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Tony La Russa

Position: Manager

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: October 4, 1944 in Tampa, FL us

High School: Jefferson HS (Tampa, FL)

Schools: Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL), University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2014. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)

Full Name: Anthony La Russa

Twitter: @TonyLaRussa

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

G

141

5238

W

81

2809

L

60

2425

T

0

4

W-L%

.574

.537

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1977

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Challenges	Overturned	Overturn%	Ejections
1	1979	34	Chicago White Sox	AL	2nd of 2	27	27	.500	0	54	5	0	0					3
2	1980	35	Chicago White Sox	AL		70	90	.438	2	162	5	0	0					4
3	1981	36	Chicago White Sox	AL		31	22	.585	0	53	3	0	0					1	First half of season
4	1981	36	Chicago White Sox	AL		23	30	.434	0	53	6	0	0					2	Second half of season
5	1982	37	Chicago White Sox	AL		87	75	.537	0	162	3	0	0					2
6	1983	38	Chicago White Sox	AL		99	63	.611	0	162	1	1	3	.250				6
7	1984	39	Chicago White Sox	AL		74	88	.457	0	162	5	0	0					4
8	1985	40	Chicago White Sox	AL		85	77	.525	1	163	3	0	0					3
9	1986	41	Chicago White Sox	AL	1st of 3	26	38	.406	0	64	5	0	0					2

10	1986	41	Oakland Athletics	AL	3rd of 3	45	34	.570	0	79	3	0	0					1
11	1987	42	Oakland Athletics	AL		81	81	.500	0	162	3	0	0					3
12	1988	43	Oakland Athletics	AL		104	58	.642	0	162	1	5	4	.556				2	AL Pennant
13	1989	44	Oakland Athletics	AL		99	63	.611	0	162	1	8	1	.889				1	WS Champs
14	1990	45	Oakland Athletics	AL		103	59	.636	0	162	1	4	4	.500				2	AL Pennant
15	1991	46	Oakland Athletics	AL		84	78	.519	0	162	4	0	0					4
16	1992	47	Oakland Athletics	AL		96	66	.593	0	162	1	2	4	.333				2
17	1993	48	Oakland Athletics	AL		68	94	.420	0	162	7	0	0					2
18	1994	49	Oakland Athletics	AL		51	63	.447	0	114	2	0	0					1
19	1995	50	Oakland Athletics	AL		67	77	.465	0	144	4	0	0					4

20	1996	51	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		88	74	.543	0	162	1	6	4	.600				1
21	1997	52	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		73	89	.451	0	162	4	0	0					2
22	1998	53	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		83	79	.512	1	163	3	0	0					4
23	1999	54	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		75	86	.466	0	161	4	0	0					2
24	2000	55	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		95	67	.586	0	162	1	4	4	.500				1
25	2001	56	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		93	69	.574	0	162	2	2	3	.400				4
26	2002	57	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		97	65	.599	0	162	1	4	4	.500				3
27	2003	58	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		85	77	.525	0	162	3	0	0					5
28	2004	59	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		105	57	.648	0	162	1	7	8	.467				2	NL Pennant
29	2005	60	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		100	62	.617	0	162	1	5	4	.556				2
30	2006	61	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		83	78	.516	0	161	1	11	5	.688				1	WS Champs
31	2007	62	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		78	84	.481	0	162	3	0	0					3
32	2008	63	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		86	76	.531	0	162	4	0	0					3
33	2009	64	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		91	71	.562	0	162	1	0	3	.000				1
34	2010	65	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		86	76	.531	0	162	2	0	0					3
35	2011	66	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		90	72	.556	0	162	2	11	7	.611				2	WS Champs

36	2021	76	Chicago White Sox	AL		81	60	.574	0	141	1	0	0		9	7	77.8%	2
			Oakland Athletics		10 years	798	673	.542	0	1471	2.7	19	13	.594				22	3 Pennants and 1 World Series Title
			St. Louis Cardinals		16 years	1408	1182	.544	1	2591	2.1	50	42	.543				39	3 Pennants and 2 World Series Titles
			Chicago White Sox		9 years	603	570	.514	3	1176	3.4	1	3	.250	9	7	77.8%%	29
					34 years	2809	2425	.537	4	5238	2.6	70	58	.547	9	7	77.8%%	90	6 Pennants and 3 World Series Titles

