John McNamara (baseball)
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Born: June 4, 1932 Sacramento, California |
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| Games | 2395 |
| Win–Loss Record | 1160–1233–2 |
| Winning % | .485 |
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John Francis McNamara (born June 4, 1932 in Sacramento, California) is a former manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He managed six major league teams, directing the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant, only to experience defeat in that season's World Series at the hands of the New York Mets.
McNamara attended Christian Brothers High School and Sacramento City College, where he led the team to the 1951 California state championship (and later was inducted to the SCC Athletic Hall of Fame). A right-handed batter and thrower, he was a peripatetic minor league catcher during his playing career, originally signing with the St. Louis Cardinals organization. He began his managing career with the Lewis-Clark Broncs in Lewiston, Idaho, of the Northwest League in 1959, and when the club became an affiliate of the Kansas City Athletics in 1960, McNamara joined the A's system. He won Southern League pennants in 1966 and 1967 and groomed many future members of the Oakland dynasty during his tenure at the Double-A level.
McNamara managed the Oakland Athletics (1969–70), San Diego Padres (1974 through the midseason of 1977), Cincinnati Reds (1979 through the midseason of 1982), California Angels (1983–84 and part of 1996), Red Sox (1985 through the midseason of 1988), and Cleveland Indians (1990 through the midseason of 1991).
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