Murtaughs Bucs won 89 games for the season, which was good enough to win the N.L. After three more years he retired as an active player, and was given a job as a manager in the Pirates farm system. Roberto Clemente Jr.: Former Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh belongs in Has Yadier Molina Successfully Framed His Hall of Fame Case? In that historic Game 7, I was praying that Stengel would bring in Whitey Ford in the 8th inning, even though he had thrown a complete game the previous day. The team went 75-79 to finish 6th in the N.L. He had retired once before, and came back at Brown's request. In his rookie season, he led the National League in stolen bases (18). The HAll should be for players, not managers, or owners or umpires. The 1971 campaign was well put together for Murtaugh, Alley, and the rest of the Pirates. Were coming up on the 60th anniversary of the 1960 World Series, and now would be a good time for the Pirates to get behind a campaign to finally get Danny to Cooperstown. Danny Murtaugh was a Libra and was born in the G.I. Danny Murtaugh retired in 1976 to spend more time with Tim and his other grand kids, but he died a few months later. "A great manager, a great man" Hroncich, Colleen, Career statistics and player information from, This page was last edited on 5 February 2023, at 12:45. Kenneth Dale, a spokesman at the medical center, said Murtaugh went into a coma this morning after a restless night during which his condition grew steadily worse. The Bucs also had an emerging trio of pitching stalwarts with starters Bob Friend and Vern Law and reliever Roy Face. Danny has a plus .500 W/L record head to head vs current HoF managers (Alston: 95-120, Durocher: 29-17, Anderson: 29-42, Stengel: 42-12, Weaver: 4-3, 71 WS). In addition to his two National League pennants and world championships, he won four Eastern Division titles (197071, 197475), and no Pirates manager has won more division titles in a tenure since his death.

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