# Fred Waters > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Waters > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fred_Waters.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Waters > Source revision: 1340486914 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For the American football player, see [Fred Waters (American football)](/source/Fred_Waters_(American_football)). **Fred Warren Waters** (February 2, 1927 – August 28, 1989) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) player, [manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)), [scout](/source/Scout_(sport)) and [coach](/source/Coach_(baseball)). The [left-handed](/source/Left-handed) [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) appeared in 25 [Major League](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [games](/source/Games_pitched) for the –[56](/source/1956_in_baseball) [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates). Born in [Benton, Mississippi](/source/Benton,_Mississippi), Waters attended the [University of Southern Mississippi](/source/University_of_Southern_Mississippi). He stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg). ## Career Apart from his trials with the Pirates, Waters had a 13-season (1949–58; 1960–62) pitching career in [minor league baseball](/source/Minor_league_baseball). He was first signed by the [Brooklyn Dodgers](/source/Brooklyn_Dodgers), then acquired by the [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Milwaukee_Braves_(1953%E2%80%9369)) in April 1953, spending most of that season with the [Lincoln Chiefs](/source/Lincoln_Links) of the Class A [Western League](/source/Western_League_(1900%E2%80%931958)). Then, on December 26, 1953, he was traded to Pittsburgh along with [third baseman](/source/Third_baseman) [Sid Gordon](/source/Sid_Gordon), [outfielder](/source/Outfielder) [Sam Jethroe](/source/Sam_Jethroe), [pitcher](/source/Pitcher) [Max Surkont](/source/Max_Surkont), fellow minor leaguers [Curt Raydon](/source/Curt_Raydon) and Larry Lasalle, and $100,000 for third baseman [Danny O'Connell](/source/Danny_O'Connell). This is the only six-for-one trade in Major League history and was surpassed only by the seven-for-one deal that sent [Vida Blue](/source/Vida_Blue) from the [Oakland Athletics](/source/Oakland_Athletics) to the [San Francisco Giants](/source/San_Francisco_Giants) in 1978.[1] Waters appeared in two games in [relief](/source/Relief_pitcher) for the Pirates at the end of the 1955 season, then worked in 23 games for them over the last three months of 1956 after his recall from the Open-Classification [Hollywood Stars](/source/Hollywood_Stars) of the [Pacific Coast League](/source/Pacific_Coast_League). Both of his MLB victories came in [starting roles](/source/Starting_pitcher). His first big-league triumph came on July 26, when he went seven [shutout](/source/Shutout_(baseball)) [innings](/source/Inning_(baseball)) against the [Chicago Cubs](/source/Chicago_Cubs), allowing only four [singles](/source/Single_(baseball)) and three [bases on balls](/source/Bases_on_balls). [Howie Pollet](/source/Howie_Pollet) relieved Waters in the eighth inning with two runners on base, and preserved the 4–0 shutout win.[2] Over his 25 Major League games and 56 [innings pitched](/source/Innings_pitched), Waters allowed 55 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) and compiled a strong 2.89 career [earned run average](/source/Earned_run_average). However, he issued 32 bases on balls, with only 14 [strikeouts](/source/Strikeout). Waters appeared in only seven minor league games in 1958 and sat out the 1959 season completely. He became a high school baseball coach in [Pensacola, Florida](/source/Pensacola,_Florida).[3] But in 1960, at age 33, he returned to baseball as a pitcher-coach for the Class D [Pensacola Angels](/source/Pensacola_Angels) of the [Alabama–Florida League](/source/Alabama%E2%80%93Florida_League). In three seasons with Pensacola's professional franchise, he appeared in 73 games, largely as a starting pitcher, and compiled a 41–13 [record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) and a sparkling 2.04 earned run average. In 1964, Waters became a manager and coach in the [farm system](/source/Farm_system) of the [Minnesota Twins](/source/Minnesota_Twins), while continuing his high school coaching duties in Pensacola.[3] During Waters' 22 seasons as a manager, all of them in short-season leagues (Rookie and Short Season-A levels), his teams went 681–664 (.505). Waters retired from managing after the 1986 season, and died in Pensacola three years later at the age of 62. ## References 1. [Danny O'Connell traded for 6 players](http://www.thebaseballpage.com/baseball-history/danny-oconnell-traded-6-players) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114156/http://www.thebaseballpage.com/baseball-history/danny-oconnell-traded-6-players) March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Baseball Page 1. [1956-7-26 box score](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1956/B07260PIT1956.htm) from [Retrosheet](/source/Retrosheet) 1. Brown, Scott, *Baseball in Pensacola.* Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2013, page 119 ## External links , or [Retrosheet](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwatef101.htm) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fred Waters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Waters) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Waters?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.