Dusty Baker becomes first black MLB manager to win 2,000 games
Baker is the 12th manager to reach 2,000 career wins. Of the previous 11 managers who have this Complete featThere are 10 in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The other, Bruce Bochy, is not yet eligible.
“It’s a great feeling when you achieve a goal,” said Baker, sitting next to a bottle of champagne in the post-game press conference. “I only had this goal four or five years ago when I realized I had a chance had.”
Baker’s managerial career spanned 25 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals and the Astros.
He is the only manager in MLB history to lead five different teams to the postseason and win division titles with five different clubs. His teams have reached the postseason 11 times, and he has managed in the World Series twice (2002 with the Giants and 2021 with the Astros).
Baker’s first win was on April 6, 1993, when the Giants beat the Cardinals in St. Louis. All five teams he has managed so far reached the postseason.
“I think of Hank Aaron and Jackie Robinson and Frank Robinson, who helped me a lot, Bill Walsh, all the general managers and owners that I had, whether they fired me at some point or not,” Baker said.
“This has only strengthened my persistence, determination and belief. I also have to thank my critics for giving me the motivation to keep going because there were a lot of people who doubted me in the beginning when I did “I got the job with no experience and a lot of them doubted me even though I won.”
Before becoming a manager, Baker was a successful player. He was an All-Star, Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger winner, NLCS MVP and World Series champion.
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He is one of only two people in MLB history to have 1,800 hits as a player and 1,800 wins as a manager. Joe Torre is the other.
That same evening hit Baker’s son Darren made a walk-off sacrifice throw – when a batter hits a ball high into the air into the outfield or foul territory, allowing a runner to score – for the Wilmington Blue Rocks, earning a 3-2 victory over the Bowling Green Hot Rods brought in.
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2023-12-25 17:02:37
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