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Jim Frey

Full name James Gottfried Frey
Born May 26, 1931, Cleveland, Ohio
Died April 12, 2020, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Managed First Game: April 10, 1980; Managed Final Game: June 11, 1986
Named NL Manager of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1984)
Named Major League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1984)
Ejections as coach: 1975 (1), 1978 (1), 1979 (1), 1982 (1). Total: 4
Ejections as manager: 1980 (3), 1981 (2), 1984 (5), 1985 (3). Total: 13
SABR Biography

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1980 KC  A        162   97   65  .599   809   694                  1
1981 KC  A         70   30   40  .429   263   299          8-29    5  4
1984 CHI N        161   96   65  .596   762   658                  1
1985 CHI N        162   77   84  .478   686   729                  4
1986 CHI N          9    2    7  .222    27    49          4-19    6  5
1986 CHI N         47   21   26  .447   214   214   4-22   6-11    6  5  5
Total ( 5 Years)  611  323  287  .530  2761  2643
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1980 KC  A          3    3    0 1.000    14     6
1984 CHI N          5    2    3  .400    26    22
Total ( 2 Years)    8    5    3  .625    40    28
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
              World Series Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1980 KC  A          6    2    4  .333    23    27
             All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1981 AL             1    0    1  .000     4     5

                  Coaching Record
Year Team   Position                   START    END
1970 BAL A  Hitting                     4- 7  10-15
1971 BAL A  Hitting                     4- 7  10-17
1972 BAL A  Hitting                     4-16  10- 3
1973 BAL A  Hitting                     4- 6  10-11
1974 BAL A  Hitting                     4- 5  10- 9
1975 BAL A  Hitting                     4-10   9-28
1976 BAL A  First base                  4- 9  10- 3
1977 BAL A  First base                  4- 7  10- 1
1978 BAL A  First base                  4- 7  10- 1
1979 BAL A  First base                  4- 6  10-17
1982 NY  N  Coach                       4- 8  10- 3
1983 NY  N  Coach                       4- 5  10- 2
Total (12 Years) 

Ejection Information

As manager:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 5-24-1980     BOX  KC  A  Ken Kaiser          Interference non-call
 6-30-1980     BOX  KC  A  Dave Phillips       Fair/foul call
 8- 6-1980     BOX  KC  A  Greg Kosc           Balls and strikes
 5-19-1981     BOX  KC  A  Dale Ford           Balls and strikes
 8-24-1981     BOX  KC  A  Vic Voltaggio       Balls and strikes
 4- 6-1984     BOX  CHI N  Lanny Harris        Call at HP
 5-27-1984     BOX  CHI N  Paul Runge          Fair/foul call (Reversed)
 7-21-1984     BOX  CHI N  Lanny Harris        Balls and strikes
 8- 7-1984(2)  BOX  CHI N  Fred Brocklander    Intentional HBP
 8- 8-1984     BOX  CHI N  Charlie Williams    Throwing at batter
 5-10-1985     BOX  CHI N  Terry Tata          Balls and strikes
 5-19-1985     BOX  CHI N  Lanny Harris        Balls and strikes
 7-25-1985     BOX  CHI N  Dana DeMuth         Call at 1B

As coach:
Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 7- 8-1975     BOX  BAL A  Jim Evans           Bench jockeying
 7-26-1978     BOX  BAL A  Al Clark            Balls and strikes
 5-28-1979     BOX  BAL A  Bill Deegan         Call at 1B
 7-18-1982     BOX  NY  N  Jerry Crawford      Check swing

Transaction Information

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Wally Shannon, Billy Harrell and Dick Ricketts to
Philadelphia Phillies (September 20, 1960) completing trade in which Philadelphia
Phillies traded Don Landrum to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bob Sadowski and
4 players to be named later (September 19, 1960).
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