Does he go in as a Cardinal or as an Athletic? He's got 11 years with
the Cards and ten with the A's. He made his name with the A's but he
has more titles with the Cards. BTW, do you realize LaRussa has been
managing in the majors for 29 years (number 3 all time in wins)?

"wunnuy" <wunnuy@netzero.net> wrote in message
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Maybe one of these :~)
Transactions
June 6, 1962: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free
agent.

August 14, 1971: Purchased by the Atlanta Braves from the Oakland
Athletics.

October 20, 1972: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago Cubs for
Tom Phoebus.

Before 1974 Season: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the
Chicago Cubs.

April 4, 1975: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 7, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

December 15, 1976: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the St. Louis
Cardinals for Randy Wiles.

September 29, 1977: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

x-no-archive: yes

"John" <jploss@swbell.net> wrote in message
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Washed up, as a player, at only 33.

But the opposite as manager.


Top 13 Baseball Managers All-Time Wins
(through Sun. Oct. 1, 2006)

Active Managers in CAPS


MANAGER WINS

1. Connie Mack 3,731 1894-1896, 1901-1950; WinPct .486 (owned team)
2. John McGraw 2,763 1899, 1901-1932; WinPct .586

3. TONY LaRUSSA [1] 2,297 1979-2006; WinPct .536 (.53631; 1,986 L)

4. Sparky Anderson 2,194 1970-1995; WinPct .545
5. BOBBY COX [2] 2,171 1978-1985, 1990-2006; WinPct .563
(.56287; 1,686 L)

6. Bucky Harris 2,157 1924-1943, 1947-1948, 1950-1956; WinPct .493
7. Joe McCarthy 2,125 1926-1946, 1948-1950; WinPct .615 (#1)

8. Walter Alston 2,040 1954-1976; WinPct .558
9. Leo Durocher 2,008 1939-1946, 1948-1955, 1966-1973; WinPct .540
10. JOE TORRE [3] 1,973 1977-1984, 1990-2006, WinPct .537
(.53687; 1,702 L)

11. Casey Stengel 1,905 1934-1936, 1938-1943, 1949-1960, 1962-1965;
WinPct .508
12. Gene Mauch 1,902 1960-1982, 1985-1987; WinPct .483
2,037 Losses (3 ties)
Total managed: 3,942 Games
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m...mauchge01.shtml


13. Bill McKechnie 1,896



2006 record for ACTIVE Managers in Top 13


[1] StL 83-78 .516 1st place, NL Central; before 2006 LaRussa at .537
2,214 W 1,908 L 4,162 Games

[2] ATL 79-83 .488 3rd place, NL East; before 2006 Cox at .566
2,092 W 1,603 L 3,695 Games

[3] NYY 97-65 .599 1st place, AL East; before 2006 Torre at .534
1,876 W 1,637 L 3,513 Games

John wrote:

um...so what does that have to do with the price of tea in China? My
question was what team will he go into the Hall as, not who released
him when he was a player?