NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland, who managed 22 seasons for four franchises, is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Leyland, 78, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by a 16-member Contemporary Era committee after his inclusion on the ballot of managers, executives and umpires.
He was the only one of eight candidates on the ballot, which also included former managers Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson and Lou Piniella, selected for induction. Leyland received 15 out of 16 votes and will be inducted on July 21, 2024.
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Leyland, who currently works as a special assistant in the Tigers’ front office, managed 3,499 games in 22 seasons, made eight playoff appearances and won the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins. He won the Manager of the Year award in 1990, 1992 and 2006.
He managed the Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-96), Marlins (1997-98), Colorado Rockies (1999) and Tigers (2006-13) throughout his Hall of Fame-caliber career, all leading Team USA to the 2017 World Baseball Classic championship.
Leyland is the only manager in baseball history to win a World Series and WBC title.
He won 1,769 games during his 22-year managerial career: 851 games with the Pirates, 146 games with the Marlins, 72 games with the Rockies and 700 games with the Tigers. He ranks 17th in games and 18th in wins in the all-time standings.
Leyland is one of two managers in baseball history to win three consecutive division titles with two franchises. He played three times in the National League East with the Pirates from 1990 to 1992 and in the American League Central with the Tigers from 2011 to 2013.
He guided the Tigers to the World Series in 2006 and 2012 – one of three managers in franchise history to lead the Tigers to at least two World Series appearances – but lost to the St. Louis in 2006 and the San Francisco Giants in 2012.
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Leyland, who turns 79 in less than two weeks, was one of eight candidates on the Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot for managers, executives and umpires. He was elected to the Hall of Fame by a 16-member committee that included Hall of Fame players Jeff Bagwell, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Ted Simmons and Jim Thome, as well as Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre and former Hall of Fame commissioner Bud Selig. .
The other nine committee members: leaders Sandy Alderson, Bill DeWitt, Michael Hill, Ken Kendrick, Andy MacPhail and Phyllis Merhige, as well as media/historian members Sean Forman, Jack O’Connell and Jesus Ortiz.
Piniella received 11 votes from the 16-member committee, trailing by one vote.
The ballot also included umpires Joe West and Ed Montague, former National League president Bill White and former general manager Hank Peters.
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2023-12-04 02:09:57
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