Terry Cashman, a songwriter and lead singer of The Chevrons in the late 1950’s and early 60’s, as well as one of the producers of the famous Jim Croce, is famous for his songs about baseball. His most famous piece is “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey and the Duke).” However Cashman also recorded songs about specific teams and players, including the late Earl Weaver.

Weaver led the O’s to more wins than any other Orioles manager since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954. (Focus on Sport/Getty Images)

Weaver became the manager of the Orioles in 1968. In the next three seasons as Baltimore’s skipper, he led the O’s to three consecutive World Series, four total with one victory in 1970.

Weaver was known as a firecracker of a manager, his 98 career ejections proves that. This YouTube clip was captured in 1980 after a first inning balk call in a game against the Detroit Tigers. WARNING: the video below includes strong language.

Most memories of Weaver will be just that; a short man screaming and finger pointing at umpires, sometimes bumping chests, spinning hats and kicking dirt.

However, Weaver was more than that. Weaver was also a baseball genius. In his 1984 book, “Weaver on Strategy,” Weaver defined some of his philosophies, such as belief of a four-man pitching rotation:

“I firmly believe that the four-man rotation would still work, even in today’s game. It goes back to how you break people into the game, from the lowest levels of the minors on up.”

In his 17 years as a big league manager, Weaver led the Orioles to six division titles, four American League pennants and one World Series. His final record was 1480-1060, good enough for a .583 win percentage and induction into the baseball hall of fame in 1996.

Earl Weaver’s #4 was retired following the 1982 season. In 2012 the team unveiled a statue in his honor as part of the team’s Legends Celebrations Series. (Lloyd Fox/Baltimore Sun/MCT via Getty Images)

On January 19, 2013, Weaver, 82, died of an apparent heart attack while on the Orioles fantasy cruise. Weaver’s impact on the game of baseball can still be seen today. He was one of the first to use a radar gun to measure pitching speeds and one of the first to document batter-pitcher match ups using index cards.

Rest in peace Earl Weaver, you will always be remembered as “the Earl of Baltimore.”