Earl Weaver

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Earl Weaver
Earl Weaver 2011 CROP.jpg
Manager
Born: August 14, 1930
St. Louis , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: January 19, 2013
on the Caribbean Sea
Suggested: Right Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
July 7,  1968  with the  Baltimore Orioles
Last MLB assignment
October 5,  1986  with the  Baltimore Orioles
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Games    2,540
Win-loss    1,480-1,060
in %    58.3
Teams

As a coach

As a manager

Awards

  • World Series Winner (1970)
  • In his honor, the # 4 at the Baltimore Orioles is no longer awarded
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1996
Special selection    Veterans Committee

Earl Sidney Weaver (born August 14, 1930 in St. Louis , Missouri , † January 19, 2013 on the Caribbean Sea ) was an American baseball manager in Major League Baseball . His nickname was The Earl of Baltimore .

biography

Earl Weaver spent his entire managerial career with the Baltimore Orioles . Under his direction, the Orioles won six titles in the American League East, four championships in the American League and one World Series title . He won 1,480 games with 1,060 losses. Weaver is also the most dismissed manager in Major League Baseball. Weaver had to leave the pitch 98 times, mostly after discussions with the referees.

In 1982 he finished his first period of service with the Orioles and moved to ABC as a television commentator . There he commented on the 1983 World Series with the Orioles together with Howard Cosell and Al Michaels .

In 1985 and 1986 he took over the position of manager again. In 1996 he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame .

His stations as a manager

Web links

Commons : Earl Weaver  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bill Madden: Earl Weaver dead at 82. Legendary Baltimore Orioles manager was one of baseball's most colorful characters. Daily News, January 20, 2013, accessed September 24, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Weaver, Earl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weaver, Earl Sidney (full name); Earl of Baltimore, the (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH 19th January 2013
Place of death Caribbean Sea