Clyde King
Clyde King | |
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General Manager | |
Born: Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. | May 23, 1924|
Died: November 2, 2010 Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. | (aged 86)|
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
June 21, 1944, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 1953, for the Cincinnati Redlegs | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 32–25 |
Earned run average | 4.14 |
Strikeouts | 150 |
Managerial record | 234–229 |
Winning % | .505 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager As coach As general manager |
Clyde Edward King (May 23, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
King's career in baseball spanned 67 years, including 35 full years with the New York Yankees, whether in uniform as a manager or coach or in the front office in multiple roles, including general manager (1985–86) and special advisor to longtime owner George Steinbrenner.[1] He managed the San Francisco Giants (1969–70) and Atlanta Braves (1974–75), as well as the Yankees (part of 1982), finishing with a career record of 234 wins and 229 defeats (.505).
Career
As player
Born in
When he finished his Major League career with the
As coach, manager and executive
Before becoming a Major League manager, he led several higher-level
King succeeded
King then returned to the high minors to manage the Richmond Braves of the Triple-A International League for two seasons, followed by a stint as a special assistant to Braves' general manager Eddie Robinson from 1973 through July 23, 1974. That day, with Atlanta one game above .500, Robinson fired skipper Eddie Mathews and named King interim manager. King's Braves responded by posting a 38–25 record and won 88 games—their best performance since 1969. But King's 1975 team collapsed; it was 58–76 and 311⁄2 games behind the Reds on August 29, 1975, when King was replaced as manager by Connie Ryan.
He then joined the Yankees' front office in 1976 and played a number of key roles—super scout, pitching coach, general manager and special advisor, in addition to managing them for the final 62 games of 1982. Replacing
Managerial record
Team | Year | Regular season | Postseason | |||||||
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Games | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | Won | Lost | Win % | Result | ||
SF | 1969 | 162 | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2nd in NL West | – | – | – | – |
SF | 1970 | 42 | 19 | 23 | .452 | fired | – | – | – | – |
SF total | 204 | 109 | 95 | .534 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
ATL | 1974 | 63 | 38 | 25 | .603 | 3rd in NL West | – | – | – | – |
ATL | 1975 | 144 | 58 | 76 | .433 | fired | – | – | – | – |
ATL total | 197 | 96 | 101 | .487 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
NYY | 1982 | 62 | 29 | 33 | .468 | 5th in AL East | – | – | – | – |
NYY total | 62 | 29 | 33 | .468 | 0 | 0 | – | |||
Total | 463 | 234 | 229 | .505 | 0 | 0 | – |
Personal
King died in his native Goldsboro at the age of 86,[5] survived by his wife Norma, their three daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild (Talley Blackman).[6]
His autobiography, A King's Legacy, The Clyde King Story, was published in 1999. In 2002, he wrote the foreword for Baseball in the Carolinas, 25 Essays on the States' Hardball Heritage, edited by Chris Holaday.
King was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Clyde King's brother, Claude,[7] was a minor league pitcher for several seasons.
References
- ^ a b Weber, Bruce (3 November 2010), "Clyde King, Who Found Niche as Steinbrenner's Troubleshooter, Dies at 86." The New York Times
- ^ James Lincoln Ray. "Clyde King". sabr.org. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ISBN 0671632922.
- ^ "Clyde King - 1982 - Steinbrenner's Skippers - Photos - SI.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Former Major League Manager Clyde King Dies". The New York Times. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101103&content_id=15970542&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
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(help) - ^ "Claude King". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Branch Rickey's Last Protege: Clyde King, by Jerry Green, Baseball Digest, June 1969
- Clyde King at Find a Grave
- News article
- Photo