- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeorge Lee Anderson
- Nicknames
- Captain Hook
- Sparky
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Manager of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1972 to 1978. Team was known as the Big Red Machine and included such superstar players as Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, and Joe Morgan. Anderson guided the Reds to four World Series appearances in his tenure, winning the world championship in 1975 and 1976. Anderson was fired from the Reds after the 1978 season and moved to the TV broadcast booth for a season before being hired by the Detroit Tigers in 1980. He managed the Tigers from 1980 to 1995, winning another World Series in 1984 with Kirk Gibson, Alan Trammell, and Lance Parrish.
- IMDb mini biography by: phil
- SpouseCarol Valle(October 3, 1953 - November 4, 2010) (his death, 3 children)
- Number 10 jersey with the Cincinnati Reds
- Number 11 jersey with the Detroit Tigers
- Gray hair
- First Major League Baseball manager to guide teams in both the National League and American League to World Series titles. 1975 and 1976, Sparky Anderson was the manager of National League team Cincinnati Reds, leading them to World Series Championship, in 1975, 4 wins and 3 losses against the Boston Red Sox. But in 1976, Cincinnati Reds swept New York Yankees 4 to 0. His American League World Series Championship, he was manager of the Detroit Tigers, in 1984, 4 wins and 1 loss to National League team, San Diego Padres.
- Managed a total of 4030 games in the major leagues, winning 2194, losing 1834, for a winning percentage of .545.
- As manager of the Reds, he earned the nickname "Captain Hook" for his tendency to pull his starting pitchers from games at the slightest sign of trouble.
- Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 2000.
- Managed the American League team, Detroit Tigers from 1979-1995, won the 1984 World Series, four to one against National League team, San Diego Padres.
- [about Casey Stengel] Casey knew his baseball. He only made it look like he was fooling around. He knew every move that was ever invented and some that we haven't even caught on to yet.
- Players have two things to do. Play and keep their mouths shut.
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