THE GEORGE STEINBRENNER NEW YORK YANKEE SKIPPER SAGA

New York Yankees Managers Appointed by George Steinbrenner | Baseball Almanac

In 1973, George Steinbrenner became the managerial partner for the New York Yankees and until his passing in 2010, The Boss changed managers more than twenty times, often times with a manager he had hired and fired in previous years. The constant swapping of managers often made nationwide headlines and the stories were often fun to hear — especially if you were not a Yankees fan. Nonetheless, the legacy remained in place for the Yankees, and rest is, as they say, now history. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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"When I get through managing, I'm going to open up a kindergarten." - Martin, Billy. Baseball's Greatest Managers. Frommer, Harvery. Author. Lyons Press Publishing. 1 February 2017. Page 197.

The New York Yankees Managerial Saga

Under George Steinbrenner | Yankees Managers

1973-1974 Ralph Houk 80-82
1974-1975 Bill Virdon 142-124
1975-1978 Billy Martin 279-192
1978-1978 Dick Howser 0-1
1978-1979 Bob Lemon 82-51
1979-1980 Billy Martin 55-40
1980-1980 Dick Howser 103-59
1981-1981 Gene Michael 48-34
1981-1982 Bob Lemon 17-22
1982-1982 Gene Michael 44-42
1982-1983 Clyde King 29-33
1983-1983 Billy Martin 91-71
1984-1985 Yogi Berra 93-85
1985-1986 Billy Martin 91-54
1986-1987 Lou Piniella 179-145
1988-1988 Billy Martin 40-28
1988-1989 Lou Piniella 45-48
1989-1989 Dallas Green 56-65
1989-1990 Bucky Dent 36-53
1990-1991 Stump Merrill 120-155
1992-1995 Buck Showalter 313-268
1996-2007 Joe Torre 1,146-753
2007-2017 Joe Girardi 910-710
Yankees Managerial Saga | Baseball Almanac
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During the George Steinbrenner era, the New York Yankees won nine American League pennants: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001; and six World Series championships: 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999 & 2000!

Several of the Yankees managers listed above were fired, then hired again by George Steinbrenner. The "record" was set by Billy Martin (5), followed by Dick Howser, Bob Lemon, Gene Michael, and Lou Piniella, who were all "released" once, hired back, and let go again at some point.

Dick Williams won the 1973 World Championship with the Oakland Athletics. Why list this here? He was signed by the Yankees following that season and the Athletics and Yankees fought about the contract throughout the entire offseason. The Yankees finally voided the contract and Williams sat out of baseball during the first part of the 1974 season.