Bill Virdon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed (1066) and the most regular-season game wins (544). [48] The Marlins would go on to win Game 7 at Wrigley Field on their way to winning the 2003 World Series. Get highlights, trending news, and behind-the-scenes insights from Houston Public Media delivered to your inbox each week. While the Giants scored first in Game 7, the Angels scored three runs in the third inning to build a cushion on their way to a 41 victory. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. While he would play the outfield during his time there, he also played first base at times, playing 61 games of his tenure at the position while also serving as a designated hitter for 28 total games. [92] On September 19, the Astros clinched the AL West title, which is Baker's ninth division title as manager. Kayla Skinner Jan 26, 2023 2:17 PM EST In this story: Houston Astros The Houston Astros. 2023 Season Tickets. You cant be satisfied with where you are or else youll never get past where you are right now. "I talked to a lot of players," Baker said. Brown replaces James Click, who was not given a new contract. Art Howe was the manager of the Astros from 1989 to 1993. Baker will get a chance to do just that after he agreed to a one-year contract with the Houston Astros. As such, they were the second Wild Card team and faced the division rival Pittsburgh Pirates (who won 94 games) in Wild Card game. On October 15, 2012, he signed a two-year contract extension as manager of the Reds. In the 2002 National League Division Series, they faced the Atlanta Braves. He also received criticism from television analyst Steve Stone, who blamed Baker for his players harassing him at team charters and hotels, which Baker waved off as being "grown men". [5] Garner, Hinch, and Baker are the only managers to have won league pennants with the franchise, Garner winning one in the National League in 2005, Hinch winning two in the American League in 2017 and 2019, and Baker winning two in 2021 and 2022. This season Houston won 106 games for the second-best record in franchise history. However, their postseason was once again cut short after losing in the 2017 NLDS to the Chicago Cubs in five games. Teams hiring a general manager often need a total overhaul. I've got work to do, he said. Baker collected one home run in the series (Game 3) while going 7-for-24 (.292) with five runs batted in, but the Dodgers lost the Series in six games. Hes a legend and hes really done a lot for the team.. That's it, pure and simple. Baker signed a two-year contract extension with the Reds on October 4, 2010. Their statuses going forward are unclear. However, a double by Troy Glaus scored the runners to give the Angels a lead they would not relinquish. [1] The franchise is owned by Jim Crane. The Houston Astros have added another name to their list of finalist for the vacant general manager position. Baker, 72, led the Astros to the World Series in 2021 after taking over the team before the . The Reds beat the Giants 52 and 90 in San Francisco to lead the series heading back to Cincinnati. In 2002, his Giants won 95 games and clinched the Wild Card by 3 games. Many thanks to him. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. [39] On December 16, 1992, Baker was hired to manage the club, becoming the seventh black manager hired to manage a Major League Baseball team. [58] Baker and the Reds finished 7488 and 7884 in 2008 and 2009, finishing 5th and 4th in the NL Central. Crane, like Brown, played baseball collegiately. Im just telling you, I love winning probably more than anything else. HOUSTON For years, as Dusty Baker chased his first World Series title as a manager, the former big league outfielder would always say if he won one he'd like to win two. Mandatory Credit: Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports. When asked about what was necessary for good pitching, he stated "Control, control, control. This championship led to their first playoff appearance in 15 years. He closed out his Dodgers career in 1983 by batting .260 with 138 hits; curiously, this was the first season since 1975 where he drew more walks than strikeouts (in this case walking a career high 72 times with 59 strikeouts). He has served as the manager of the Astros since 2020. Crane said the discussion was a quick one, lasting only about 15 minutes. [8] Baker decided to sign with the team to the anger of his father, who sued to nullify the contract (and the $15,000 signing bonus), which led to a decision where the State of California appointed a trustee over his finances until his 21st birthday. David J. Phillip/AP Astros outfielder and first baseman Trey Mancini detailed Baker's kindness towards his players in an . Your Account Manager is here for all of your Astros needs. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. They allowed Baker to address the media in a press conference in early October, where he officially announced his departure. We have a saying that you have to weigh all the evidence, and when you weigh all the evidence, you can cut back on the mistakes youve made. With their quotes out of the NFL combine, DeMeco Ryans and Nick Caserio are acknowledging real change is planned in 2023. With the help of a tax crisis lawyer (over the course of several years), the issue was resolved, roughly around the time the news was broken by the media in late 2002. I meant what I said. The Astros faced the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the AL pennant. Candidates for the position included Showalter, John Gibbons, Joe Espada, and Will Venable. Baker said he believes the team has moved past those dark days. The teams split the first two games in Anaheim before going to San Francisco. [66], On November 3, 2015, Baker was named the new manager for the Washington Nationals for the 2016 season, his first managerial position since being fired by Cincinnati in 2013; he was hired to replace Matt Williams after a deal with Bud Black fell through. Dana Brown Leads Houston Astros as MLB's Only Black General Manager - The New York Times Advertisement On Baseball After Three Decades of Waiting, Dana Brown Gets His Shot Brown helped. [33][34][35], Baker was working as a stockbroker in 1987 when he received a call from Hank Aaron, Joe Morgan, and Frank Robinson to go to Dallas, Texas to try to get jobs for minority baseball players after they finished their playing careers, which came in the wake of controversial remarks by Dodgers general manager Al Campanis on April 6, 1987. You cant be satisfied with where you are or else youll never get past where you are right now. Brown spoke with Baker and left convinced the two could form a fine partnership something Click struggled to maintain. "We kind of know where he's looking. [44], Despite Baker's success in San Francisco, he had an increasingly strained relationship with owner