Tag: jim leyland

Do as I say…

What do MLB managers Jim Leyland, Manny Acta and Jim Riggleman have in common?

None of these managers have ever played baseball at the major league level.  In fact, of the current 30 managers, seven haven’t ever played in the bigs. 

Here’s the list:

Rk Mgr Yrs G W ? L W-L% Plyof App WSwon PennWon
1 Jim Leyland 19 2944 1461 1481 .497 5 1 2
2 Jim Riggleman 11 1345 596 748 .443 1 0 0
3 Joe Maddon 7 793 392 401 .494 1 0 1
4 Manny Acta 4 505 198 307 .392 0 0 0
5 Fredi Gonzalez 4 555 276 279 .497 0 0 0
6 David Trembley 4 470 187 283 .398 0 0 0
7 Trey Hillman 3 359 152 207 .423 0 0 0
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 7/22/2010.

Leyland is obviously the most successful with 1461 wins, more than double than the #2 guy, Riggleman.  He’s also seen plenty of postseason time, too.

Leyland shows what he’s got for charity

MLive.com should get an journalistic award or something for managing to use “Jim Leyland” and “Sexy” in the same headline.

The article was in reference to Leyland taking off his shirt to support Tiger OF Curtis Granderson’s charity event called “Passport to the Wines of the World” which supports his Grand Kids Foundation.

Midway through the event was when things got a tad seedy.

(Comedian Jeff) Dye mentioned that Jackson, like Perry, had tattoos. Jackson’s tattoos could only be revealed by removing his shirt, so he asked his manager’s permission.

"You take your shirt off, I’ll take mine off," Leyland yelled from the middle of the room.

Jackson obliged by removing his shirt and showing off his tattooed back and arms. He then demanded his manager keep his word. Leyland came up to the stage and said he would remove his shirt as long as the picture did not end up on TV or in the newspaper.

Thank goodness for that.