Background
Majtyka was born in Buffalo, New New York
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Roy Majtyka
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He graduated from Buffalo"s Saint Francis High School in 1958 and attended the University at Buffalo.
Career
He also spent three seasons in the Major Leagues as a coach for the Atlanta Braves. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5 ft 11 in (180 m) tall and weighed 170 lb (77 kg) during his active career. He signed with the Saint Louis Cardinals in 1959 as a shortstop, but as he rose in the Cardinal organization he switched to third base and second base.
He played one full season of Triple-A baseball – in 1965, split between the Jacksonville Suns and Toledo Mud Hens of the International League – but never reached the big leagues as a player.
In his best season, 1963, he batted.281 in 445 at bats with 7 home runs and 57 runs batted in playing for the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas League. Majtyka managed for 27 years in the minor leagues, beginning the Cardinals" farm system in 1968, and also working for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Braves and Philadelphia Phillies.
He was in the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame because he ranks in the top 20 of all-time for wins by a minor league manager.
Achievements
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His 1973 Saint St. Petersburg Cardinals won the Florida State League championship and Majtyka was cited as Manager of the Year in the Eastern League for leading the 1976 Trois-Rivières Aigles to a division title. His three seasons (1988–1990) as a coach for the Braves were the only interruption to a minor-league managerial career (1968–1987. 1991–1997) in which his teams won 1,832 games and lost 1,747, for a winning percentage of.512.
