Terry Francona | |||||||||||||||
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Cincinnati Reds – No. 77 | |||||||||||||||
First baseman / Outfielder / Manager | |||||||||||||||
Born: Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S. | April 22, 1959|||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
August 19, 1981, for the Montreal Expos | |||||||||||||||
Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
April 19, 1990, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||||||||||||||
MLB statistics (through September 27, 2023) | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .274 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 143 | ||||||||||||||
Managerial record | 1,950–1,672 | ||||||||||||||
Winning % | .538 | ||||||||||||||
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Terrence Jon Francona (born April 22, 1959), nicknamed "Tito", is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is the current manager of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously managed the Cleveland Indians/Guardians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Phillies. Francona played in MLB from 1981 to 1988 for the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, and Milwaukee Brewers.
After a four-year stint as the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Francona was hired to manage the Red Sox in 2004 and led the team to their first championship since 1918. He won another World Series with Boston in 2007 and continued to manage the team until the end of the 2011 season. In 2013, Francona became the Cleveland Indians’ manager, leading them to an American League pennant in 2016, a 22-game win streak during the 2017 season (the longest in American League history and the second-longest in MLB history), and became the Indians/Guardians all-time leader in wins by a manager.