Whitey Herzog's former Kansas City-area home is up for sale, and all these years later it still contains a few baseball-centric touches.
The modest Independence, Missouri, home he built with his own hands and owned for about three decades features a banister made of Louisville Slugger bats, numerous photos from Herzog's career in Kansas City, a bar painted with the Royals logo and a "White Rat" sign.
There's no sign of the white rat statue that reportedly sat on the front lawn when Herzog lived in the home and raised three children there.
The 3,100-square foot brick ranch home with three bedrooms and three bathrooms is .
The Hall of Famer who led the Cardinals to the 1982 World Series title, made his mark as manager of the Royals before coming to ºüÀêÊÓƵ.
He died in April at the age of 92. He resided in Sunset Hills in recent years.
Herzog and his wife, Mary Lou, during his time as an outfielder for the Kansas City Athletics from 1958-60.
It's about 8 miles from the Athletics' home stadium, the now-demolished Municipal Stadium.
Herzog maintained his Independence home as he went on to play three more seasons elsewhere, two for Baltimore and one for Detroit, before retiring in 1963.
He returned to Kansas City where he was hired as scouting director for a a year (about $75,000 in today's dollars).
Herzog later spent time as a coach for the A's, then the Mets before earning his first managerial job in 1973 for the Rangers. After a year in Texas and a year with the Angels, Herzog joined the Royals in 1975 before heading across the state to ºüÀêÊÓƵ in 1980 after the Royals fired him.
In a story written during the 1985 World Series, the Post-Dispatch's Ellen Futterman called the Herzogs "probably the town's most famous couple since former President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess."
He sold the home in the late 1980s, toward the end of his tenure as Cardinals manager.
An open house is scheduled for Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the ºüÀêÊÓƵ Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s and perfected an intricate, nail-biting strategy known as "Whiteyball," has died. He was 92.