Sparky Anderson

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Hall of Famer Major League Baseball manager baseball manager human

Sparky Anderson was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager best known for leading the Cincinnati Reds’ “Big Red Machine” and the Detroit Tigers to World Series championships.

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Sparky Anderson canonical 15

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hall of Famer ⓘ
Major League Baseball manager ⓘ
baseball manager ⓘ
human ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
burialPlace Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of dementia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-02-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2010-11-04 ⓘ
finalMLBGameAsPlayer 1959-09-27 ⓘ
finalMLBTeamAsPlayer Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
fullName George Lee Anderson ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⓘ
surface form: National Baseball Hall of Fame
hallOfFameInductionMethod Veterans Committee ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2000 ⓘ
jerseyNumberManaged 10 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Cincinnati Reds ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
knownFor leading the Cincinnati Reds’ Big Red Machine to multiple World Series titles ⓘ
leading the Detroit Tigers to the 1984 World Series championship ⓘ
leaguePennantWonAsManager 1970 National League pennant ⓘ
1972 National League pennant ⓘ
1975 National League pennant ⓘ
1976 National League pennant ⓘ
1984 American League pennant ⓘ
managedTeam Cincinnati Reds ⓘ
Detroit Tigers ⓘ
managerialTenureTeam Cincinnati Reds ⓘ
surface form: Cincinnati Reds 1970–1978

Detroit Tigers ⓘ
surface form: Detroit Tigers 1979–1995
managerOfYearAward 1984 American League Manager of the Year ⓘ
1987 American League Manager of the Year ⓘ
middleName Lee ⓘ
MLBdebutAsPlayer 1959-04-10 ⓘ
MLBdebutTeamAsPlayer Philadelphia Phillies ⓘ
MLBmanagerDebutTeam Cincinnati Reds ⓘ
MLBmanagerDebutYear 1970 ⓘ
nickname Sparky ⓘ
notableAchievement first manager to win World Series titles in both the American League and National League ⓘ
occupation baseball manager ⓘ
baseball player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bridgewater, South Dakota, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Thousand Oaks, California, United States ⓘ
positionPlayed second baseman ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
teamNicknameAssociatedWith Big Red Machine ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
wonWorldSeriesAsManager 1975 World Series ⓘ
1976 World Series ⓘ
1984 World Series ⓘ

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1980 World Series → radioAnnouncersUS → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Detroit Tigers → retiredNumberHonoree → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
1975 World Series → managerOfChampion → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
1970 World Series → runnerUpManager → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
1984 World Series → managerOfChampion → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Big Red Machine → manager → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Major League Baseball managers → hasNotableExample → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
subject surface form: Major League Baseball manager
1973 All-Star Game → managerNationalLeague → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Anderson → hasNotableBearer → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
1972 World Series → managerOfRunnerUp → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
1976 World Series → managerOfChampion → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
Bridgewater, South Dakota, United States → hasNotablePerson → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
subject surface form: Bridgewater, South Dakota
Bridgewater, South Dakota, United States → isBirthplaceOf → Sparky Anderson ⓘ
subject surface form: Bridgewater, South Dakota
George Lee Anderson → nickname → Sparky Anderson ⓘ