Posted June 22, 200520 yr comment_2616038 New York Yankees: Joe McCarthy. The longest tenured Yankee skipper won seven World Championships, and remains the only major NYY manager to win a pennant outside New York as well. Boston Red Sox: Bill Carrigan. Led the club to two World Championships. Toronto Blue Jays: Cito Gaston. Managed the club during the glory days of the early 1990s, winning two world titles and four division crowns. Baltimore Orioles: Earl Weaver. Genius. Tampa Bay Devil Rays: Lou Pinella, via default. Chicago White Sox: Al Lopez. An overlooked manager who won pennants with the 1959 Go Go Sox, and the '54 Indians as well. Cleveland Indians: Al Lopez. During the six years Lopez managed Cleveland, the team AVERAGED 95 wins a season. Adjust for a 162 game schedule, and that would reach nearly 100. Minnesota Twins: Tom Kelly. Two world championships with relatively weak looking teams. Kansas City Royals: Whitey Herzog. Managed the club during the 1970s, when they were an AL West powerhouse. Detroit Tigers: Sparky Anderson. Hughie Jennings has a real case, having managed Ty Cobb and won three titles, but Sparky deserves his moment, and did manage the greatest Tigers season in team history. Jennings never won the World Series. Los Angeles Angels: Mike Scioscia. Bill Rigney is the only manager who lasted longer, and he managed the expansion club. Scioscia led the team to their only world championship. Oakland Athletics: Connie Mack. Not only managed the Philadelphia Athletics, but built and scouted the team himself. Record is unparelleled through his first thirty years, but was on auto-pilot the last 20. Seattle Mariners: Lou Pinella. Only manager to guide the club to a postseason berth, and the only manager to compile a winning record with the club. Texas Rangers: Johnny Oates. Managed the Rangers to their division titles in the late 90s, and is sorely missed.
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