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Joe McCarthy
Manager
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB Debut
April 13, 1926 for the Chicago Cubs
Final game
June 18, 1950 for the Boston Red Sox
Career Statistics
Games	3487
Win-Loss Record	2125-1333
Winning %	.615
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1926-1930) New York Yankees (1931-1946) Boston Red Sox (1948-1950)
Career Highlights and Awards
Won World Series in 1932, 1936-1939, 1941, and 1943 Yankees all-time leader in managerial wins with 1460 Highest winning percentage of all time by a manager with .615

Joseph Vincent McCarthy (April 21 1887 – January 13 1978) was an American manager in Major League Baseball, most renowned for his leadership of the "Bronx Bombers" teams of the New York Yankees from 1931 to 1946. The first manager to win pennants with both National and American League teams, he won nine league titles overall and seven World Series championships – a record tied only by Casey Stengel – and his career winning percentages in both the regular season (.615) and postseason (.698, all in the Series) are the highest in major league history. His 2125 career victories rank seventh in major league history and he is also the Yankees' all-time leader in managerial wins.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he grew up idolizing Athletics manager Connie Mack, McCarthy was among the rare successful major league managers who never played in the majors. After attending Niagara University, he had a 15-year minor league career from 1907 to 1921, primarily as a second baseman with Toledo, Buffalo and Louisville; but his best chance at playing in the majors dissolved in 1916 with the demise of the Federal League. After a brief managing stint in 1913 while playing in Wilkes-Barre, he resumed his managing career with Louisville in 1919, leading the team to American Association pennants in 1921 and 1925 before being hired to manage the Chicago Cubs for the 1926 season. He turned the club around, guiding them to the 1929 NL title, but was fired near the end of the 1930 season.

He rebounded immediately, being hired by the Yankees slightly over a year after the death of Miller Huggins. With the Yankees, his strict but fair managing style helped to solidify the team's place as the dominant franchise in baseball, with a World Series title in 1932, and four consecutively from 1936 to 1939; the Yankees became only the third team – and the first in the AL – to win four straight pennants, and the first to win more than two Series in a row. The Yankees went on to win three more AL crowns from 1941 to 1943 before McCarthy resigned in May 1946, partially due to conflict with new club operator Larry MacPhail. McCarthy returned as manager of the Boston Red Sox from 1948 to June 1950, but was unable to capture a pennant despite reaching a one-game playoff with the Cleveland Indians in 1948.

Despite his teams' great performance, he was not without his detractors, who believed he was simply fortunate enough to be provided with great talent and was not a strong game tactician. During his peak period from 1936 to 1943, when the Yankees won seven pennants in eight seasons, White Sox manager Jimmy Dykes famously described him as a "push-button" manager. Yet McCarthy was an outstanding teacher and developer of talent, and was particularly adept at handling temperamental players such as Hack Wilson and Babe Ruth, who had hoped to become New York's manager and resented a team "outsider" being hired. McCarthy utilized a low-key approach, never going to the mound to remove a pitcher or arguing with an umpire except on a point of the rules, preferring to stay at his seat in the center of the dugout.

McCarthy's success throughout his career was such that in 32 years of managing, his 1922 Louisville club was the only team which finished either with a losing record or below fourth place. He was named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News in 1936 – the first year the award was given – and again in 1938 and 1943.

In a 1969 poll by the Baseball Writers Association of America to commemorate the sport's professional centennial, McCarthy finished third in voting for the greatest manager in history, behind John McGraw and Casey Stengel; in a similar BBWAA poll in 1997 to select an All-Century team, he finished second behind Stengel. On April 29, 1976, the Yankees dedicated a plaque for their Monument Park to McCarthy. The plaque calls him "One of baseball's most beloved and respected leaders."

McCarthy was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957. He died of pneumonia at age 90 in Buffalo, New York.

Ten Commandments

McCarthy's "10 Commandments for Success in the Majors":

1. Nobody ever became a ballplayer by walking after a ball.
2. You will never become a .300 hitter unless you take the bat off your shoulder.
3. An outfield who throws in back of a runner is locking the barn after the horse is stolen.
4. Keep your head up and you may not have to keep it down.
5. When you start to slide, SLIDE. He who changes his mind may have to change a good leg for a bad one.
6. Do not alibi on bad hops. anyone can field the good ones.
7. Always run them out. You never can tell.
8. Do not quit.
9. Try not to find too much fault with the umpires. You cannot expect them to be as perfect as you are.
10. A pitcher who hasn't control hasn't anything.


