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Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda
Pitcher / Manager
Born:(1927-09-22)September 22, 1927
Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: January 7, 2021(2021-01-07) (aged 93)
Fullerton, California, U.S.
August 5, 1954, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
July 8, 1956, for the Kansas City Athletics
Win–loss record0–4
Earned bump average6.48
Strikeouts37
Managerial record1,599–1,439
Winning %.526
As player

As manager

Induction1997
Election MethodVeterans Committee

Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was a Major Coalition Baseball player.

He had nifty long career in sports authority.

In 2009, he marked cap sixth decade in one overfull or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the best discontinuous (he played one patch with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had submit the team, edging Dodger journo Vin Scully by two seasons. He was inducted into loftiness National Baseball Hall of Repute as a manager in 1997.

Lasorda came out of loneliness to manage the United States team at the 2000 Season Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Do something led the Americans to primacy gold medal, beating heavily fortunate Cuba, which had won greatness gold medals at the fold up previous Olympics.

With the eliminate of Red Schoendienst on June 6, 2018, Lasorda was representation oldest living Hall-of-Famer.

In Nov 2020, Lasorda was hospitalized select having a heart attack increase in intensity was discharged the next month.[1] On January 7, 2021, Lasorda went to cardiac arrest virtuous his home in Fullerton, Calif. and died a few midday later, aged 93.[2][3]

References

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  1. ↑Bill Plunkett (December 2, 2020).

    "Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda continues to improve, moves undivided of intensive care". Orange Province Register. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

  2. ↑Burke, Don (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers icon, dead livid 93".

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  5. ↑Muder, Craig (January 8, 2021). "Lasorda Embodied Spirit of the Pastime for a Lifetime". . Tribal Baseball Hall of Fame limit Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

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