Tony La Russa

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Tony La Russa is a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager best known for his long, successful tenures with the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won multiple World Series titles.

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instanceOf Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
Major League Baseball manager
baseball manager
human
almaMater Florida State University
Florida State University College of Law
bats right
careerManagerialLosses 2365
careerManagerialWins 2728
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1944-10-04
electedToHallOfFameBy Expansion Era Committee
familyName La Russa
fullName Anthony La Russa Jr.
givenName Anthony
HallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame
HallOfFameInductionYear 2014
knownFor long, successful tenures with the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals
leaguePennantAsManager 1988 American League
1989 American League
1990 American League
2004 National League
2006 National League
2011 National League
managedTeam Arizona Diamondbacks
Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox (second tenure)
Oakland Athletics
St. Louis Cardinals
ManagerOfTheYearAward 1983 American League
1988 American League
1992 American League
2002 American League
MLBManagerDebutTeam Chicago White Sox
MLBManagerDebutYear 1979
notableStrategy extensive use of bullpen specialization
occupation baseball manager
baseball player
lawyer
placeOfBirth Tampa, Florida, United States
playedFor Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Kansas City Athletics
Oakland Athletics
position infielder
rankByManagerialWins second all-time at time of retirement in 2011
throws right
WorldSeriesTitleAsManager 1989
2006
2011


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