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George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, 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.
Born: February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, SD. Died: November 4, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, CA. Buried: Cremated. High School: Debut: (Age 25-047d, 11,609th in major league history) 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB. Last Game: (Age 25-217d) 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB. Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2000.
Jun 14, 2019 · Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson looks on during baseball spring training in 1974. Anderson, the Hall of Fame manager, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., at 76.
Nov 4, 2010 · Sparky Anderson. Position: Manager. Born: February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, SD us. Died: November 4, 2010 in Thousand Oaks, CA. High School: Susan Miller Dorsey HS (Los Angeles, CA) Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 2000. (Voted by Veteran's Committee) Full Name: George Lee Anderson Nicknames: Captain Hook or Sparky. View Player Info from ...
Sparky Anderson, American professional baseball manager who had a career record of 2,194 wins and 1,834 losses and led his teams to three World Series titles (1975, 1976, and 1984). He was the first manager to win a World Series in both the American and National leagues.
Nov 5, 2010 · Sparky Anderson, who managed Cincinnati’s powerful Big Red Machine to baseball dominance in the 1970s and became the first manager to win World Series championships in both the National and ...
Nov 7, 2010 · To everyone in baseball he was Sparky Anderson; hardly anybody called him George. But as a manager, he was not just a spark. He was a bonfire who sometimes burst into a three-alarm blaze.
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About Sparky Anderson. George Lee Anderson’s big league playing career lasted one season and yielded a .218 batting average in 152 games. But Anderson’s second act in the majors – as a manager – ran for 26 seasons.
Nov 4, 2010 · Sparky Anderson, the white-haired Hall of Fame manager who directed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine to back-to-back World Series championships and won another one in Detroit, died...
Mar 12, 2014 · George “Sparky” Anderson, baseball’s first manager to lead teams from both the National and American leagues to World Series titles, died Thursday. He was 76.
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