About Tony
Tony La Russa is a former professional baseball player and manager born October 4, 1944 in Tampa, Florida. As a player, he made his MLB debut in 1963 with the Kansas City Athletics and played 132 major-league games across five seasons with the Athletics, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs before retiring in 1973. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Management from the University of South Florida (1969) and a Juris Doctor from Florida State University (1978), he was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1980 but chose to pursue baseball instead.
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Known for
- managing three World Series championship teams
- managing in five separate decades
- second all-time in managerial wins
- four Manager of the Year awards
- specializing in bullpen management
- managing the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals
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