[75], On January 13, 2020, the position for the managerial spot of the Houston Astros opened up, as A. J. Hinch had been fired in the wake of the Astros sign stealing scandal. In July of that year, Baker was the subject of some controversy when he stated that "black and Hispanic players are better suited to playing in the sun and heat than white players." I meant what I said. Im just telling you, I love winning probably more than anything else. As for free-agent star Carlos Correa, the team plans to talk with him again after the sides weren't able to come to a long-term agreement before the 2021 season. [81], On April 22, 2021, Baker secured his 1,900th win as a manager in the regular season, becoming the 14th manager to do so with an 82 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Baker proved key in Game 2 when he hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to break a 11 tie that the Dodgers won 71. Crane said the discussion was a quick one, lasting only about 15 minutes. Baker is set to enter his 26th season as a major-league manager next year and . Baker grew up in Riverside, California, as the oldest of five children. I think analytics is a big part of it, Brown said. [72] On October 20, 2017, the Nationals announced that Baker and his entire coaching staff would not return as the team's manager in 2018. [123], As stated by Baker, his middle initial is "Just B. [93] The Astros finished with a 2.90 ERA as a team, second best in MLB. [107] In 2017, Darren was drafted in the 27th round of the MLB draft by the team his father managed at the time, the Washington Nationals. This season Houston won 106 games for the second-best record in franchise history. On August 30, Baker won his 1,000th game as manager with a win over the Montreal Expos, doing so in his 1,848th game. In the wake of the sign-stealing scandal, the Houston Astros are tapping a . In addition to his 2022 championship, Baker appeared in the World Series with the Giants in 2002 and the Astros in 2021, making him the ninth manager to win pennants in both the American and National Leagues. [77], On July 28, 2020 (four days after the season started), the Astros picked up the 2021 option on Baker's contract. Old-timers trained him to trust his gut, even if the game might be going away from it. Game 5 saw the Nationals lead 41 by the time of the second inning, but the game turned wildly in the fifth inning with four runs that were all scored on two outs, which included multiple hits, a passed ball, an error, catcher's interference, and a hit batter. [112] In the winter of 2001, Baker was diagnosed with prostate cancer during a routine check-up (his father had been diagnosed with the disease eight years prior). "Some guys are interested in coming here that might not have been interested in coming here before, so I think our future is very bright.". . He became a free agent after the season and signed with the San Francisco Giants for the 1984 season. "[47] With the help of an impressive pitching staff and big gun batters such as Sammy Sosa and Moiss Alou, the Cubs claimed their first division title in fourteen years. He spent the past four seasons as Atlantas vice president of scouting and oversaw their amateur draft. I prayed on it and my answer was: Hey man, get your butt back out there and manage again.. [67] Comments made shortly after his hire raised attention when he suggested his Washington Nationals should field more players of color as "you've got a better chance of getting some speed with Latin and African-Americans,"[68] also generated controversy. Brown spoke with Baker and left convinced the two could form a fine partnership something Click struggled to maintain. He described his stints with the Blue Jays and Nationals as ones with a scouting philosophy. 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Baker led the Cubs to victory over the Atlanta Braves in the National League Division Series, the first postseason series victory for the team since the 1908 World Series. Baker did not speak to his father for three years nor reconcile for a few years after that; seeing how his finances were invested softened Baker's perception of his father along with inspiring him to become a stockbroker for a time later in life.[9]. Ace Justin Verlander is expected to decline his $25 million player option for next season and become a free agent Thursday. I love keeping my word. 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Wood and Prior suffered serious arm injuries following their first full seasons under Baker. They are a member of the American League (AL) West in Major League Baseball (MLB). [23], Baker batted .274 in 1979 before improving in 1980 with heightened contact, as he batted .294 with 170 hits, 29 home runs and 97 RBIs. [73][74], In 2020, Baker was one of three finalists for the Philadelphia Phillies job, alongside Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter, but Girardi got the job. The Dodgers faced the New York Yankees in the 1977 World Series. It seemed like the thing to do. Baker won the 2022 World Series with the Astros and is the oldest manager to win a championship in the four major North American sports. Resources like these are made possible by the generosity of our community of donors, foundations, and corporate partners. Hes a legend and hes really done a lot for the team.. Brown bided his time after interviewing with both the New York Mets and Seattle Mariners without any luck. [106] Baker has a