Sparky Anderson Baseball player

George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League. He was the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues. His 2,194 career wins are the sixth most for a manager in Major League history. He was named American League Manager of the Year in 1984 and 1987. Anderson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.

Personal facts

Sparky Anderson
Alias (AKA)Anderson George Lee
Birth dateFebruary 22, 1934
Date of deathNovember 04, 2010
Place of death
Thousand Oaks California

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Baseball player

Career startApril 10, 1959
Career endSeptember 27, 1959
batting sideRight
former teams
Philadelphia Phillies
position
Manager (baseball)
Second baseman
teams
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
throwing sideRight

Sparky Anderson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=andersp01