Herb Stein, the legendary local Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins scout who signed Rod Carew and touted St. John’s Frank Viola and Columbia’s Gene Larkin, among others, died yesterday. He was 93.

Stein had been a resident of the Hebrew Home in Riverdale. Local baseball historian/author Lee Lowenfish recalled Stein was a tough kid, raised in Upper Manhattan, becoming a baseball star for George Washington High.

Many years later, another star at GW was Manny Ramirez, whom Stein unsuccessfully lobbied the Twins to draft.

Stein played shortstop in the Senators farm system and was steadily promoted — he hit well over .300 — until his pro career was postponed by World War II.

Army Sgt. Stein participated in the Normandy invasion, then the Battle of the Bulge. He later became a minor-league player-manager, then an NYC transit cop.

He was known throughout MLB’s racial transition period as a great champion of minority players, refusing to play in the South, where non-white players were abused. As a Jew, Stein felt it, too.

Stein is survived by his wife of 65 years, Belgian-born Marie-Josee. Funeral arrangements are pending.