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Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr. [a] [3] (born June 15, 1949) is an American retired professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for 19 seasons with the Atlanta Braves , Los Angeles Dodgers , San Francisco Giants , and Oakland Athletics .
His successor, Dusty Baker, managed the team for ten years from 1993 through 2002, winning the National League championship in 2002. Baker has the third-highest win total of any Giants manager with 840. [1] Felipe Alou replaced Baker in 2003 and managed the team until 2006.
Dusty Baker's Cubs lost in the 2003 NLCS during the first year of a four-year managing tenure. Baker's successor, Lou Piniella, led the team to two consecutive National League Central titles during his first two years with the team and won the 2008 Manager of the Year Award. [10] During the 2010 season, Piniella announced his intention to ...
Dusty Baker is returning to the San Francisco Giants as a special adviser to baseball operations, ... win three NL Manager of the Year awards and record 2,183 wins in 4,046 games. ...
Dusty Baker's accomplishments after age 70 include his only World Series title in 26 years as a manager. He also was the left fielder on the Dodgers' 1981 championship team.
Dusty Baker has retired as manager of the Houston Astros, ending an illustrious 26-year career as a big league skipper highlighted by a World Series win last season. Baker broke the news in an ...
Matt Williams took over in 2014, leading the team to another National League East title that season, and was 2014 NL Manager of the Year, but the team did not advance past the 2014 NLDS, and Williams was fired after an unsuccessful second year in 2015. Dusty Baker managed the team in 2016 and 2017, leading Washington to consecutive National ...
Dusty Baker, the World Series winning manager of the Houston Astros, announced Thursday he is retiring after 26 seasons as a manager. The 74-year-old leaves his position as one of the most ...