Martin, Billy

Alfred Manuel “Billy” Marty , Jr. During his career, Martin played for five different teams. As general manager, he helped the New York Yankees win the American League title in 1976 and 1977, and won the 1977 World Series . He also worked as a manager for several more AL teams and four of them helped to win the division title.

Billy Martin
Second Base Player / Manager
Born: May 16, 1928 ( 1928-05-16 ) Berkeley , California , USA
Died: December 25, 1989 ( 1989-12-25 ) (61 years old) Johnson City , New York , USA
Beats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
April 18, 1950 for the New York Yankees
Selected Statistics
Beat rate	25.7
Home Run	64
Runs batted in	333
Games was a manager	2267
Wins / losses	1253/1013
Percentage of games won	55.3
Teams
As a player: New York Yankees (1950–1957) Kansas City Athletics (1957) Detroit Tigers (1958) Cleveland Indiana (1959) Cincinnati Reds (1960) Milwaukee Braves (1961) Minnesota Twins (1961) As a manager: Minnesota Twins (1969) Detroit Tigers (1971–1973) Texas Rangers (1973-1975) New York Yankees (1975–1978, 1979) Auckland Athletics (1980–1982) New York Yankees (1983, 1985, 1988)
Awards and Achievements
World Series Champion (1951–1953, 1956, 1977) All-Star Match Member (1956) assigned to him number 1 in the "New York Yankees"

Martin was known as a manager capable of making winning teams out of bad teams, as well as for his disputes with referees. However, he was often criticized for not getting along well with veteran players and club owners, he intensively used young pitchers and had problems with alcohol. In the period from 1969 to 1988, Martin won 1,253 victories as manager, and his percentage of matches won was 55.3%.