Sparky Anderson

Sad news on ESPN.com today reporting that Sparky Anderson is in hospice care due to complications from dementia. I wasn't aware that he was ill at all.

Anderson went gray prematurely and therefore appeared older than he actually was. He's only 76 years old--somewhat young to have such advanced dementia.

I should probably know this, but who are the other managers in addition to Anderson to win World Series titles with 2 different teams? Anderson did it, of course, in 1975 and 1976 with the Reds and 1984 with the Tigers.


Overall, Anderson has the 6th most wins as a manager:

Rk Mgr Yrs From To G W ▾ L W-L% G>.500 Plyof App WSwon PennWon ASG Player/Manager
1 Connie Mack HOF as player 53 1894 1950 7755 3731 3948 .486 -217 8 5 9 1 plyr/mgr: 1894-1896
2 John McGraw HOF as player 33 1899 1932 4769 2763 1948 .586 815 9 3 10 1 plyr/mgr: 1899-1906
3 Tony LaRussa as player 32 1979 2010 4934 2638 2293 .535 345 13 2 5 5
4 Bobby Cox as player 29 1978 2010 4508 2504 2001 .556 503 16 1 5 5
5 Joe Torre as player 29 1977 2010 4329 2326 1997 .538 329 15 4 6 6 plyr/mgr: 1977
6 Sparky Anderson HOF as player 26 1970 1995 4030 2194 1834 .545 360 7 3 5 5
7 Bucky Harris HOF as player 29 1924 1956 4410 2158 2219 .493 -61 3 2 3 1 plyr/mgr: 1924-1931
8 Joe McCarthy HOF 24 1926 1950 3487 2125 1333 .615 792 9 7 9 7
9 Walter Alston HOF as player 23 1954 1976 3658 2040 1613 .558 427 7 4 7 9
10 Leo Durocher HOF as player 24 1939 1973 3739 2008 1709 .540 299 3 1 3 4 plyr/mgr: 1939-1945
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table






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