WS Trivia

[Fman99]

Fox Sports just put up a graphic indicating that Joe Girardi is the 7th MLB player to play for a team and then manage that same team in the World Series.

Naturally, they did not identify the other six. It occurs to me though, that this question has a very Metly connection.

So, can you name all six?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Valentine. Baker. Guillen. Hornsby. Others?

[Guest Kong76]

Berra even though he only played a couple with the Mets?

Edited October 29, 2009 by Guest

[metirish]

Willie Randolph....oh wait....

[Frayed Knot]

Phil Garner - Houston & Ozzie Guillen - ChiSox ... in the same series no less

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Got it-- Hargrove! Hargrove, right?

[Frayed Knot]

Billy Martin

[Frayed Knot]

Hargrove never played in a WS

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think I misunderstood the question. He meant, play for the team in a WS AND manage them in a WS, I was thinking play for the team, and then manage them in a WS.

By the stricter standards, Hornsby and Martin are correct. The others are swing-and-misses.

[Frayed Knot]

I didn't see the graphic but I'm assuming it's played for a team in the WS and then later managed that same team in a WS.
Otherwise I suspect there'd be a lot more than just 7.

[Guest Kong76]

Yeah, I jumped the gun too.

[Frayed Knot]

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Edited October 29, 2009 by Guest

[Fman99]

There's way more than six. Maybe I got the parameters wrong - it was only on the screen for a few seconds. But there's others that are coming up here and in my mind.

1. Ozzie Guillen
2. Phil Garner
3. Bobby Valentine
4. Yogi Berra
5. Billy Martin
6. Gil Hodges
7. Tommy Lasorda (though his cup o coffee was as a Brooklyn Dodger and not an LA Dodger)
8. Dusty Baker
9. Joe Girardi

So that's more than 7 right there.

Maybe the question was "Played IN THE WORLD SERIES for a team and then later managed it to the WS," which would rule out Guillen, Garner, Berra and Hodges, most of these guys in fact.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Maybe the question was "Played IN THE WORLD SERIES for a team and then later managed it to the WS," which would rule out Guillen, Garner, Berra and Hodges, most of these guys in fact.[/quote:1d2sa14o]

Yogi's in. He managed the Yanks in the '64 Series they lost. (Cards?)

So... Berra, Hornsby (Cards AND Cubs, apparently), Martin. We need 4 more.

[Fman99]

So, if you're not counting guys who didn't play in a WS for the same team (like Berra and Hodges for the Mets, for example) and also rule out the player/managers, like Hornsby, then who's left?

1. Joe Girardi
2. Billy Martin
3. Yogi Berra (managed the '64 Yankees)
4.
5.
6.
7.

Who else?

[Fman99]

Maybe the question was "Played IN THE WORLD SERIES for a team and then later managed it to the WS," which would rule out Guillen, Garner, Berra and Hodges, most of these guys in fact.[/quote:1qurnegl]

Yogi's in. He managed the Yanks in the '64 Series they lost. (Cards?)

So... Berra, Hornsby (Cards AND Cubs, apparently), Martin. We need 4 more.[/quote:1qurnegl]

Hornsby was player/manager on both those squads. I don't know that he counts.

[Frayed Knot]

Bruce Bochy - SDP '84 & '98

[Frayed Knot]

Red Schoendinst - StL Cards - '46 + '67 & '68

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Charlie Grimm (Cubs player '29; player/manager '32, '35; manager '38, '45)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frank Chance did 'em both at the same time.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Still in search of two more, yes?

1. Joe Girardi
2. Billy Martin
3. Yogi Berra (managed the '64 Yankees)
4. Red Schoendienst
5. Charlie Grimm
6.
7.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frank Chance and Roger Hornsby don't count?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Frank Chance and Roger Hornsby don't count?[/quote:1ns64892]

There's a bunch of player-managers who pulled the trick, apparently (par example: not sure if he got in a WS at-bat, but even McGraw played-managed for the 1905 Giants).

[Frayed Knot]

Still in search of two more, yes?

1. Joe Girardi
2. Billy Martin
3. Yogi Berra (managed the '64 Yankees)
4. Red Schoendienst
5. Charlie Grimm
6.
7.[/quote:1p843p6y]


As seen on page one: Bruce Bochy - SDP '84 & '98

[Guest Edgy DC]

Was Tommy LaSorda on the the post-season roster for the 1955 Dodgers?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

1. Joe Girardi
2. Billy Martin
3. Yogi Berra (managed the '64 Yankees)
4. Red Schoendienst
5. Charlie Grimm
6. Bruce Bochy
7.

No Lasorda in the '55 postseason.

[MFS62]

Lou Budreau?
Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lou Budreau?
Later[/quote:2gwgatxa]

Player/manager during his one postseason appearance ('48).

Edited October 30, 2009 by Guest

[MFS62]

Lou Budreau?
Later[/quote:12kyf6nq]

Player/manager during his one postseason appearance ('48).[/quote:12kyf6nq]
Coises. Foiled again.


Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lou Budreau?
Later