Of the 30 MLB managers that started the 2012 season, 6 won the World Series as a player.
1) Dusty Baker, Reds - 1981 Dodgers.
2) Bud Black, Padres - 1985 Royals.
3) Kirk Gibson, Diamondbacks - 1984 Tigers and 1988 Dodgers.
4) Joe Girardi, Yankees - 1996, 1998, and 1999 Yankees.
5) Davey Johnson, Nationals - 1966 and 1969 Orioles.
6) Mike Scioscia, Angels - 1981 and 1988 Dodgers.
Of the six managers listed above, three have also won a WS as a manager ... Girardi (2009 Yankees), Johnson (1986 Mets), and Scioscia (2002 Angels).
Click on the 'World Series by Year' link below to see the winners and losers of each World Series and click on the 'World Series Managers' link to see a list of managers and how many World Series they won.
Luther "Hinkey" Haines
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Yankees managers Joe McCarthy (1932, 1936-1939, 1941, 1943) and Casey Stengel (1949-1953, 1956, 1958) both have won 7 World Series to hold the MLB record. Mr. Frank Crosetti has 9 rings as a coach and 8 as player the most by far of anyone.
The MLB All Star game managers are the managers of the teams that went to the previous World Series.
There have been many, including Frank Robinson, the Most Valuable Player of the 1966 World Series, and Dusty Baker, who played on back-to-back National League champions in 1977 and 1978.
The Oakland Athletics have the third most World Series title with 9.
They have never won a World Series title.
The Angels have 1 World Series title in one appearance (2002).
86 year World Series DroughtThe Boston Red Sox went 86 years without winning a World Series title from 1918-2004 but the Chicago Cubs holds the record with the longest World Series drought. As of 2009 the Chicago Cubs have not won a title in 101 years. The Last World Series title the Cubs won was in 1908. They also won in 1907 for a total of two World Series titles in franchise history.