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
							Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Intentional Walks				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Half	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PA	IBB	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1979		34	CHW	AL	54	513	59	11.5%	118	356	9	2.5%	228	525	18	3.4%	81	2042	14	0.7%	106	1.28	146	0.30	113	2.5	105
2	1980		35	CHW	AL	162	1443	105	7.3%	81	944	12	1.3%	101	1445	67	4.6%	114	6199	44	0.7%	96	1.26	126	0.28	96	2.5	103
3	1981	1	36	CHW	AL	53	516	58	11.2%	125	383	5	1.3%	120	541	28	5.2%	129	2002	7	0.3%	56	0.81	93	0.49	177	2.5	105
4	1981	2	36	CHW	AL	53	508	61	12.0%	126	323	3	0.9%	77	498	20	4.0%	108	1962	10	0.5%	68	1.15	102	0.43	139	2.8	110
5	1982		37	CHW	AL	162	1537	182	11.8%	133	1074	8	0.7%	48	1571	52	3.3%	96	6146	30	0.5%	81	0.99	108	0.36	154	2.6	105
6	1983		38	CHW	AL	162	1506	203	13.5%	147	1083	9	0.8%	49	1604	50	3.1%	109	6019	32	0.5%	82	1.40	150	0.43	170	2.5	103
7	1984		39	CHW	AL	162	1466	133	9.1%	109	926	13	1.4%	100	1416	33	2.3%	81	6143	26	0.4%	65	1.42	130	0.36	140	2.5	97
8	1985		40	CHW	AL	163	1450	143	9.9%	109	939	16	1.7%	125	1443	56	3.9%	131	6221	35	0.6%	88	1.57	150	0.39	138	2.9	108
9	1986		41	CHW	AL	64	606	64	10.6%	116	391	22	5.6%	402	650	17	2.6%	88	2523	10	0.4%	71	1.31	146	0.34	144	3.2	119

10	1986		41	OAK	AL	79	759	78	10.3%	113	491	11	2.2%	160	762	29	3.8%	129	3040	13	0.4%	76	0.68	76	0.29	122	2.8	106
11	1987		42	OAK	AL	162	1510	163	10.8%	107	1004	34	3.4%	189	1519	45	3.0%	105	6238	21	0.3%	58	0.88	95	0.35	144	3.0	111
12	1988		43	OAK	AL	162	1614	156	9.7%	106	1037	24	2.3%	154	1604	52	3.2%	103	6256	27	0.4%	62	0.94	115	0.40	136	2.8	105
13	1989		44	OAK	AL	162	1608	153	9.5%	105	983	42	4.3%	225	1547	36	2.3%	70	6026	24	0.4%	58	0.83	92	0.23	98	3.0	105
14	1990		45	OAK	AL	162	1593	150	9.4%	103	1048	34	3.2%	179	1577	58	3.7%	117	6020	19	0.3%	46	1.13	116	0.20	72	2.9	97
15	1991		46	OAK	AL	162	1531	162	10.6%	123	1044	41	3.9%	201	1581	40	2.5%	75	6299	30	0.5%	69	1.04	102	0.28	99	3.5	111
16	1992		47	OAK	AL	162	1598	149	9.3%	94	1077	36	3.3%	161	1624	71	4.4%	142	6204	46	0.7%	103	0.86	105	0.21	92	3.5	113
17	1993		48	OAK	AL	162	1540	154	10.0%	107	1070	28	2.6%	132	1618	45	2.8%	88	6456	59	0.9%	109	0.76	96	0.22	87	3.6	113
18	1994		49	OAK	AL	114	1092	102	9.3%	110	735	20	2.7%	125	1051	24	2.3%	81	4423	30	0.7%	94	0.78	115	0.25	113	3.7	114
19	1995		50	OAK	AL	144	1372	108	7.9%	98	919	34	3.7%	191	1347	33	2.4%	90	5606	26	0.5%	75	0.81	87	0.26	108	3.5	105

