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The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [1] [2] Since their inception as the White Stockings in 1876, the Cubs have employed 61 managers. [3] The franchise's first manager was Baseball Hall of Famer Albert Spalding, who helped the White Stockings become the first champions of the newly formed ...
The Cubs have had 13 general managers. [4] The general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts. [5] [6] The first person to officially hold the title of general manager for the Cubs was Charles Weber, who assumed the title in 1934. [4] #
The season involved the Cubs gaining renown as "the most celebrated second-place team in the history of baseball." [1] In the first season after the National League was split into two divisions, the Cubs finished with a record of 92–70, 8 games behind the New York Mets in the newly established National League East.
Tom “Otis” Hellmann, a longtime clubhouse manager for the Chicago Cubs, died Wednesday at age 67 after a recent fall. Hellmann was entering his 51st year in baseball and 42nd in the Cubs ...
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The College of Coaches was an unorthodox baseball organizational practice employed by the National League's Chicago Cubs in 1961 and 1962.After the Cubs finished 60–94 in 1960, their 14th straight NL second-division finish, Cubs owner P. K. Wrigley announced in December 1960 that the Cubs would no longer have a sole field manager, but would be led by an eight-man committee.
Harvey Edward Kuenn (/ k iː n /; December 4, 1930 – February 28, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers (1952–1959), Cleveland Indians (1960), San Francisco Giants (1961–1965), Chicago Cubs (1965–1966), and Philadelphia Phillies (1966).
John Gransfield Kling (November 13, 1875 [1] – January 31, 1947) was an American professional baseball player and manager. [1] He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1900 to 1913, most prominently as a member of the Chicago Cubs teams that won four National League pennants and two World Series championships between 1907 and 1910.