Charlie Manuel
American baseball player and manager (born 1944) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, before playing another six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Over four successive seasons in NPB, Manuel hit at least .312 with 37 home runs each season and won the 1979 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award.
Charlie Manuel | |
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Left fielder / Manager | |
Born: (1944-01-04) January 4, 1944 (age 80) Northfork, West Virginia, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
MLB: April 8, 1969, for the Minnesota Twins | |
NPB: April 3, 1976, for the Yakult Swallows | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: September 21, 1975, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
NPB: October 12, 1981, for the Yakult Swallows | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .198 |
Home runs | 4 |
Runs batted in | 43 |
Managerial record | 1,000–826 |
Winning % | .548 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .303 |
Home runs | 189 |
Runs batted in | 491 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
NPB
MLB
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After his playing career, he coached and managed the Cleveland Indians and managed the Philadelphia Phillies, winning the 2008 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays and the 2009 National League Championship Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was inducted to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 2014.
On August 13, 2019, Manuel replaced John Mallee as hitting coach for the Phillies for the remainder of the season.[1]