Davey Johnson, four time All Star second baseman and long time major league manager, has passed away. He was 82.

Johnson was born in Orlando, Florida, but grew up in Texas, graduating from Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles in the summer of 1962 after playing one season at Texas A&M, and by 1966 was the team’s starting second baseman, finishing third that season in the American League Rookie of the Year voting.

Johnson spent the 1966-72 seasons as the Orioles’ regular second baseman, winning three Gold Gloves and making three All Star teams for a Baltimore team that went to four World Series in that span, winning two of them. He was traded to the Atlanta Braves after the 1972 season to make room at second base for Bobby Grich, who had put up a

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