wife, Melissa, and two children: Natosha (born 1979), from his first marriage, and Darren Baker (born 1999). [76] The contract was for one year with a club option for a second year. In the next inning, Darin Erstad hit a leadoff line-drive shot for a home run before Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson hit singles that made Baker put in Robb Nen (battling a shoulder injury for most of the year) to try and close out the inning without allowing more runs. Ten of the 11 other managers who have accumulated at least 2,000 wins are in the Hall of Fame. Dusty Baker, the current manager; led the Astros to the 2021 and 2022 AL pennants - their first consecutive trips to the World Series in team history; he won the 2022 World Series with the team, their second title in five years. Team Names: Atlanta made playoff appearances in each of Browns four seasons, including a World Series championship in 2021 at the Astros expense. They finished the year with an ERA of 0.83 that saw relievers allow five total earned runs, doing so with a management of high-leverage players such as Bryan Abreu and Rafael Montero despite having a 1.15 regular season ERA (but high walk rate) in Ryne Stanek. As such, they were the second Wild Card team and faced the division rival Pittsburgh Pirates (who won 94 games) in Wild Card game. When could stars sign? Things aren't so straightforward for general manager James Click, whose contract also expired at the end of the season. I just think its an issue of weighing all the evidence. In 2010, the Reds enjoyed success as one of baseball's breakout teams (which included first baseman Joey Votto being named Most Valuable Player of the National League), and on September 28, 2010, the Reds won the Central title. With everything he has going on, it was good that it didn't take long for Baker and team owner Jim Crane to agree to a new contract. 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Salty Parker is the Astros' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. [44], Despite Baker's success in San Francisco, he had an increasingly strained relationship with owner Peter Magowan, one that even the Giants' first pennant in 13 years could not mend. He was also awarded the Silver Slugger Award and the Gold Glove Award while finishing seventh in MVP voting. 'So I reached up and hit his hand. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. He did, at LSU, where he covered the Tigers baseball team for nearly four years. They allowed Baker to address the media in a press conference in early October, where he officially announced his departure. The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt .45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. On the advice of his father, Baker, alongside his brother and daughter, set out to Lake Arrowhead to pray and seek guidance to decide whether he should see Rosen and possibly return to baseball. He wanted another year so thats what we gave him, Crane said. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. AP Baseball Writer Ron Blum contributed to this report. The Houston Astros have added another name to their list of finalist for the vacant general manager position. And so thats what I plan on doing doing some more winning.. However, while checking into the hotel, Baker encountered Bob Lurie, owner of the Giants, which seemed a sign for Baker to take an opportunity, if offered. [100] He also became the third African-American manager to win a World Series after Cito Gaston (1992 and 1993) and Dave Roberts (2020). Baker, who turns 74 in June, is the oldest manager to win a World Series. Hes a legend and hes really done a lot for the team.. In the 2002 National League Division Series, they faced the Atlanta Braves. Phil Garner was the manager of the Astros from 2004 to 2007. He was, however, tickled to learn that some of his toothpicks are already headed to the Hall of Fame along with his Game 2 jersey and Game 6 wristbands as artifacts from the World Series. Teams hiring a general manager often need a total overhaul. However, it was not enough for a playoff berth. [3] In 1963, when Dusty was 14 years old, the Baker family moved to the Sacramento area near McClellan Air Force Base. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. [61] The Reds clinched the 2012 Central Division championship in his absence, their second in three years and Baker's fifth as a manager. When the younger Baker wanted to quit baseball and have a paper route, his father told him that he did not raise a son who was a quitter as a way to try to encourage him to spin his attitude into a positive direction. [10] It was also during the year that Baker would serve as a Marine Corps Reserve in motor transport mechanics, as suggested by the team; he would do so for six years. He took over as a steady hand after the Astros fired AJ Hinch because of the team's sign-stealing scandal that rocked baseball in 2019. We present them here for purely educational purposes. The days since then have been a whirlwind for Baker, who has been packing to head home to California and said he has about 1,500 texts and countless emails he hasnt had a chance to read. "I worry about them . Houston Astros Managers | Baseball-Reference.com via Sports Logos.net About logos Houston Astros Managers Team Names: Houston Astros, Houston Colt .45s Seasons: 61 (1962 to 2022) Record: 4831-4820, .501 W-L% Playoff Appearances: 16 Pennants: 5 World Championships: 2 Winningest Manager: Bill Virdon, 