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Update: 2020 saw biggest decline in managers who have won World Series with their current team

Shawn Plank December 19, 2020

On Jan. 14, 2020, for the sixth time ever and the first time in more than 40 years, there was only one manager who had won a World Series on the team he currently managed (Dave Martinez of the Nationals).

Dave Roberts of the Dodgers became the second active incumbent World Series-winning manager on Oct. 27. Still, going from six such managers at the end of 2019 to just two in 2020 is the biggest-ever decline from the end of one season to the next.

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Tags Box-Toppers Extra, Managers, Dave Martinez, World Series, Bruce Bochy, Ned Yost, Joe Maddon, AJ Hinch, Alex Cora, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona, Joe Girardi, Joe McCarthy, Billy Southworth, Bill McKechnie, Eddie Dyer, Casey Stengel, Connie Mack, Chuck Tanner, Earl Weaver, Jimmy Collins, John McGraw, Fielder Jones, Lou Boudreau, Leo Durocher, Johnny Keane, Walter Alston, Hank Bauer, Bob Lemon, Charlie Manuel, Tony La Russa, Danny Murtaugh

2020 sees biggest decline in managers who have won World Series with their current team

Shawn Plank February 3, 2020

As of Jan. 14, 2020, for the sixth time ever and the first time in more than 40 years, there is only one manager who has won a World Series on the team he is currently managing (Dave Martinez of the Nationals). 

To close 2019, there were six managers who won a World Series with his current team. Going from six such managers to one is the biggest drop in one offseason since the World Series was first played in 1903.

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Tags Box-Toppers Extra, Managers, Dave Martinez, World Series, Bruce Bochy, Ned Yost, Joe Maddon, AJ Hinch, Alex Cora, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona, Joe Girardi, Joe McCarthy, Billy Southworth, Bill McKechnie, Eddie Dyer, Casey Stengel, Connie Mack, Chuck Tanner, Earl Weaver, Jimmy Collins, John McGraw, Fielder Jones, Lou Boudreau, Leo Durocher, Johnny Keane, Walter Alston, Hank Bauer, Bob Lemon, Charlie Manuel, Tony La Russa, Danny Murtaugh

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