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James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He serves as a special assistant to the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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When Jim Leyland took over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Nov. 20, 1985, he entered his first big league managerial job with a one-year contract and a team coming off a 104-loss season.
Dec 4, 2023 · Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title in 1997 and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons, was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Dec 4, 2023 · NASHVILLE — We’ve known for two decades that Jim Leyland was a Hall of Fame storyteller, a Hall of Fame ranter (and raver) and a no-doubt Hall of Fame character of baseball.
Dec 3, 2023 · Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title in 1997 and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons as an entertaining and at-times crusty big league manager, was elected...
Dec 3, 2023 · Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons, is heading to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dec 3, 2023 · Former longtime manager Jim Leyland will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after being selected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee on Sunday.
Dec 4, 2023 · Leyland acknowledged he shed “tears of joy” when the news finally came. He cried just like he did all those years ago filming a promotional video for the ’86 Pirates.
Dec 4, 2023 · The longtime skipper of the Pirates and Tigers who won the 1997 title with the Marlins was voted in by the Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era Committee.
Dec 4, 2023 · Leyland, who turns 79 this month and has remained a special assistant to the Tigers, was ultimately able to win only that single World Series while managing in an era that featured multiple iterations of postseason expansion.
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