- Spoke nothing except French at home when growing up; didn't know a word of English when he started school.
- Left the Houston Astros after the 1973 season and retired from baseball when he felt he could no longer relate to the modern ballplayer.
- First person to appear twice as a mystery guest on What's My Line (1951).
- Is regarded as the best fielding shortstop of his day.
- Was immortalized by Danny Kaye in his 1962 hit "The Dodgers song", with the lyric "Leo Durocher, Leo Durocher, starts to wiggle and to twitch. A signal? No, an itch!".
- On The Flintstones (1960), the characters of Leo Ferocious and Casey Strangle were based on Durocher and Casey Stengel.
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1994.
- Won a World Series as a player with the Cardinals (1934); as a coach with the Dodgers (1963); and as manager of the Giants (1954).
- Was nicknamed "The All-American Out" by Babe Ruth.
- Manager of the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers (1939-1946, 1948), New York Giants (1948-1955), Chicago Cubs (1966-1972), and Houston Astros (1972-1973).
- Was suspended from baseball in 1947 by Commissioner Albert 'Happy' Chandler.
- Was a baseball commentator for NBC from 1956 to 1960.
- Served as third base coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 to 1964.
- Had quick hands; was able to get rid of the baseball almost as soon as it was in his glove, in much the same manner as Bill Mazeroski.
- "The Sporting News" Manager of the Year (1939, 1951, 1954).
- Made major league debut (as a player) on 2 October 1925 (one of 2 games played that season).
- Played for the American League's New York Yankees (1925, 1928); and the National League's Cincinnati Reds (1930-1933), St. Louis Cardinals (1933-1937) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1938-1941, 1943, 1945).
- American professional baseball player and manager.
- Father of Chris Durocher.
- Became the second manager to win 2,000 games in the National League, joining John J. McGraw.
- Once defeated Willie Hoppe in a pool match.
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