Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
	Pitcher / Manager
	Born: September 22, 1927; Norristown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
	Died: January 7, 2021 (aged 93); Fullerton, California, U.S.
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
	August 5, 1954, for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
	July 8, 1956, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–4
Earned run average	6.48
Strikeouts	37
Managerial record	1,599–1,439
Winning %	.526
Teams
	As player Brooklyn Dodgers (1954–1955); Kansas City Athletics (1956); As manager Los Angeles Dodgers (1976–1996);
Career highlights and awards
	2× World Series champion (1981, 1988); 2× NL Manager of the Year (1983, 1988); Los Angeles Dodgers #2 retired;
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1997
Election Method	Veterans Committee

Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was a Major League Baseball player. He had a long career in sports management.

In 2009, he marked his sixth decade in one capacity or another with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers organization, the longest discontinuous (he played one season with the Kansas City Athletics) tenure anyone has had with the team, edging Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully by two seasons. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.

Lasorda came out of retirement to manage the United States team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He led the Americans to the gold medal, beating heavily favored Cuba, which had won the gold medals at the two previous Olympics.

With the death of Red Schoendienst on June 6, 2018, Lasorda was the oldest living Hall-of-Famer.

In November 2020, Lasorda was hospitalized for having a heart attack and was discharged the next month.^[1] On January 7, 2021, Lasorda went to cardiac arrest at his home in Fullerton, California and died a few hours later, aged 93.^[2]^[3]

Tommy Lasorda Media

Lasorda with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954, his rookie season
Lasorda with the Kansas City Athletics in 1956
1980 Los Angeles Dodgers #2 Tommy Lasorda road jersey
Lasorda with President George H. W. Bush in 1991
Tommy Lasorda at White House Tee Ball Initiative in 2007

References

↑ Bill Plunkett (December 2, 2020). "Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda continues to improve, moves out of intensive care". Orange County Register. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
↑ Burke, Don (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers icon, dead at 93". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
↑ Muder, Craig (January 8, 2021). "Lasorda Embodied Spirit of the Game for a Lifetime". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

Other websites

Media related to Tommy Lasorda at Wikimedia Commons Quotations related to Tommy Lasorda at Wikiquote

Lasorda's blog, "Tommy's World" at MLBlogs.com
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] Bill Plunkett (December 2, 2020). "Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda continues to improve, moves out of intensive care". Orange County Register. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[2] Burke, Don (January 8, 2021). "Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers icon, dead at 93". nypost.com. New York Post. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

[3] Muder, Craig (January 8, 2021). "Lasorda Embodied Spirit of the Game for a Lifetime". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved January 8, 2021.

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