Tommy Lasorda
MLB debut August 5, 1954 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Last MLB appearance July 8, 1956 for the Kansas City Athletics Career statistics Win–loss record 0–4 Earned run average 6.48 Strikeouts 37 Games managed 3,041 Win–loss record 1,599–1,439 Winning % .526 Teams As player Brooklyn Dodgers (1954–1955) Kansas City Athletics (1956) As manager Los Angeles Dodgers (1976–1996) Career highlights and awards 2× World Series champion (1981, 1988) 2× NL Manager of the Year (1983, 1988) Los Angeles Dodgers #2 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1997 Election Method Veterans Committee Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda (born September 22, 1927) is a former Major League baseball player who has had a lengthy career in sports management. In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest non-continuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by a single season. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.