Manager

NYY: 1931-1946

(Inducted 1957)

 

Joe McCarthy, best known as the Yankees manager of the 1930s and early 1940s, finished his long career with an all-time best winning percentage of .614. Over a 24-year major league career, Marse Joe achieved nine pennants - one with the Chicago Cubs and the rest with the Yankees, including four World Championships in a row from 1936 to 1939. His teams also placed second seven times, and he never finished out of the first division, compiling an impressive 2,126 wins.

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Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1957