Friday, June 8, 2007

Mr. 2000

Last night's victory was #2,000 for Joe Torre. He became the 10th manager in major league history to reach that feat. He also becomes the first manager to reach a very unique milestone. He is the one and only to have 2,000 wins and 2,000 hits as a player.

Mariano Rivera presented the game ball to a teary eyed Joe Torre (Suzyn Waldman was probably crying in the radio booth too), and Derek Jeter greeted his only big league manager with a hug.

Here is the Top 10 list courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com

1) Connie Mack* 3731
2) John McGraw* 2763
3) Tony LaRussa 2323
4) Bobby Cox 2204
5) Sparky Anderson* 2194
6) Bucky Harris* 2157
7) Joe McCarthy* 2125
8) Walter Alston* 2040
9) Leo Durocher* 2008
10) Joe Torre 2000

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