Longtime major league manager Art Howe, a Shaler native, has tested positive for the coronavirus and was being treated in an intensive care unit as of Thursday night, according to television reports out of Houston.

Howe, 73, told KPRC-TV he began having chills two Sundays ago, then lost his sense of taste and experienced extreme fatigue. He was tested Tuesday, and when his condition failed to improve, he was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

“I never experienced anything like it in my life,” Howe told the television station via phone.

“I’m starting to feel a little better now, I think,” he added hopefully.

Howe, a member of the 1964 WPIAL championship team at Shaler, broke into the big leagues as a third baseman with the Pirates from 1974-75. He spent most of his career with the Astros and also played with the Cardinals in 11 major league seasons. He had a .260 lifetime batting average.

Howe is perhaps best known as the manager of the Oakland A’s from 1996-2002, a tenure that included three straight trips to the playoffs from 2000-02. He was immortalized in the movie adaptation of the book “Moneyball,” portrayed by actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. He also managed the Astros from 1989-93 and the Mets from 2003-04.

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