Source: Baseball's Greatest Managers (1961).

External links

• Baseball Hall of Fame
• Baseball-Reference.com - managing record
• Baseball Library.com - biography and career highlights
• The Baseball Page

Preceded by George Gibson	Chicago Cubs Manager 1926-1930	Succeeded by Rogers Hornsby
Preceded by Bob Shawkey	New York Yankees Manager 1931-1946	Succeeded by Bill Dickey
Preceded by Joe Cronin	Boston Red Sox Manager 1948-1950	Succeeded by Steve O'Neill

•  • [ e] Chicago Cubs managers

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•  • [ e] Boston Red Sox managers

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•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1932 World Series roster

1 Earle Combs | 2 Lyn Lary | 3 Babe Ruth | 4 Lou Gehrig | 5 Frankie Crosetti | 6 Ben Chapman | 7 Jack Saltzgaver | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Art Jorgens | 10 George Pipgras | 11 Lefty Gomez | 12 Herb Pennock | 14 Ed Wells | 15 Red Ruffing | 17 Danny MacFayden| 18 Johnny Allen | 20 Charlie Devens | 20 Johnny Murphy | 21 Joe Sewell | 22 Doc Farrell | 23 Tony Lazzeri | 24 Sammy Byrd | 26 Joe Glenn | 27 Myril Hoag | 28 Ivy Andrews | 32 Dusty Cooke | 32 Eddie Phillips | - Roy Schalk Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1936 World Series roster
1 Roy Johnson | 2 Red Rolfe | 3 George Selkirk | 4 Lou Gehrig | 5 Frankie Crosetti | 6 Tony Lazzeri | 7 Jake Powell | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Joe DiMaggio | 11 Lefty Gomez | 14 Bump Hadley | 15 Red Ruffing | 16 Monte Pearson | 19 Johnny Murphy | 21 Pat Malone | 22 Bob Seeds Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1937 World Series roster
1 Frankie Crosetti | 2 Red Rolfe | 3 George Selkirk | 4 Lou Gehrig | 5 Joe DiMaggio | 6 Tony Lazzeri | 7 Jake Powell | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Myril Hoag | 11 Lefty Gomez | 14 Bump Hadley | 15 Red Ruffing | 16 Monte Pearson | 19 Johnny Murphy | 24 Ivy Andrews | 25 Kemp Wicker Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1938 World Series roster
1 Frankie Crosetti | 2 Red Rolfe | 3 George Selkirk | 4 Lou Gehrig | 5 Joe DiMaggio | 6 Joe Gordon | 7 Jake Powell | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Myril Hoag | 11 Lefty Gomez | 15 Red Ruffing | 16 Monte Pearson | 17 Tommy Henrich | 19 Johnny Murphy Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1939 World Series roster
1 Frankie Crosetti | 2 Red Rolfe | 3 George Selkirk | 5 Joe DiMaggio | 6 Joe Gordon | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Charlie Keller | 11 Lefty Gomez | 12 Babe Dahlgren | 14 Bump Hadley | 15 Red Ruffing | 16 Monte Pearson | 19 Johnny Murphy | 20 Oral Hildebrand | 32 Steve Sundra Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1941 World Series roster
2 Red Rolfe | 3 George Selkirk | 5 Joe DiMaggio | 6 Joe Gordon | 7 Tommy Henrich | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Charlie Keller | 10 Phil Rizzuto | 12 Buddy Rosar | 15 Red Ruffing | 19 Johnny Murphy | 20 Tiny Bonham | 21 Spud Chandler | 22 Marius Russo | 24 Marv Breuer | 27 Frenchy Bordagaray | 28 Atley Donald | 34 Johnny Sturm Manager Joe McCarthy

•  • [ e] New York Yankees 1943 World Series roster
1 Frankie Crosetti | 2 Snuffy Stirnweiss | 3 Bud Metheny | 5 Nick Etten | 6 Joe Gordon | 7 Billy Johnson | 8 Bill Dickey | 9 Charlie Keller | 10 Roy Weatherly | 15 Hank Borowy | 16 Tuck Stainback | 18 Johnny Lindell | 19 Johnny Murphy | 20 Tiny Bonham | 21 Spud Chandler | 22 Marius Russo Manager Joe McCarthy