George John Silvey is an American

United States

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 former professional baseball

Baseball

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 first baseman

First baseman

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, outfielder

Outfielder

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, manager

Manager (baseball)

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, scout and front-office executive.

He spent virtually his entire career (1934-76) in the farm system and player development department of the St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

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 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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, as a minor league

Minor league baseball

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 player and manager before World War II

World War II

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, and then, after the war, as a scout and farm system official. Silvey became the Cardinals' director of scouting in August 1962

1962 St. Louis Cardinals season

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, replacing Walter Shannon, and over the next 14 seasons he would hold a top position —as scouting director, farm system boss, or both — for the Redbirds. He served under general managers

General manager (baseball)

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 Bing Devine

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, Bob Howsam

Bob Howsam

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 and Stan Musial

Stan Musial

Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial is a retired professional baseball player who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals . Nicknamed "Stan the Man", Musial was a record 24-time All-Star selection , and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hitters in baseball...

 and alongside executives such as Eddie Stanky

Eddie Stanky

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 and Sheldon "Chief" Bender. During that tenure, the Cardinals won three National League

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 championships and two World Series

World Series

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 titles and produced players such as Tim McCarver

Tim McCarver

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, Steve Carlton

Steve Carlton

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, Mike Shannon

Mike Shannon

Thomas Michael Shannon is an American-born former Major League Baseball player and current radio sportscaster.Shannon is a radio broadcaster for the St. Louis Cardinals. He was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and played with the Cardinals during some of the team's most successful years...

, Bake McBride

Bake McBride

Arnold Ray "Bake" McBride , also nicknamed "Shake n' Bake" and "The Callaway Kid", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, known primarily as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies' teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He made his major league debut for the St...

, Al Hrabosky

Al Hrabosky

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 and Ted Simmons

Ted Simmons

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Silvey later served as a scout for the San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

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