Hall of Fame baseball players turned managers: Five best, five worst (2024)

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Is anyone in the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player and a manager? ›

In early baseball history, it was not uncommon for players to serve as player-managers; that is, they managed the team while still being signed to play for the club. In the history of MLB, there have been 221 player-managers, 59 of whom are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Bobby Cox, the legendary Atlanta Braves manager, holds the record for the most ejections in MLB history.

That record? Bobby Cox's 162 all-time ejections.

By position, there are: 84 pitchers, 20 catchers, 27 first basem*n, 20 second basem*n, 19 third basem*n, 26 shortstops, 23 left fielders, 24 center fielders, 27 right fielders, 3 designated hitters, 23 managers, 10 umpires and 40 executives/pioneers.

ESPN.com: MLB - Only four GMs in Hall of Fame. Of the 23 men elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as "executives or pioneers," just four were honored for doing the job of a modern club president or general manager.

Sandy Koufax holds the distinction of being the youngest player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, achieving this honor at the age of 36 in 1972.

Composed of 30 teams, MLB is one of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Connie Mack holds the records for most wins (3,731) and losses (3,948) by a Major League Baseball manager.

Top 5 most unbreakable records in baseball: #1-Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,632 consecutive games played. Two track meets, two first place finishes for the boys.

However, a rarely explored topic is who is the worst player of all time? Never fear, we have the answer: John Gochnaur. He played in 264 Major League games over the course of the 1901-03 seasons, hitting . 187 without any home runs and committing 146 errors.

Who has the biggest hit streak in MLB history? ›

Joe DiMaggio holds the Major League Baseball record with a streak of 56 consecutive games in 1941 which began on May 15 and ended July 17. DiMaggio hit . 408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.

Oliver Jose Marmol (born July 2, 1986) is an American professional baseball manager of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). As of the 2024 season, he is the youngest manager of an MLB team.

Connie Mack was the oldest manager in MLB history, having managed his final game for the Philadelphia Athletics at 87 years, 283 days old. As of the 2023 season, Dusty Baker of the Houston Astros is the oldest active MLB manager at 73.

Fifty years -- that's how long the longest-tenured manager in MLB history stayed in his role. The record belongs to Connie Mack, who managed the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901-1950. John McGraw comes second after managing the New York Giants for 31 years from 1902-1932.

* For example, to be eligible for the 2024 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1974 or thereafter. In addition, players who are playing professionally and coaches who are coaching on the professional level are not eligible until after they retire.

* Red Schoendienst: Won as a player with the Cardinals in 1946, then as manager in 1967. * Ralph Houk: Won as a player with the Yankees from 1947–1953, then as manager from 1961–1962. Gil Hodges was on the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers as the all star 1st baseman, and the manager of the 1969 “miracle” New York Mets.

Pete Rose was the last, serving as player/manager of the Reds from 1984-86, when he removed himself from the 40-man roster to make room for pitcher Pat Pacillo. Before Rose, there was Don Kessinger of the 1979 Chicago Cubs and Joe Torre of the 1977 New York Mets.

The last, and most prominent, was Pete Rose, who was the player-manager of the Cincinnati Reds from 1984-1986.