Charlie Manuel (2008), and Dallas Green (1980).
George "Sparky" Anderson won two World Series titles with the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) and one with the Detroit Tigers (1984). Tony La Russa won the 1989 World Series as manager of the Oakland A's and the 2006 Series at the helm of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Managers for the All Star game are the managers of the two teams that played in the World Series the season before. For the 2008 all star game, Terry Francona of the Red Sox will be the AL manager and Clint Hurdle of the Colorado Rockies will be the NL manager.
Actually, two managers have done it. The first was George "Sparky" Anderson, who won two world championships with the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) and a third with the Detroit Tigers (1984). The only other person to accomplish the feat was Tony La Russa, who won the 1989 World Series with the Oakland A's and the 2006 and 2011 World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Teams that have never won a World SeriesThere are eight teams that have never won a World Series title. Two have never made it to the World Series. The teams are as follows:San Diego Padres - two World Series appearances.Texas Rangers - two World Series appearances.Milwaukee Brewers - one World Series appearance for the American League.Houston Astros - one World Series appearance.Tampa Bay Rays - one World Series appearance.Colorado Rockies - one World Series appearance.Seattle Mariners - no World Series appearances.Washington Nationals - no World Series appearances.
The first to accomplish the feat was George "Sparky" Anderson, who won two world championships with the Cincinnati Reds (1975-76) and a third with the Detroit Tigers (1984). The only other person to do it was Tony La Russa, who won the 1989 World Series with the Oakland A's and two world championships with the St. Louis Cardinals (2006, 2011).
The Toronto Blue Jays won two World Series titles in two World Series appearances. 1992, and 1993.
No pitcher has ever hit two home runs in one World Series. Only two pitcher, Bob Gibson and Dave McNally have hit two homes runs in World Series play, but they did it in separate Series.
They have won two world series: 1980 and 2008.
The Florida Marlins won two World Series titles in two appearances, 1997, and 2003.
In 1904 and 1994 the baseball world series were not played.
In the 2011 season, that is Tony LaRussa of the Cardinals (1989 with the Athletics and 2006 with the Cardinals) and Terry Francona of the Red Sox (2004 and 2007 with the Red Sox).
There was no MVP for the World Series selected until 1955. The first MVP of the World Series was pitcher John Podres of the Dodgers who won two games in the 1955 World Series.