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Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, before playing another six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Talkin’ baseball got Charlie Manuel talking again. Nine months after suffering a stroke, the 80-year-old hitting guru is back to sharing his knowledge of the game with anyone who wants to learn ...
The former Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians manager recently became an investor in Perfect Game, a youth and high school baseball sports platform. Manuel, who lives in Florida, has already spent a couple weekends at their local tournaments and plans to attend as many youth games as he can.
Charlie Manuel, Eric Wedge, Speaker, Boudreau, López, Hargrove, Francona, and Vogt are the only managers to have led Cleveland into the playoffs. Speaker, Boudreau, López, Walter Johnson , Joe Gordon , Nap Lajoie and Frank Robinson are the seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who are also former managers of this club.
Seven managers have taken the Phillies to the postseason, with Danny Ozark and Charlie Manuel leading the team to three playoff appearances. Dallas Green and Charlie Manuel are the only Phillies managers to win a World Series: Green in the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in the 2008 World Series against the Tampa ...
In 2007, Manuel's third year with the team, he led the Phillies to their first playoff appearance since 1993. Just one year later, he and the Phillies forever etched their names in Philadelphia ...
Charlie Manuel is facing another serious health issue. ... Manuel managed in MLB for 12 seasons, three with the Cleveland Indians and nine with the Phillies. He saw his greatest successes with the ...
The 1988 Cleveland Indians season was the 88th season for the franchise. The team, managed by Doc Edwards , finished sixth in the American League East . Despite its mediocre season, the team had a significant legacy in Major League Baseball in the 21st century.