Jerry Manuel
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| Second baseman / Manager | |||
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Born: December 23, 1953 Hahira, Georgia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 18, 1975, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| May 30, 1982, for the San Diego Padres | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .150 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 13 | ||
| Games managed | 1,390 | ||
| Win–loss record | 704–684 | ||
| Winning % | .507 | ||
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Jerry Manuel (born December 23, 1953), nicknamed "The Sage," is a former major league manager. He previously managed the Chicago White Sox from 1998 to 2003 and the New York Mets from the middle of 2008 to 2010 and played in the majors for parts of five seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s. He now works as an analyst for MLB Network.
Manuel played sparingly in the major leagues from 1975 to 1982, mostly as a second baseman. He accumulated only 127 at bats and a .150 batting average with three home runs and 13 RBIs in 96 games. Although his playing career was brief and stale, Manuel was the starting second baseman for the Montréal Expos in their only postseason series victory in 1981. He was 1-for-14 (.071) in the series and was replaced by Rodney Scott in the NLCS.
Other than Montréal, Manuel played for the Detroit Tigers and the San Diego Padres and ultimately retired in 1984.
In 1972, Manuel and Mike Ondina became the first pair of high school teammates to be drafted in the first round of a Major League draft. Both attended Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California. While Manuel played less than 100 games, Ondina fared even worse, never reaching the majors.
Manuel held a variety of coaching positions over the next six years. He was originally hired by the Chicago White Sox in 1985 to scout Northern California. He left the White Sox the following year to join the Montréal Expos organization, a team with which he would remain associated for the next 11 years. In 1986, Manuel joined the Expos' Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians of the American Association, as a player/coach. Manuel spent the next three years as the Expos' roving infield instructor (1987) and their minor league field coordinator (1988–89). In 1990, Manuel became a manager for the first time as he was named the manager of the Southern League's Jacksonville Expos, the Expos' Double-A affiliate. He led the team to an 84–60 record and was named the league's manager of the year.
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