Jim Leyland will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Contemporary Era in 2023
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With his gray hair and mustache, his rugged expression and his penchant for secretly smoking cigarettes during games, Jim Leyland long looked like the venerable, veteran skipper. But he also played his role well, earning the 18th-highest win total in history, eight postseason appearances, three league pennants, a World Series championship with the Marlins in 1997 and three Manager of the Year awards.
Now Leyland, one of the game’s most beloved and respected leaders, will have his indelible image on a plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame next summer.
Leyland was the only person elected to the Hall by the Contemporary Baseball Era Non-Players Committee on Sunday.
“It’s the highest honor you can get in our business,” Leyland said, “and I’m just thrilled, excited, surprised, flattered. All of these words come into play when you think about it.”
The vote, which took place during the MLB Winter Meetings at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center and was announced on MLB Network, was the result of a recently restructured voting system that no longer lumps manager, umpire and managerial candidates together Include fellow players in the election cycle, creating better opportunities for their adoption.
Candidates for the “Contemporary Era” are defined as those whose greatest influence extends from 1980 to the present. Leyland took part in an eight-person vote that also included managers Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson and Lou Piniella; referees Ed Montague and Joe West; and executives Hank Peters and Bill White. For election to the chamber, 75% or the votes of at least 12 of the 16 committee members were required.
Leyland was named on 15 of 16 ballots. Piniella, who was named on 11 ballots, missed the cut for the second time in the small committee process by just one vote (also in the Today’s Game Era Committee vote in 2019). White received 10 votes and Gaston, Johnson, Montague, Peters and West received fewer than five votes each.
This was the first time a manager had been elected to the Hall since December 2013, when Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre were all elected unanimously.
“I had a few tears,” Leyland said of his choice. “My son was upstairs with me. I went up and actually laid down on the bed because I didn’t get the call until about 10 minutes before 7pm and they told us it would be between 6:30 and 7:15. But I figured if I didn’t make it to quarter to seven it wouldn’t happen. So I went upstairs to rest for a minute and collect my thoughts, and as my son came up the phone rang. And it was the Hall of Fame. I could not believe it.”
Leyland was popular with both reporters and players because behind his rugged exterior was a big heart and quick wit. In 22 seasons in the dugout, he totaled 1,769-1,728 points. He won three division titles with the Barry Bonds-led Pirates from 1990 to 1992, helped orchestrate the surging Marlins’ surprising rise to October glory in 1997, and helped win the 1997 season after a poor season in Colorado and six years out championship. With an eight-year run with the Tigers that included AL pennants in 2006 and 2012, Leyland returned to the Motor City as a top baseball player. Even after retiring from the major league bench, Leyland continued to win. He was at the helm of Team USA’s first World Baseball Classic title in 2017.
After seven seasons as a backup catcher in the Tigers’ system from 1964 to 1970, Leyland – a native of Toledo, Ohio – paid his managerial dues with 11 seasons as a captain in Detroit’s system before his friend La Russa brought him to the big leagues as a third baseman. coach with the White Sox in 1982. Four seasons later, Leyland was selected as manager of the Pirates, a role he held from 1986 to 1996.
“I was just a minor league manager and I never thought I would ever get this opportunity later in my career,” Leyland said. “When I got to Triple-A, I thought I might have a chance to coach in the big leagues one day, but I didn’t make it. But yeah, it was “Jim Who?” [newspaper headline] when I got here and, you know, I’m still here. At least people know me a little better than they did when I first got here.”
Ultimately, the Buccos fell short in three consecutive National League Championship Series, including a gut punch in Game 7 against the Braves (noted for Sid Bream’s slide home before Bonds’ throw) in 1992.
Frustrated with the club’s direction in the mid-90s, Leyland resigned to sign with Dave Dombrowski’s Marlins, giving them the NL Wild Card and an 11-inning game-winning triumph in his first season with the club in 1997 7 over Cleveland The Marlins squad was disbanded before a 108-loss season in 1998, after which Leyland left the club to sign with the Rockies, but the high-scoring Coors Field environment frustrated him. He spent six years with the Cardinals from La Russa before returning to the dugout – and his roots – with the Tigers, reuniting with Dombrowski on a club that reached the Series in 2006 (fell to the Cardinals). and during Leyland’s tenure, likely future Hall of Famers Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Max Scherzer, among other stars.
“The Detroit Tigers have been led by incredibly successful managers since 1901, and Jim Leyland stands out among that group as the captain of one of the best periods of play the Tigers have ever experienced,” said Tigers Chairman and CEO Chris Ilitch. in a statement. “Jim won a World Series, led teams to three championships and led his country’s best players to the United States’ first World Baseball Classic title.
“These achievements, in addition to his mentorship of players off the field and his strong determination in the dugout, cement Jim’s place among the few managers in baseball history to receive this honor. We look forward to witnessing Jim’s honor in Cooperstown next July and to celebrating him at Comerica Park during the 2024 season.”
Leyland, who turns 79 this month and has remained a special assistant with the Tigers, ultimately won just that single World Series while navigating an era with multiple iterations of postseason expansion. His eight playoff appearances are 10th all-time and he is one of only 10 managers to win a pennant in both leagues. As this vote proves, he was widely regarded as the absolute best of his time.
“It’s really the last stop of your baseball career,” Leyland said, “and to end up there, to end up in Cooperstown, it doesn’t get any better than that.” I mean, that’s the ultimate. I certainly never thought it would happen. Most people probably don’t do that. But it happened. And I’m sure I’ll have fun.