Peter Magowan, one that even the Giants' first pennant in 13 years could not mend. The World Series would culminate a historic run for Baker and his Astros. Despite his age, he's not ready to say next season will be his last. [73][74], In 2020, Baker was one of three finalists for the Philadelphia Phillies job, alongside Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter, but Girardi got the job. 1000; Cubs retake wild-card lead", "Unchanged Stone will be back in '05 Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles", "You Can't Neutralize Stupid: Why Dusty Baker Might Not Get Another Job", Dusty Baker and Pitch Counts The Hardball Times, "Mark Prior: I have no regrets, no one to blame", "Dusty Baker bashers in Chicago have short memories", "Reds give Dusty Baker a three-year deal", "Reds, Rays and Yanks Punch Playoff Tickets", "Reds give manager Dusty Baker a two-year extension", "Reds' Dusty Baker hospitalized with irregular heartbeat", "Reds, Dusty Baker agree to two-year contract extension", "Washington Nationals hire Dusty Baker as manager", "Baker: Nats need more black, Latino players to increase speed", "Dusty Baker Excuses Racist Comment By Assuring Us It Wasn't Racist", "Dusty Baker Is Not a Bad Hire | FanGraphs Baseball", "Does Reds Manager Dusty Baker Abuse Pitchers? The Astros lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in seven games after having come back from 30. Id be going against what I was destined to do if I did anything else at this point in time, he said. [123], As stated by Baker, his middle initial is "Just B. It was the first time since 2003 that a Baker-led team had made the League Championship Series. The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. In July of that year, Baker was the subject of some controversy when he stated that "black and Hispanic players are better suited to playing in the sun and heat than white players." He became a free agent after the season and signed with the San Francisco Giants for the 1984 season. 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Baseball is all I know. [117][118][119], Baker is a member of the National Advisory Board for Positive Coaching Alliance, a national non-profit organization committed to providing student-athletes with a positive, character-building youth sports experience. The Astros squeaked into the postseason as an AL wild card before heating up in the playoffs and coming one win shy of reaching the World Series. The 73-year-old Baker earned his first World Series championship as a manager in his 25th season as a skipper when the Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies in six games Saturday. How many times in your life do you say something and then have the opportunity to fulfill it, Baker said Wednesday. With the umpires gone, the balls and strikes were called by the catcher, just like is done in so many backyard games. After Clicks departure, influential Astros adviser Jeff Bagwell became vocal about ensuring a better blend between analytics and feel throughout the sport. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Ace Justin Verlander is expected to decline his $25 million player option for next season and become a free agent Thursday. [10] It was also during the year that Baker would serve as a Marine Corps Reserve in motor transport mechanics, as suggested by the team; he would do so for six years. Whenever he does hang it up, he has a strong case for the Hall of Fame. So that was very humbling.. The White Sox were led by Tony La Russa, who Baker had faced as manager over 200 times previously, and whose careers both had intertwined and spanned more than five decades. On that day Baker batted fifth in the lineup behind Hank Aaron. We're going to sit down and put our best foot forward, something that fits into our formula and hopefully that fits into his formula. [3][4] Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 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The man has led a record five teams to 12 postseason berths, three World Series appearances, and has won more games than all but eight managers in history. The Dodgers faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS. On November 5, 2021, owner Jim Crane announced that Baker had agreed to a one-year extension to manage the club for the 2022 season. Houston has cornered the market on massive shortstops . We're very, very excited to have him back.". On October 2, the Astros won their 104th game, setting a new high in wins for a Baker-managed team. Baker played a variety of sports growing up, describing basketball as his very first love while also playing sports such as baseball, with his father being his coach for Little League, although this did not stop the elder Baker from kicking his son off of teams because of his tantrums. Johnnie B. Baker batted .167 in the Division Series, but the Dodgers won in five games. So, hey man weve got a chance to win back to back and this is what Id like to do.. Or write about sports? Baker is the 12th manager in major league history to reach 2,000 wins and the first Black man to do it. [7] Grady Hatton, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros. Baker won the 2022 World Series with the Astros and is the oldest manager to win a championship in the four major North American sports. In 1992, Giants manager Roger Craig was fired while Bob Quinn was named general manager (the week prior, Rosen resigned) by the new ownership that was led by Peter Magowan. Baker set out a goal to try and manage within five years or he would step down. [89] Coincidentally, both Baker's first win and his 2,000th win involved the father-son tandem of Peas in the lineup, as Gernimo Pea batted leadoff for the St. Louis Cardinals versus the Giants on April 6, 1993, and son Jeremy started the May 3 game as shortstop for the Astros. Oct 22, 2021; Houston, Texas, USA; Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker Jr. (12) looks on in the eighth inning during game six of the 2021 ALCS against the Boston Red Sox at Minute Maid Park. Hottest MLB managers 1. [112] In the winter of 2001, Baker was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a routine check-up (his father had been diagnosed with the disease eight years prior). In 2010, the Reds enjoyed success as one of baseball's breakout teams (which included first baseman Joey Votto being named Most Valuable Player of the National League), and on September 28, 2010, the Reds won the Central title. It is believed that Baker played an integral part in the first-ever high five, which occurred between Baker and Dodgers teammate Glenn Burke on October 2, 1977, at Dodger Stadium, a story featured in the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary The High Five (2014), directed by Michael Jacobs. Not given a new contract where he 's not ready to say next season be! 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