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Gene Lamont
Catcher
Born: December 25, 1946 (1946-12-25) (age 61)
Batted: Left Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 2, 1970
for the Detroit Tigers
Final game
May 24, 1975
for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
Batting average     . Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 233
Hits     37
Home runs     4
Teams

As player

As manager
Career highlights and awards

Gene William Lamont (born December 25, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Chicago White Sox (1992-1995) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1997-2000). In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: For manager award presented by The Sporting News see The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award, and for English Football manager awards see FA Premier League Manager Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in Cricket. In Baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally the field manager) this individual controls matters The Chicago White Sox are a professional Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He batted as a switch-hitter (mostly left) but threw right-handed during his playing career. Currently, Lamont is 3rd base coach for the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Lamont was a Chicago Cubs fan all his life, growing up in Kirkland, Illinois and attending Western Illinois University. The Chicago Cubs are a Professional Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. Kirkland is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Western Illinois University is a public university founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round, as the 13th pick, of the 1965 amateur draft, and came up with them as a September call-up in 1970, when he had 13 hits in 44 at bats. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches In Baseball, an at bat ( AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including Batting average, On base The following year, he had only 15 at bats and only 1 hit. In his biggest year, he had 92 at bats, playing as a backup to Tigers catcher Jerry Moses. After 1975, his major league career, spent entirely with the Tigers, was over. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP He bounced around in the minors, on triple-A Evansville (with such players as Tom Brookens and Jerry Manuel) before stopping. Evansville (ˈɛvənzˌvɪl is the third-largest city in the U Thomas Dale Brookens (born August 10, 1953 in Chambersburg Pennsylvania) is a former Third baseman in Major League Baseball who played Jerry Manuel (born December 23, 1953 in Hahira Georgia) is the manager of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball (taking over He ended with a lifetime batting average of . Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 233, with 4 home runs and 14 RBI in 87 games played. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has He had 37 hits in 159 at bats, and stole 1 base. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate

The highlight of his time as a player had been a home run in his first at bat of his career off the Boston Red Sox' Cal Koonce. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Calvin Lee Koonce ( November 18, 1940 in Fayetteville North Carolina - October 28, 1993 in Winston-Salem North Carolina However, his career would go on as a manager, beginning soon in 1977 with the Kansas City Royals as a manager, managing their single-A Fort Myers team for two years. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Reggie Jackson, The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. Fort Myers is the County seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. After that, he guided double-A Jacksonville to a championship in 1982 and again in 1983, being named Southern League Manager of the Year in the former. Champions Major League Baseball World Series Champion St Louis Cardinals World Series MVP Darrell Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Philadelphia Phillies (4-1 Rick Dempsey, The Southern League is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the Southern United States.

Finally after two seasons with Omaha in the minors, he had worked his way up to the majors, serving as a third base coach for Jim Leyland's 1986 Pirates team. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North James Richard Leyland (born December 15 1944 in Perrysburg Ohio) is a Major League Baseball manager for the Detroit Tigers. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Mets over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Ray Knight, MVP By the early '90s, with the Pirates emergence as a contender, Lamont was being considered by some teams for a managing job.

In 1992, Jeff Torborg left the White Sox to take the managing job with the New York Mets, and Lamont was named manager of Chicago. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Atlanta Braves (4-2 Pat Borders, MVP Jeffrey Allen Torborg (born November 26, 1941 in Plainfield, New Jersey) is a former Catcher and manager in Major "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. That year, the Sox did well, finishing 86-76, 3rd in the American League's Western Division. The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in However, the following year the White Sox finished 94-68 under Lamont and were first in the AL West for the first time since they won 99 games in 1983 under Tony La Russa. Anthony "Tony" La Russa Jr (ləˈɹuːsə born October 4 1944, in Tampa, Florida) is a manager in Major League His team consisted of such stars as Frank Thomas, Robin Ventura, Ellis Burks, Jack McDowell, Alex Fernandez, Jason Bere, and Wilson Alvarez. Frank Edward Thomas (born May 27 1968 is a Major League Baseball Designated hitter for the Oakland Athletics. Robin Mark Ventura (vɨnˈtɝə born July 14 1967 in Santa Maria California) is a former professional Baseball player a Third baseman Ellis Rena Burks (born September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg Mississippi) is a former Outfielder and Designated hitter who played in Jack Burns McDowell (born January 16, 1966 in Van Nuys California) is a former Major League Baseball player Alex Fernandez may refer to Alex Fernandez (actor Alex Fernandez (baseball, played for Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins Jason Phillip Bere (born May 26, 1971 in Cambridge Massachusetts) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who played for parts Wilson Eduardo Alvarez Fuenmayor (born March 24, 1970 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball Lamont took home the AL Manager of the Year award that year, and the team lost in the American League Championship Series to the soon-to-be champs, the Toronto Blue Jays. For manager award presented by The Sporting News see The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award, and for English Football manager awards see FA Premier League Manager The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

In 1994, a baseball strike took place. Headline events of the year As a result of a players' strike the MLB season ends prematurely on August 11, 1994. The 1994 Major League baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in Baseball history as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage When it began, the White Sox had the best record in the league; but the following year, the team seemed really hurt by it, starting out with an 11-20 record before Lamont was fired and replaced by Terry Bevington. Terry Bevington (born July 7, 1956) is a former manager of the Chicago White Sox.

Lamont returned to the Pirates and began coaching again, before Leyland left in 1997, giving Lamont the job of manager once again. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians (4-3 Liván Hernández, He was the first Pirates manager to have been a catcher during his playing career since Billy Meyer (1948-1952). William Adam Meyer ( January 14 1892 – March 31 1957) was an American Baseball player and manager. Amazingly, in his first year Lamont finished second with a young, inexperienced team that was widely predicted to finish last. His team often upset many NL teams vying for playoff spots. He came in 2nd place in the manager of the year voting behind Dusty Baker of the San Francisco Giants. Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr (born June 15 1949 in Riverside California) is a former Outfielder in Major League Baseball The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in, that currently play in the National League West Division.

There was no continued success for the Pirates though, finishing in last place in the Central in 1998. Headline events of the year Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr After the terrible 2000 season, Lamont was fired and replaced by Lloyd McClendon. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Lloyd Glenn McClendon (born January 11 1959 in Gary Indiana) is a former left and Right fielder and manager in

He finished with a career record of 553-562, barely below . 500 at . 496, despite the many bad Pirates seasons. His all-time record in Chicago was 258-210, and he was 295-352 in Pittsburgh. Lamont had two first place finishes, counting the strike year.

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