Baseball Manager Anagrams Trivia Quiz

Answer: Joe Girardi

Girardi played most of his career with the Cubs. He took up managing with the Marlins in 2006. The Yankees hired Joe in 2008 to replace Torre, then took the Yankees to a World Series crown in 2009.

Answer: Connie Mack

Born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, he had the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1894-1896, then took on the new Philadelphia Athletics in 1901 for 50 seasons. An iron man in the dugout, Mack took the Athletics to nine American League pennants and took home five World Series crowns. After retiring in 1950, he died in 1956.

Answer: Tony LaRussa

Tony played for only six seasons, mostly for the Athletics and retired in 1973. His first job at the helm was with the White Sox from 1979-1986. In midseason 1986, LaRussa moved over to the Oakland Athletics until 1995. He had the Cardinals for more than 10 seasons after that.

His World Series titles came in the 1989 'Earthquake Series' with the Athletics winning over the Giants, then again with the Cardinals in 2006.

Answer: Tom Lasorda

Alston, also a Hall of Fame manager, had the Dodgers from 1954 to 1976, winning 2040 games. After Walter's 23 seasons, Lasorda stepped in and managed them for another 21 seasons from 1976-1996.

Answer: Fred Clarke

Fred was at the helm of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1903 when they went up against the Boston Americans. Although Pittsburgh won the first-ever World Series game, Boston won the series five games to three.

Answer: Gene Mauch

Mauch had control over the Phillies in the 1960s, the Expos and Twins in the 1970s, and the Angels in the 1980s. His playing experience didn't help him manage as he averaged .239 from the plate, and hit only five home runs in nine seasons between 1944-1957. Gene's career managing record was 1902-2037 from 1960-1987.

Answer: Casey Stengel

Casey managed the Dodgers and Braves franchise for nine seasons before picking up the helm of the Yankees in 1949. The result was five consecutive World Series crowns from 1949-1953. At the other end of the spectrum was his four-season stint with the New York Mets from 1962-1965, going 175-404 in those seasons. Stengel died in 1975 with seven World Series titles to his credit.

Answer: Frank Chance

Chance was player-manager, but equally as important he was part of the famous double-play combination of Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Frank was the team's first baseman, Joe Tinker the shortstop, and Johnny Evers their second baseman. Failure to get proper credit was the Cubs' third baseman Harry Steinfeldt. Chance took the Cubs to three consecutive World Series from 1906-1908, winning two.

Answer: Terry Francona

Terry played the game for 10 seasons, but not with the Red Sox. He began his managerial duties with the Phillies in 1997, then in 2004 in his first season with Boston, he and the Red Sox won the World Series with a skunk job over the Cardinals. Francona would repeat his endeavors in 2007 with another World Series skunking over the Rockies. Terry managed Michael Jordan in the Minors with the Birmingham Barons.

Answer: Joe McCarthy

McCarthy had the Cubs from 1926-1930, taking them to a World Series loss in 1929 to the Philadelphia Athletics. He was there with the Cubs when Hack Wilson became the second player in history to hit 50 home runs in a season in 1930. He took over the Yankees in 1931, then won all the marbles in 1932 via Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and a host of others.

He left the Yankees in midseason 1946 due to the head office interfering with his managing endeavors. He took the helm of the Red Sox from 1948-1950 before retiring.

His career record as a manager was 2125-1333. Joe died in 1978.