Manager of the Year Award Winners - Bobby Cox, Bruce Bochy, Buck Rodgers, Buck Showalter, Davey Johnson, Don Baylor, Don Zimmer, Dusty Baker, Eric Wedg (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Bobby Cox, Bruce Bochy, Buck Rodgers, Buck Showalter, Davey Johnson, Don Baylor, Don Zimmer, Dusty Baker, Eric Wedge, Felipe Alou, Frank Robinson, Gene Lamont, Hal Lanier, Jack McKeon, Jeff Torborg, Jerry Manuel, Jimy Williams, Jim Frey, Jim Leyland, Joe Girardi, Joe Torre, Johnny Oates, John McNamara (baseball), Larry Bowa, Larry Dierker, Lou Piniella, Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Guillen, Sparky Anderson, Tommy Lasorda, Tom Kelly (baseball), Tony La Russa, Tony Pena, Whitey Herzog. Excerpt: As manager Torre in 1982Joseph Paul Torre (; born July 18, 1940) is an American baseball manager and former professional baseball player. A nine-time All-Star, he played in Major League Baseball as a catcher, first baseman and a third baseman for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, and the St. Louis Cardinals. After his retirement as a player, he later managed all three teams. Torre managed the New York Yankees from 1996 to 2007. The Yankees reached the post season each year and won ten American League East Division titles, six American League pennants, four World Series titles, and compiled a .605 winning percentage overall. With 2,326 wins, he is currently ranked 5th on the list of Major League Baseball all-time managerial wins. Torre followed in his brother Frank's footsteps when he was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1960. In his first season in the minor leagues with the Class A Eau Claire Braves, he won the 1960 Northern League batting championship with a .344 batting average. Torre made his major league debut late in the season on September 25, 1960. He was assigned to the Triple A Louisville Colonels for the 1961 season where, the Braves had planned to groom him as the eventual successor to their All-Star catcher, Del Crandall. However, those plans were changed when Crandall injured his...