Joe McCarthy (Manager)

Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy as manager of the Red Sox
Manager
Born: April 21, 1887 Philadelphia , United States
Died on: January 13, 1978 Buffalo , United States
Suggested: Right	Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 13,  1926  with the  Chicago Cubs
Last MLB assignment
June 18,  1950  with the  Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Play as a manager	3,490
Win-loss	2,126-1,335
Wins in%	61.5
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1926-1930) New York Yankees (1931-1946) Boston Red Sox (1948-1950)
Awards
7 × World Series Winner (1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943) 8 × AL winner (1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943) 1 × NL winner (1929) Manager with the most games in the New York Yankees, with 1460 Highest game won rate in MLB history, at 61.5%
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1957
Special selection	Veterans Committee

Joseph Vincent McCarthy (born April 21, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , † January 13, 1978 in Buffalo, New York ) was an American manager in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Marse Joe .

Life

Joe McCarthy grew up in Germantown , Pennsylvania . His career as a professional baseball player never took him into the major leagues, all player stations were only at the level of the minor leagues . McCarthy also made his first experiences as a manager at the lower levels of professional baseball. He was noticed as a manager in Louisville, Kentucky , where he was instrumental in the development of Earle Combs .

In 1926 he got the managerial post of the Chicago Cubs , with which he was able to win the title in the National League in 1929 . In 1930 he was fired from the Cubs.

He took over the New York Yankees in 1931. Many in the area thought that Babe Ruth should take over the managerial position. McCarthy and Ruth did not become friends during their careers together, but the rest of the players sided with McCarthy.

As early as 1932, the Yankees were able to win the World Series , of all things against McCarthy's ex-club, the Chicago Cubs. Another six titles should follow.

On May 24, 1946, McCarthy gave up his job with the Yankees. With the new general manager of the Yankees, Larry McPhail , there was not as good a cooperation as with his predecessor Ed Barrow .

At the end of his career, McCarthy hired in 1948 with the Boston Red Sox before retiring in 1950.

In his 24-year managerial career, McCarthy achieved 61.7%, the highest percentage profit as a manager in the history of the Major League. He also holds the record of 7 won World Series titles together with Casey Stengel .

In 1957, Joe McCarthy was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Career as a manager

• 1926-1930: Chicago Cubs
• 1931-1946: New York Yankees
• 1948-1950: Boston Red Sox

Web links

• Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference (Minor League )
• Data as a manager (English)
• Biography of Joe McCarthy (English)
• Joe McCarthy in the Hall of Fame (English)