
More: 'He was the right guy he just was.' Prince Fielder's 'bowling ball' walk-off celebration is about to turn 10 years oldĪug. Counsell had two hits the next day when he was given the start in the home finale, perceived to be his last home game in a Brewers uniform, but he came back for the 2011 season. Counsell finished his career with 41 such hits, with Charlie Moore's 31 next on the list. 25, 2010 - Unceremoniously, Counsell became the franchise's all-time leader in pinch hits with a single in the seventh inning of a 4-0 loss to the Marlins. His elevation to manager early in the 2015 season felt like a homecoming, even though he'd already been in the organization for more than three years in the front office. Craig Counsell frequently relays memories of his days at County Stadium. His father, John, worked as director of the franchise's speakers bureau from 1979-87 and director of community relations from 1986-87. More: Phil Garner oversaw a challenging era of Brewers baseball but still accrued the most wins in franchise historyĬounsell, of course, grew up around the Brewers. More: The Brewers love playing for manager Craig Counsell. Some of Counsell's milestone wins in a Brewers uniform passed without much fanfare (understandably), but there's a pretty good chance some of these still linger in your memory. Counsell will do it in more than 100 fewer games, to boot. They beat the Houston Astros while Hinch was still at the helm, and Baker returned to the dugout in 2020 to manage Houston.Milwaukee Brewers manager Craig Counsell is one step away from the franchise's all-time wins record, a mark set by Phil Garner from 1992-99.
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The Nationals, of course, won the World Series in 2019, just two seasons after Baker left. The Astros are looking for their second World Series win to follow up on 2017's win. Hinch, whom Baker replaced after Hinch was suspended for a season and subsequently fired for his part in the Astros sign-stealing scandal, is managing the Tigers at 654 wins. Other active 1,000-game winners include Joe Maddon (1,370), Bob Melvin (1,361), Joe Girardi (1,109) and Bud Black (1,011). MORE: Looking back on the Robinson Cano-Jarred Kelenic trade as the Mets move on Who are MLB's winningest active managers?Īfter La Russa and Baker, Terry Francona (1,792) and Buck Showalter (1,569) are baseball's winningest active managers. San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals, Houston Astros Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (2), Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Washington Senators (3), Detroit Tigers (2)Ĭhicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Boston Red Soxīrooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox (2)Ītlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays, Atlanta Braves (2)

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Houston Astros Which managers have 2,000 career wins? Manager Legendary moment for a legendary manager.ĭusty Baker is the 12th manager ever, and the first African-American manager, to reach 2,000 career wins. Listen to #Astros manager Dusty Baker talk with after his 2,000th career win.

Baker is one of nine managers to win pennants in both the National League (Giants, 2002) and the American League (Astros, 2021).ĭusty Baker, legend. MORE: Who is Twins' Jose Miranda: Cousin to Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel gets callupīaker began his managerial career in 1993 with the San Francisco Giants, and has since made stops in Chicago with the Cubs, Cincinnati with the Reds, Washington with the Nationals, and now Houston with the Astros. Baker, 73, became the 12th manager to reach 2,000 wins and the first Black manager to hit the milestone.

More consequentially at this point in the season, however, it was Dusty Baker's 2,000th career win as a manager. The Houston Astros moved to 13-11 in 2022 with a 4-0 win over the Mariners Tuesday, clinching a series win over their division-mates in the AL West.