544-522, .510 W-L% Baker, 72 years old, became the first manager to ever lead five different franchises to the postseason last year. He closed out his Dodgers career in 1983 by batting .260 with 138 hits; curiously, this was the first season since 1975 where he drew more walks than strikeouts (in this case walking a career high 72 times with 59 strikeouts). It was a wild, triumphant moment and a good omen as the Dodgers headed to the playoffs. It was his 28th postseason victory with the Astros, tying him with A. J. Hinch for most playoff wins as an Astro; the Astros went 112 in the postseason, becoming the fourth team in the Wild Card era (since 1995) to lose less than three times in the playoffs, and Houston never faced elimination at any point in their postseason; Baker won his first World Series title 40 years after winning one as a player, establishing a record for the longest gap between World Series championships by a player/manager in MLB history. Click, it should be noted, expanded the teams scouting staff after Jeff Luhnow slashed it. How many times in your life do you say something and then have the opportunity to fulfill it, Baker said Wednesday. Yainer Diaz becomes first Astros hitter to violate new MLB rules, What a state takeover of HISD could mean for parents, students, Houston ISD to face TEA state takeover, Turner says, In Fertitta's members-only club, where photos, media are banned. It stands to reason Brown can build on what Click started, but make no mistake, most of Browns front-office experience arrived before the rise of analytics. We're in the process of transitioning services for our Today in Houston newsletter. His father worked as an Air Force sheet-metal technician at Norton Air Force Base. Baker finished his tenure with a record of 840 wins and 715 losses in the regular season and 11 wins and 13 losses in the post-season.[46]. Houston has cornered the market on massive shortstops . Nearly three months after parting ways with James Click, the Astros announced Thursday that they have hired Dana . Brown, who has been part of drafting a number of big-name players like Stephen Strasburg, Ryan Zimmerman and last season's National League rookie of the year Michael Harris, is ready to show Crane that bringing him to Houston was the right choice. 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Click had served as Houston's general manager since joining the team before the 2020 season from the Tampa Bay Rays. Baker Hes a little high-strung, but Im from the Northeast, so this is going to be a perfect storm here, Brown said to a roar of laughter. Since the Giants missed the playoffs (as only the division winners qualified before 1995), he also became the eighth and so far the last manager to lead a team to 100 wins without making it to the postseason. On November 5, the Astros defeated the National League champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, in Game 6 of the 2022 World Series, winning Baker his second World Series and first as a manager. The Astros lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in seven games after having come back from 30. However, their postseason was once again cut short after losing in the 2017 NLDS to the Chicago Cubs in five games. [116], For a period of time, Baker had troubles with the Internal Revenue Service, who had determined that his investments in tax shelters for a number of years (as guided by his brother Victor) was to be disallowed, which would have resulted in penalties of at least a million dollars with interest. The Houston Astros are bringing back manager Dusty Baker on a one-year deal, the team announced Friday. It was Houston's first playoff appearance since 2005. Ive got work to do, he said. On November 3, Baker won his 50th postseason game as manager, becoming only the fourth in MLB history to do so. Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker somewhat borrowed from the "Mad Men" television series when he indicated Tuesday he doesn't think about the New York Yankees at all in March. The Giants lost 121 on the final day of the season when a win could have forced a tiebreaking game with Atlanta for the division championship (the following year, a Wild Card was instituted in both leagues). The Giants faced the St. Louis Cardinals (who had beaten the Arizona Diamondbacks, the defending champions) in the 2002 National League Championship Series. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? He was the second person to win the award three times after Tony La Russa, and the first to do so with the same team all three times. [4][5] Baker grew up as a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and described Tommy Davis as his hero, but the signing of Bobby Bonds in 1968 made him a fan of the San Francisco Giants. [84] In the playoffs, the Astros first played the Chicago White Sox in the American League Division Series (ALDS). Brown said he did not interact with any current members of Houstons front office or scouting staff, though many of them attended his introductory news conference Thursday afternoon. Like Click before him, Brown has never run his own baseball operations department, but he has experience across the sport Click could not match. If you'd like to sign up now, fill out the form below and we will add you as soon as we finish the transition. [92] On September 19, the Astros clinched the AL West title, which is Baker's ninth division title as manager. Or write about sports? Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREEYour All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database. "He's done a great job this last year," owner Jim Crane said. He covered most of the Astros' 2015 playoff run, too, as an intern for MLB.com, Astros' Hunter Brown struggles with command during spring debut, Astros' Abreu goes on the defensive at 1B as he replaces Gurriel. 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In the 1978 season, he batted .262 while collecting 137 hits. Jimy Williams was the manager of the Astros from 2002 to 2004. I feel my excitement on the inside.". Astros owner and chairman Jim Crane shakes hands with Dana Brown, after he introduced him as the new general manager of the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Houston. This is a carousel. Brown replaces James Click, who was not given a new contract. The result would be the same, as the Dodgers won the pennant in four games, and Baker went 7-of-15 (.467) with one run batted in. Baker said of the comments, "I'm not being racist. When managing the Giants, the IRS garnished his paychecks, leaving him with less than a percent of his $900,000 salary to live on a month; around the time of negotiating his contract in 1999, Magowan loaned him money in case he needed to deal with the IRS, which Baker repaid later. I meant what I said. It was the second-best record in baseball that year behind the 10458 Atlanta Braves and 31 games better than their 7290 finish the previous season. They declined a $10 million option on first baseman Trey Mancini in favor of a $250,000 buyout and declined a $13 million option on reliever Will Smith in favor of a $1 million buyout. In total, he went 5-of-14 (.357) while driving in eight runs. Dana Brown speaks after Houston Astros owner and chairman Jim Crane introduced him as the new general manager of the Astros at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 in Houston. Their statuses going forward are unclear. The Astros squeaked into the postseason as an AL wild card before heating up in the playoffs and coming one win shy of reaching the World Series. He played 100 games that year and batted .292 with 71 hits and three home runs. Im just telling you, I love winning probably more than anything else. [60], The Reds won 97 games in 2012 to win the National League Central for the second time in three seasons (only the Washington Nationals won more games than the Reds that year in the NL). The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. It was Baker's first ever LDS sweep as manager, and it guaranteed the Astros a sixth straight appearance in the ALCS. During the 2000 season the Houston Astros, who had a seventy-two & ninety record, had their largest single season attendance when 3,056,139 fans attended games at Enron Field. 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We have a saying that you have to weigh all the evidence, and when you weigh all the evidence, you can cut back on the mistakes youve made. The Houston Astros do not need to win . Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games (one season), Baker has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .599. Houston Astros, Houston Colt .45s, Winningest Manager: [62], In 2013, the Reds won ninety games, but it was only good enough for a third place finish in the division (the Cardinals won the division by seven games), and a five-game losing streak closed out the regular season. Browns connections to the Astros are scarce. Perhaps not too surprisingly, Houston manager Dusty Baker, who guided the Astros to a World Series title after they swept the Yankees in the ALCS a year ago, has a different attitude about. Baker, defending his beliefs, later said, "What I meant is that blacks and Latinos take the heat better than most whites, and whites take the cold better than most blacks and Latinos. With everything he has going on, it was good that it didnt take long for Baker and team owner Jim Crane to agree to a new contract. Baker played a variety of sports growing up, describing basketball as his very first love while also playing sports such as baseball, with his father being his coach for Little League, although this did not stop the elder Baker from kicking his son off of teams because of his tantrums. ", Asked if he was excited to return, Baker responded, "Like my son asks me all the time, 'Dad, are you excited?' Baker is 230-154 in his three regular seasons in Houston. My agent, a few years ago contacted them to see if I get a toothpick endorsement, he said. He and Hall of Famer Craig Biggio played together at Seton Hall. [7] As such, he was offered a basketball scholarship by Santa Clara University. [46], On October 13, 2007, Baker was hired as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, replacing interim manager Pete Mackanin. Ten of the 11 other managers who have accumulated at least 2,000 wins are in the Hall of Fame. Under Major League Baseball protocol, umpires in spring training arent obligated to proceed to the bottom of the ninth after a game has been played to a finish the possibility of a needless injury, perhaps on a foul tip striking the plate ump, is among the concerns. There have been 23 managers for the Astros franchise. Updated: 1:52 PM CST February 28, 2023 HOUSTON Former Houston Astros general manager James Click has a new job title and a new team. I love winning, he said. [4] Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. 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