Jack McKeon

Jack McKeon
McKeon (left) shaking hands with President George W. Bush (right) on January 24, 2004
Manager
Born: (1930-11-23) November 23, 1930 (age 86) South Amboy, New Jersey
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
1973, for the Kansas City Royals
Last MLB appearance
2011, for the Florida Marlins
MLB statistics
Games	1,972
Win–loss record	1,051–990
Winning %	.515
Teams
Kansas City Royals (1973–1975) Oakland Athletics (1977, 1978) San Diego Padres (1988–1990) Cincinnati Reds (1997–2000) Florida Marlins (2003–2005, 2011)
Career highlights and awards
NL Manager of the Year (1999, 2003) World Series champion (2003)

John Aloysius McKeon (/məˈkiːən/; born November 23, 1930), nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former Major League Baseball manager and front-office executive.

In 2003, at age 72, he won a World Series as manager of the Florida Marlins. Two full seasons removed from his previous managing job, McKeon had begun the 2003 season in retirement, but on May 11, he was induced to return to uniform to replace Jeff Torborg as the Marlins' pilot. The team was 16–22 and in next-to-last place in the National League East Division. McKeon, described upon his hiring by Marlins' general manager Larry Beinfest as a "resurrection specialist," led the Marlins to a 75–49 win-loss record, a wild card berth, victories over the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs in the National League divisional and championship series playoffs, and then a six-game World Series triumph over the New York Yankees.