In 1975, the primary owners of the New York Yankees were Gabe Paul and George Steinbrenner. They believed that Billy Martin would be a good selection to manage the team.
Billy Martin was offered $75,000 per year to manage the New York Yankees in 1975. At that time, this was a competitive salary and was close to the amount he had been earning with Texas.
Billy Martin was fired five times.
Billy Martin was Mantle's best friend on the team. Mantle named his third son Billy in Martin's honor.
Billy Martin wore number 12 in 1950 and the number 1 from 1951-1957 as a Yankee player. Billy also wore the number 1 as the Yankees manager (1975-1979, 1983, 1985 and 1988). Billy Martin's number 1 was retired by the Yankees in 1986.
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Billy Martin was offered $75,000 per year to manage the New York Yankees in 1975. At that time, this was a competitive salary and was close to the amount he had been earning with Texas.
Billy Martin was fired five times.
Billy Martin was Mantle's best friend on the team. Mantle named his third son Billy in Martin's honor.
Billy Martin wore number 12 in 1950 and the number 1 from 1951-1957 as a Yankee player. Billy also wore the number 1 as the Yankees manager (1975-1979, 1983, 1985 and 1988). Billy Martin's number 1 was retired by the Yankees in 1986.
Billy Martin a former player for the New York Yankees was offered seventy five thousand dollars to manage the New York Yankee. Martin was available as he had just been fired by the Texas Rangers.
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Bill Virdon was the Yankees manager for the 1974 season. Bill started the 1975 season as manager, but was replaced by Billy Martin on August 1st.
Billy Martin was offered the job of managing the New York Yankees in 1975. This was after he had been released as the manager of the Texas Rangers. Billy had been a former Yankee in his playing days.
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Martin played for the Oakland Oaks and another team in the minors and played for the Yankees in the majors.
Minnesota Twins - 1969 Detroit Tigers - 1971-1973 Texas Rangers - 1973-1975 Oakland Athletics - 1980-1982