• Thumbnail for Sparky Anderson
    George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager. He managed...
    38 KB (3,609 words) - 14:04, 15 April 2024
  • electrician. Sparky Adams (1894–1989), American Major League Baseball player Sparky Anderson (1934–2010), American Major League Baseball manager Sparky McEwen...
    4 KB (571 words) - 15:59, 9 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Detroit Tigers
    hired Sparky Anderson". Vintage Detroit. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2020. Kelly, Matt. "Sparky Anderson becomes...
    390 KB (31,334 words) - 03:56, 12 April 2024
  • from Roy Lee Jackson before hitting a walk-off, three-run home run. Sparky Anderson called it the greatest at-bat he had ever seen. Second baseman Lou...
    101 KB (5,071 words) - 13:11, 27 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cincinnati Reds
    wear all-red shoes the following year. In 1970, little-known George "Sparky" Anderson was hired as manager of the Reds, and the team embarked upon a decade...
    100 KB (11,626 words) - 18:51, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of World Series champions
    Baltimore Orioles (4, 2–2) Earl Weaver 4–1 Cincinnati Reds (5, 2–3) Sparky Anderson 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates (6, 4–2) Danny Murtaugh 4–3 Baltimore Orioles...
    68 KB (1,075 words) - 06:10, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Big Red Machine
    the National League pennant. Rookie and future-Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson headed the Big Red Machine, which at its peak featured Pete Rose, Johnny...
    15 KB (1,473 words) - 22:32, 28 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kirk Gibson
    in his career, Gibson was proclaimed by manager Sparky Anderson to be the next Mickey Mantle. Anderson later apologized and said that probably put too...
    27 KB (2,810 words) - 18:24, 23 March 2024
  • managers Sparky Anderson (Detroit) and Dick Williams (San Diego). The two had previously faced off in the 1972 World Series, with Anderson managing the...
    30 KB (3,154 words) - 19:28, 6 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for California Lutheran University
    Page 91. ISBN 9780738547398. Ewald, Dan (2012). Sparky and Me: My Friendship With Sparky Anderson and the Lessons He Shared About Baseball and Life...
    189 KB (21,666 words) - 19:25, 23 February 2024