DesertFox
08-09-2005, 02:10 PM
Gene Mauch, who managed for 26 seasons in the major leagues and took three teams to the verge of a pennant but never to a World Series, died yesterday at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 79.
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Gene Mauch in 1981, when he managed
the California Angels. He also managed
the Phillies, the Expos and the Twins
during his career.
Mauch's death was announced by the Los Angeles Angels, who said he had cancer.
Mauch was named National League manager of the year by The Associated Press with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1962 and 1964, and with the Montreal Expos in 1973.
He turned around a dreary Phillies franchise in his first managerial stint, and he managed two divisional champions with the California Angels, his last team. But he was probably remembered most for the Phillies' collapse in the 1964 pennant race and the Angels' playoff losses on the doorstep of the World Series.
Mauch managed the Phillies from 1960 to 1968, the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins from 1976 to 1980 and the California Angels in 1981 and 1982 and then 1985 to 1987. He managed in 3,938 games, a total exceeded only by Connie Mack, John McGraw, Bucky Harris, Tony La Russa and Sparky Anderson. But his 26 seasons without a pennant winner is the longest such stretch of any major league manager.
More (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/sports/baseball/09mauch.html?)
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/08/09/sports/mauch_ready.jpg
Gene Mauch in 1981, when he managed
the California Angels. He also managed
the Phillies, the Expos and the Twins
during his career.
Mauch's death was announced by the Los Angeles Angels, who said he had cancer.
Mauch was named National League manager of the year by The Associated Press with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1962 and 1964, and with the Montreal Expos in 1973.
He turned around a dreary Phillies franchise in his first managerial stint, and he managed two divisional champions with the California Angels, his last team. But he was probably remembered most for the Phillies' collapse in the 1964 pennant race and the Angels' playoff losses on the doorstep of the World Series.
Mauch managed the Phillies from 1960 to 1968, the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins from 1976 to 1980 and the California Angels in 1981 and 1982 and then 1985 to 1987. He managed in 3,938 games, a total exceeded only by Connie Mack, John McGraw, Bucky Harris, Tony La Russa and Sparky Anderson. But his 26 seasons without a pennant winner is the longest such stretch of any major league manager.
More (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/09/sports/baseball/09mauch.html?)