This week, one of MLB‘s winningest managers announced his retirement from the game he loves.
Houston Astros skipper Dusty Baker is calling it a career after managing since 1993.
The league’s official Twitter account dedicated a post to say goodbye to a legendary manager.
“A true baseball lifer. Congratulations on your retirement, Dusty!” MLB tweeted.
A true baseball lifer.
Congratulations on your retirement, Dusty! pic.twitter.com/BTfmh5XSu3
— MLB (@MLB) October 26, 2023
Baker is, truly, a baseball lifer.
He played in MLB for 19 years, mostly with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
During his MLB career as a player, he hit 242 home runs and drove in 1,013 runs.
Then, he became a coach in 1988 and managed some minor league teams before getting his first crack at an MLB managerial job with the San Francisco Giants in 1993.
He would stay there until 2002, after losing the World Series to the Los Angeles Angels.
From there, he managed the Chicago Cubs (2003-06), the Cincinnati Reds (2008-13), the Washington Nationals (2016-17), and the Astros since 2020.
As a manager, Baker won 2,183 games and lost 1,862, for a very solid .540 winning percentage.
He won his first, and only, World Series title in 2022 with the Astros.
In every year he was managing the Astros, he led them to the American League Championship Series at the very least and appeared in two Fall Classics, winning one.
Some people say his teams didn’t perform well in the postseason, but he has a 57-51 there with a .528 winning percentage: that’s not bad at all, and the flag he won in 2022 will fly forever.
Fans, colleagues, and teams wish Baker a happy retirement and some quality time with his family.
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