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MLB All-time Managerial Wins
This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins and a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 450 games (approximately three full seasons). Both lists are current through the close of the 2022 Major League Baseball season. Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Dusty Baker is the active wins leader (2,093) and is ninth in overall wins. Vic Harris, who was a manager in the segregated Negro leagues, has the highest percentage at . Dave Roberts is the active leader in winning percentage at , which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues. Managers with 1,000 or more wins Win percentage Managers included have managed at least 450 gamesslightly less than three full seasons and a group including 296 managersand regular season win percentages of at least .540. Note that the total number of games listed for each manager in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Mack (1910 Baseball Card)
Cornelius McGillicuddy (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball catcher, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755). Mack's victory total is 829 more than the second highest total, 2,902 wins by Tony La Russa. Mack's lead in career losses is even greater, 1,433 higher than the second highest total, La Russa's 2,515. Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the club's first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, and was at least part-owner from 1901 to 1954. He was the first American League manager to lead a team to List of Major League Baseball 100 win seasons, 100 wins, doing so in 1910, 1911, 1929, 1930, and 1931; his five 100-win seasons are second most in MLB history, with only two other managers surpassing him. He was the first mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floodlights
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Major League Baseball Lists
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This Year In Baseball Awards
The This Year in Baseball Awards, now called the "Esurance MLB Awards", were initiated by Major League Baseball (MLB) in . They are honors given annually to the most extraordinary baseball performances, players, managers, and executives, as voted on by fans, media, team front-office personnel, former players, and the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Unlike MLB's other awards—which are given to one player in each of the two leagues—the Esurance MLB Awards are given to only one player in all of MLB. In 2010, MLB began referring to the awards as the "GIBBY Awards." (GIBBY is a backronym for Greatness in Baseball Yearly.)Defensive Player of the Year Award (text at bottom of page, in the "Fast Facts" box). Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 2011-09-05. In 2015, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting News Manager Of The Year Award
The ''Sporting News'' Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by ''The Sporting News'' and was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball. In 1986 it was expanded to honor one manager from each league. In 2021 the winners were Kevin Cash in the American League and Gabe Kapler in the National League. Winners Key Listed below in chronological order are the MLB managers chosen as recipients of the ''TSN'' Manager of the Year Award. 1936–1985 1986–present References SourcesBaseball Almanac – TSN Manager of the Year Award See also *MLB This Year in Baseball Awards Manager of the Year * ''Baseball America'' Manager of the Year * ''Baseball Prospectus'' Internet Baseball Awards Manager of the Year *Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award *Associated Press Manager of the Year ''(discontinued in 2001)'' * ''Sporting News'' Manager of the Decade (2009) * ''Sports Illustrated'' MLB Manager of the Decade (2009) * MLB All-Time Manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball Manager Of The Year Award
In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to two outstanding managers, one each in the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winner is voted on by 30 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Each submits a vote for first, second, and third place among the managers of each league. The manager with the highest score in each league wins the award. Several managers have won the award in a season in which they led their team to 100 or more wins. They are: * Lou Piniella – 116 (Seattle Mariners, 2001) *Joe Torre – 114 (New York Yankees, 1998) * Gabe Kapler – 107 (San Francisco Giants, 2021) *Sparky Anderson – 104 (Detroit Tigers, 1984) * Tony La Russa – 104 (Oakland Athletics, 1988) * Dusty Baker – 103 (San Francisco Giants, 1993) *Larry Dierker – 102 (Houston Astros, 1998) *Whitey Herzog – 101 (St. Louis Cardinals, 1985) * Rocco Baldelli – 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 2009 All-decade Sports Illustrated Awards And Honors
This is a list of ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine's all-decade awards and honors for 2000–2009. Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade Top 20 Male Athletes of the Decade were: #Tiger Woods (U.S.), golf #Roger Federer (Switzerland), tennis #Michael Phelps (U.S.), swimming #Lance Armstrong (U.S.), cycling #Usain Bolt (Jamaica), track and field #Tom Brady (U.S.), American football #Kobe Bryant (U.S.), basketball #Peyton Manning (U.S.), American football #Albert Pujols (U.S.), baseball #Michael Schumacher (Germany), auto racing #Mariano Rivera (Panama), baseball #Tim Duncan (U.S.), basketball #Zinedine Zidane (France), football #Shaquille O'Neal (U.S.), basketball #Jimmie Johnson (U.S.), NASCAR #LeBron James (U.S.), basketball #Manny Pacquiao (Philippines), boxing #Derek Jeter (U.S.), baseball #Nicklas Lidström (Sweden), ice hockey #Alex Rodriguez (U.S.), baseball Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade Top 20 Female Athletes of the Decade were: #Serena Williams (U.S.), tennis #Annika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting News
The ''Sporting News'' is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a print magazine. It became the dominant American publication covering baseball, acquiring the nickname "The Bible of Baseball." From 2002 to February 2022, it was known simply as ''Sporting News''. In December 2012, ''Sporting News'' ended print publication and shifted to a digital-only publication. It currently has editions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. History Early history *March 17, 1886: ''The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), founded in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink, a director of the St. Louis Browns baseball team, publishes its first edition. The weekly newspaper sells for 5 cents. Baseball, horse racing and professional wrestling received the most coverage in the first issue. Meanwhile, the sporting weeklies ''Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball All-Time Team
The Major League Baseball All-Time Team was chosen in 1997 to comprise the top manager and top player in each of 13 positional categories across Major League Baseball history. The team, announced by Classic Sports Network in conjunction with the events celebrated around the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, were chosen by a panel of 36 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in a first- and second-place Borda count voting system. See also *Latino Legends Team * MLB All-Century Team * ''DHL'' Hometown Heroes (2006): the most outstanding player in the history of each MLB franchise, based on on-field performance, leadership quality and character value * Baseball awards#United States *Team of the century * List of MLB awards *National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Notes References *Brown, Gerry, and Morrison, Michael (eds.; 2003). ''ESPN Information Please Sports Almanac''. New York City: ESPN Books ESPN Books is a publishing company operated by ESP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Goudey Joe McCarthy
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Dave Roberts Winter Meetings
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Vic Harris 1931
Vic (; es, Vic or Pancracio Celdrán (2004). Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios (5ª edición). Madrid: Espasa Calpe. p. 843. ISBN 978-84-670-3054-9. «Vic o Vich (viquense, vigitano, vigatán, ausense, ausetano, ausonense): Ciudad barcelonesa, cabeza del partido judicial situada cerca de los ríos Ter y Méder, en la Plana de Vich.») is the capital of the ''comarca'' of Osona, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Vic is located from Barcelona and from Girona. Geography Vic lies in the middle of the Plain of Vic, equidistant from Barcelona and the Pyrenees. Vic has persistent fog in winter as a result of a thermal inversion, with temperatures as low as -10 °C, an absolute record of -24 °C and episodes of cold and severe snowstorms. For this reason the natural vegetation includes the pubescent oak typical of the sub-Mediterranean climates of eastern France, Northern Italy and the Balkans. Names Originally known as ''Auso'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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