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Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr. [a] [3] (born June 15, 1949) is an American retired professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for 19 seasons with the Atlanta Braves , Los Angeles Dodgers , San Francisco Giants , and Oakland Athletics .
Dusty Baker's accomplishments after age 70 include his only World Series title in 26 years as a manager. He also was the left fielder on the Dodgers' 1981 championship team.
Sep 1, 2024; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Washington Nationals second baseman Darren Baker (10) hangs out in the dugout before a game against the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park.
In his first season under Baker (and his only All-Star season), the then-22-year-old Prior pitched 211 1/3 innings across 30 starts and racked up pitch counts that would elicit gasps today.
Since his death in mid-2009, he has topped the list every year except for 2009, 2012, and 2021–22. This is a list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities as ranked by Forbes magazine since October 2001.
Dusty Baker makes his way through fans waiting to greet the Dodgers at LAX on Oct. 29, 1981, the day after the Dodgers beat the Yankees in six games to win the World Series.
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.With her distinctive mezzo-soprano voice, she was a popular singer of blue-eyed soul, pop and dramatic ballads, with French chanson, country, and jazz also in her repertoire.
Baker is one of only two individuals to produce 1,800 hits as a player and 1,800 wins as a manager in MLB history. Hall-of-famer Joe Torre is the other. CNN’s Jill Martin contributed to this report