automobile accident

Cemetery Name:

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Sports

Billy Martin was a fiery and complex figure in Major League Baseball, best known for his success and volatility as both a player and a manager. As a player, he was a gritty second baseman who spent most of his career with the New York Yankees in the 1950s, contributing to multiple World Series championships and earning a reputation for toughness and clutch play. After retiring as a player, Martin became a manager and achieved notable success, including leading the Minnesota Twins to an American League West title in 1969, the Detroit Tigers to a division title in 1972, and the Oakland Athletics to three consecutive World Series appearances, winning the championship in 1974. His most famous managerial tenure was with the Yankees, whom he managed a record five separate times, winning the World Series in 1977. Despite his strategic brilliance and ability to get the best out of players in the short term, Martin’s career was repeatedly derailed by his explosive temper, frequent conflicts with players and management, and off-field incidents, making his legacy a mix of undeniable baseball acumen and self-destructive behavior.

You Should Know

Despite rumors and reports stating otherwise, Billy Martin did not die from drunk driving.

Billy Martin was a passenger in his pickup truck when he died in a drunk-driving accident on Christmas Day, 1989. Accident reconstruction experts have proven that Martin had not been wearing a seatbelt when the truck left the snowy, icy road and broke his neck on the windshield in the passenger side of the vehicle. Both men had been drinking heavily prior to the accident.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

10 West Stevens Avenue

Hawthorne, New York, 10532

USA

North America

Map:

Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York

Grave Location:

Section 25, Plot 21, Grave 3

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery gates veer right and drive straight ahead and up the hill. Turn right at the 3rd intersection with Section 25 on your left. Drive around until you see the large memorial to baseball legend Babe Ruth. Now walk behind Babe Ruth’s memorial about 200 feet to the final resting place of NY Yankees legend Billy Martin (just look for all the baseballs on the headstone).

Grave Location GPS

41.08996537939777, -73.79698286255518

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FAQ's

Billy Martin was born on May 16, 1928.

Billy Martin was born in Berkeley, California.

Billy Martin died on December 25, 1989.

Billy Martin died in 135 Potter Hill Road, Port Crane, New York.

Billy Martin was 61.

The cause of death was Automobile accident.

Billy Martin's grave is in Gate of Heaven Cemetery

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Al Campanis

popular name: Al Campanis

date_of_death: June 21, 1998

age: 81

cause_of_death: Heart disease and complications from diabetes

claim_to_fame: Sports

best_know_for: Al Campanis was a baseball player, farm team scout and finally an executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He’d been a Montreal Royal shortstop in 1946 playing alongside Jackie Robinson at second base, barnstormed off-season with a racially integrated squad, a Brooklyn Dodger scout who unearthed Roberto Clemente and Sandy Koufax, and who reached the apex of his profession as General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and took them to four pennants and one World Series title. Campanis baseball career came to a complete stop after an interview with Ted Koppel. Campanis, who had played alongside Robinson and was known for being close to him, was being interviewed about the subject. Nightline anchorman Ted Koppel asked him why, at the time, there had been few black managers and no black general managers or owners in Major League Baseball. Campanis's reply was: "I truly believe that they may not have some of the necessities to be, let's say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager." Later in the interview, to defend his views when pressed by Koppel, Campanis asked: "Why are black men or black people not good swimmers? Because they don't have the buoyancy." Koppel says he gave Campanis several opportunities to clarify ("Do you really believe that?") or back down from his remarks. Instead, Campanis doubled down on his views, suggesting that African Americans "certainly are short" on individuals with strong decision-making capabilities, asking Koppel: "How many quarterbacks do you have? How many pitchers do you have that are black?" Koppel also pointed out that much of what Campanis was saying "sounds a lot like the garbage we heard 40 years ago." Campanis was fired less than 48 hours later.

Billy Martin