20	1996		51	STL	NL	162	1443	164	11.4%	117	988	30	3.0%	128	1355	42	3.1%	153	6184	43	0.7%	83	1.51	88	0.15	89	3.5	101
21	1997		52	STL	NL	162	1441	175	12.1%	118	1038	32	3.1%	126	1421	36	2.5%	103	6222	34	0.5%	77	1.87	113	0.10	54	3.5	98
22	1998		53	STL	NL	163	1445	132	9.1%	110	1122	36	3.2%	183	1431	25	1.7%	73	6392	38	0.6%	93	1.61	100	0.04	26	3.6	106
23	1999		54	STL	NL	161	1479	139	9.4%	101	1132	27	2.4%	109	1487	44	3.0%	148	6427	38	0.6%	88	1.66	100	0.20	118	3.8	106
24	2000		55	STL	NL	162	1601	123	7.7%	93	1111	10	0.9%	58	1541	39	2.5%	131	6200	28	0.5%	62	1.52	94	0.22	105	3.4	95
25	2001		56	STL	NL	162	1485	104	7.0%	89	991	16	1.6%	98	1397	50	3.6%	158	6121	36	0.6%	68	1.59	96	0.16	83	4.0	107
26	2002		57	STL	NL	162	1475	102	6.9%	86	1075	19	1.8%	113	1473	48	3.3%	130	6135	39	0.6%	66	1.88	113	0.14	72	3.9	103
27	2003		58	STL	NL	162	1538	79	5.1%	74	1155	23	2.0%	159	1531	39	2.5%	112	6375	36	0.6%	71	1.86	115	0.12	77	3.8	101
28	2004		59	STL	NL	162	1535	134	8.7%	126	1049	20	1.9%	158	1480	40	2.7%	103	6104	24	0.4%	46	1.73	105	0.15	91	3.9	100
29	2005		60	STL	NL	162	1448	92	6.4%	91	1076	17	1.6%	118	1432	42	2.9%	112	6047	27	0.4%	58	1.68	102	0.15	90	3.7	97
30	2006		61	STL	NL	161	1402	75	5.3%	69	1036	11	1.1%	70	1376	31	2.3%	94	6196	35	0.6%	64	1.71	101	0.07	41	3.9	99
31	2007		62	STL	NL	162	1548	74	4.8%	65	975	9	0.9%	60	1461	30	2.1%	109	6283	25	0.4%	51	2.01	117	0.12	68	4.2	101
32	2008		63	STL	NL	162	1567	88	5.6%	79	1091	12	1.1%	67	1477	33	2.2%	116	6264	21	0.3%	42	1.76	102	0.16	96	4.1	102
33	2009		64	STL	NL	162	1396	86	6.2%	85	1050	14	1.3%	86	1387	33	2.4%	107	6087	23	0.4%	48	1.80	108	0.07	64	4.0	98
34	2010		65	STL	NL	162	1445	100	6.9%	90	1065	16	1.5%	121	1419	38	2.7%	139	6137	32	0.5%	68	1.82	110	0.10	72	3.8	95
35	2011		66	STL	NL	162	1433	83	5.8%	68	1065	10	0.9%	57	1421	48	3.4%	143	6211	44	0.7%	91	1.63	98	0.22	126	3.9	97

36	2021		76	CHW	AL	141	1331	58	4.4%	75	854	14	1.6%	109	1327	17	1.3%	132	5106	16	0.3%	125	0.54	88	0.13	78	4.1	95
		OAK (10 years)				1471	14217	1375	9.7%	106	9408	304	3.2%	173	14230	433	3.0%	99	56568	295	0.5%	76	0.89	100	0.27	106	3.2	108
		STL (16 years)				2591	23681	1750	7.4%	92	17019	302	1.8%	108	23089	618	2.7%	120	99385	523	0.5%	67	1.73	104	0.14	80	3.8	100
		CHW (9 years)				1176	10876	1066	9.8%	114	7273	111	1.5%	108	11020	358	3.2%	106	44363	224	0.5%	83	1.20	128	0.34	134	2.8	103
		34 years				5238	48774	4191	8.6%	102	33700	717	2.1%	128	48339	1409	2.9%	109	200316	1042	0.5%	72	1.37	107	0.22	103	3.4	103

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