hofdate finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date hofvote image article_title debutteam name throws
2014 1973 right tampa , florida 1963 april 6 .199 35 7 5,097 2,728 -- 2,365 .536 infielder / manager / chief baseball officer chicago cubs batting -- loss record winning % average hits runs batted in games managed win may 10 4 october 1944 100.0 % -lrb- expansion era committee -rrb- tony la russa may 2008.jpg tony la russa
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tony la russa

anthony `` tony '' la russa , jr. -lrb- ; born october 4 , 1944 -rrb- is an american professional baseball player , manager , and executive currently serving as chief baseball officer for the arizona diamondbacks .
he is best known for his tenures as manager of the chicago white sox , oakland athletics , and st. louis cardinals of major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
his mlb career has spanned from 1963 to the present .
as a manager , la russa guided his teams to three world series titles , six league championships and twelve division titles in 33 seasons .
his 2,728 wins as a manager ranks third all-time in major league history , behind connie mack and john mcgraw .
as a player , la russa made his major league debut in 1963 and spent parts of five major league seasons with the kansas city/oakland athletics , atlanta braves and chicago cubs .
after a shoulder injury during the 1964 -- 65 off-season , he played much of the remainder of his career in the minor leagues until retiring in 1977 .
following his playing career , he earned a juris doctor degree from florida state university .
la russa was named manager of the white sox in the middle of the 1979 season and guided the white sox to an american league west division title four seasons later .
despite being fired in the middle of the 1986 season , the athletics hired him less than three weeks later , and la russa led the a 's to three consecutive american league championships from 1988 to 1990 and the 1989 world series title .
he left oakland following the 1995 season to manage the cardinals , and led the team to three national league championships and the and 2011 world series titles .
la russa retired after winning the 2011 title and 33 seasons as a major league manager .
three months later , he accepted a position assisting fellow former manager , joe torre , the executive vice president for mlb operations .
in 2014 , he became the chief baseball officer for the arizona diamondbacks .
on december 9 , 2013 , he was unanimously elected to the hall of fame by the 16-member veterans committee .
the induction ceremony was held at cooperstown , new york , on july 27 , 2014 .
on august 16 , 2014 , he was inducted into the st. louis cardinals hall of fame museum .
