He was traded to the Oakland Athletics on March 24, 1985, for two minor league players. [93] The Astros finished with a 2.90 ERA as a team, second best in MLB. After Clicks departure, influential Astros adviser Jeff Bagwell became vocal about ensuring a better blend between analytics and feel throughout the sport. The day he walked in the door, he was very calm and certainly has a ton of experience, Crane said. 1 of 15 Astros owner and chairman Jim Crane takes a photo with Dana Brown, after he introduced him as the new general manager of the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 . Former Houston Astros general manager James Click has been hired by the Toronto Blue Jays as vice president of baseball strategy. Burke, waiting on deck, thrust his hand enthusiastically over his head to greet his friend at the plate. So that was very humbling.. Only one manager had a longer span between WS, and Bucky Harris (Sens 1925, Yankees 1947) was a player/manager for the Sens in 1925", "Astros owner Jim Crane said Dusty Baker has agree to one-year extension", "Back again: Dusty Baker gets contract from Houston Astros for 2022", "Dusty Baker gets 2,000th win as Astros down Mariners 40", "With Dusty Baker on the verge of his 2,000th win, the topic of his first win came up today in his media session. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. [3] In 1963, when Dusty was 14 years old, the Baker family moved to the Sacramento area near McClellan Air Force Base. While the Nationals tried to rally, the Cubs prevailed 98. [1] The franchise is owned by Jim Crane. He became a free agent after the season and signed with the San Francisco Giants for the 1984 season. Join our linker program. Baker is 230-154 in his three regular seasons in Houston. Dana Brown smiles during a news conference after being hired as the Astros general manager Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Houston. He worked for some very good people.. The Cubs performance continued to decline in 2006 as they fell to 6696[46] and finished last in the entire National League. I feel my excitement on the inside.". "[47] With the help of an impressive pitching staff and big gun batters such as Sammy Sosa and Moiss Alou, the Cubs claimed their first division title in fourteen years. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. The Cubs turned to Lou Piniella to replace Baker for the 2007 season. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip), Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Crane raved about Bakers strong presence in leading the team and trying to rebuild the image of the franchise after the cheating scandal. We're going to sit down and put our best foot forward, something that fits into our formula and hopefully that fits into his formula. 43 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Jos Abreu starts his spring training days at a different position, creating an odd sight on the back fields. The Mariners scored seven runs by the 7th inning of Game 1 and promptly scored two runs over the next 29 innings as the Astros rallied to win Game 1 and 2 before winning Game 3 in an eighteen-inning scoreless duel 1-0, as the Astros outscored the Mariners 13-9. Reds general manager Walt Jocketty admitted the team's latest collapse played a role in the decision to fire Baker. The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. Heres what you need to know. On October 2, the Astros won their 104th game, setting a new high in wins for a Baker-managed team. Hes a legend and hes really done a lot for the team.. Hinch, who were fired in the aftermath of Houstons sign-stealing scandal. In the next inning, Darin Erstad hit a leadoff line-drive shot for a home run before Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson hit singles that made Baker put in Robb Nen (battling a shoulder injury for most of the year) to try and close out the inning without allowing more runs. After retiring as a player, Baker served as the manager of the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2002, the Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2006, the Cincinnati Reds from 2008 to 2013, and Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2017. Updated: 1:52 PM CST February 28, 2023 HOUSTON Former Houston Astros general manager James Click has a new job title and a new team. Southern people would go by J.B. or J.C., and we were raised Southern-style. 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The two teams split the first four games before a pivotal Game 5 in Atlanta, which the Giants won 31 to deliver their first postseason series victory since 1989. He played in 127 games while batting .321 (third best in the National League) with 143 hits, seventeen home runs and 76 runs batted in (RBI); he received votes for Most Valuable Player, finishing 22nd. He returned to the Giants organization in 2018 as a Special Advisor to the CEO. Baker won the 2022 World Series with the Astros and is the oldest manager to win a championship in the four major North American sports. [9] Baker's coaching career started as a first base coach for the Giants in 1988, and then he spent the following four years (19891992) as the hitting coach. With the umpires gone, the balls and strikes were called by the catcher, just like is done in so many backyard games. [88] On May 3, 2022, Baker won his 2,000th game as a manager with a 40 win over the Seattle Mariners at home in Minute Maid Park. The official website of the Houston Astros with the most up-to-date information on scores, schedule, stats, tickets, and team news. It was Baker's 30th home run, making the Dodgers the first team in history to have four sluggers Baker, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, and Reggie Smith with at least 30 homers each. Baker collected one home run in the series (Game 3) while going 7-for-24 (.292) with five runs batted in, but the Dodgers lost the Series in six games. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. We have this thing in scouting, Brown said, where we (say) we want to get greedy about winning.. Things aren't so straightforward for general manager James Click, whose contract also expired at the end of the season. Baker took over for the COVID-19-shortened season. If it persists, its the sort of harmony missing for months atop the organization. That's it, pure and simple. I prayed on it and my answer was: Hey man, get your butt back out there and manage again.. The Astros won 95 games in 2021 and Baker made his first trip to the Series since 2002 with the Giants but came up short again as Houston fell to Atlanta in six games. During Browns tenure, the Braves selected reigning National League Rookie of the Year Michael Harris, runner-up Spencer Strider and touted infield prospect Vaughn Grissom. On that day Baker batted fifth in the lineup behind Hank Aaron. 'His hand was up in the air, and he was arching way back', says Baker. Click had served as Houston's general manager since joining the team before the 2020 season from the Tampa Bay Rays. In total, he went 5-of-14 (.357) while driving in eight runs. The Giants won the series in five games for their first pennant in eleven years, winning on a walk-off single by Kenny Lofton. [59] However, the appearance was short-lived as the Reds were swept by the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. Having first played in Colt Stadium (19621964), and later in The Astrodome, now known as the Reliant Astrodome (19651999), the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000. On January 29, Baker was hired, becoming the third manager to be hired after the age of seventy and first since Jack McKeon; he is also the first manager in the two-league era to have coached over 3,000 games in one league before managing a single game in the other, as this was his first managerial job in the American League. Click said Tuesday night at the general managers' meetings in Las Vegas that he was having discussions about his future with Crane. On the same day that Baker won his 2,000th game, his son Darren scored the winning run home for his High A team in Delaware on a sacrifice fly. And so thats what I plan on doing doing some more winning.. The Giants faced the St. Louis Cardinals (who had beaten the Arizona Diamondbacks, the defending champions) in the 2002 National League Championship Series. [5] Garner, Hinch, and Baker are the only managers to have won league pennants with the franchise, Garner winning one in the National League in 2005, Hinch winning two in the American League in 2017 and 2019, and Baker winning two in 2021 and 2022. In the next three seasons, Wood would only pitched a combined total of 226 innings due to injuries before the Cubs decided to try him as a reliever after 2006. 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