James Edwin ("Jim") Tracy (born December 31, 1955 in Hamilton, Ohio) is the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates Prior to joining the Pirates, Tracy was manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2001 to 2005 (4 winning seasons out of 5), compiling a 427-383 record. With Tracy as manager, the Dodgers won the National League West division in 2004 but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series.

Lloyd Glenn McClendon (born January 11, 1959 in Gary, Indiana) is the Hitting Coach for the Detroit Tigers, serving under Jim Leyland. McClendon is also a former Major League Baseball player and a former manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. McClendon is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

James Richard Leyland (born December 15, 1944, in Perrysburg, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball manager for the Detroit Tigers. He led the Florida Marlins to a World Series championship in 1997. With the Tigers' victory in the 2006 American League Championship Series, Leyland has become the seventh manager in history to win pennants in both the National and American Leagues. He is a 3-time Manager of the Year Award winner, twice in the National League (1990 and 1992), …

Charles William Tanner (born July 4, 1929 in New Castle, Pennsylvania) is a former left fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He is currently a major league scout for the Cleveland Indians. A lefthanded batter and thrower, Tanner signed his first contract with the Boston Braves. He played for eight seasons (1955 - 1962) for four different teams: the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels, as well as the Braves (then based in Milwaukee) and the Indians.

Daniel Edward Murtaugh was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his leadership of the Pittsburgh Pirates from the 1950s to the 1970s. He threw and batted right-handed. A native of Chester, Pennsylvania, Murtaugh played during nine seasons for the Philadelphia Phillies (1941-43, 1946), Boston Braves (1947) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1948-51). In his rookie season Murtaugh led National League players in stolen bases (18).

Gene William Lamont (born December 25, 1946 in Rockford, Illinois) is a former catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Chicago White Sox (1992-1995) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1997-2000). He batted as a switch-hitter (mostly left) but threw right-handed during his playing career. Currently, Lamont is 3rd base coach for the Detroit Tigers. Lamont was a Chicago Cubs fan all his life, growing up in Kirkland, Illinois and attending Western Illinois University.

Peter Mackanin, Jr. (born August 1 1951 in Chicago, Illinois) is the acting manager of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. Mackanin was drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft and made his debut with them in 1973, after they moved and became the Texas Rangers. In a 9-year career, he also played for the Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins. He played in 548 games.

Cornelius Alexander Mack, born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. Considered one of the greatest managers in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins, losses, and games managed. He managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 consecutive seasons. Besides his five World Series wins and nine American League pennants, Mack's teams also finished last 17 times.

William Charles Virdon (born June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, Michigan) is a former outfielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days (1955-65) as a center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates (winning a Gold Glove in 1962), Virdon also had a long tenure in the major leagues as a manager, with the Pirates (1972-73), New York Yankees (1974-75), Houston Astros (1975-82), …

Lawrence William Shepard is a former manager in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1968 to 1969. During his playing days, Shepard was a righthanded pitcher who played minor league baseball from 1941 through 1956, with time out for military service during World War II. He attended McGill University in Montréal, Québec. Shepard became a playing manager in the Brooklyn Dodgers farm system in 1948, with Medford of the Class D Far West League.

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (February 24, 1874 - December 6, 1955), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", was an American baseball player who played during the 1890s until the 1910s. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. Although Ty Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all-around player, …

Francis "Frankie" Frisch (September 9, 1898 - March 12, 1973), nicknamed the Fordham Flash, was an American Major League Baseball player of the early 20th century. Frisch was a switch-hitter batter and threw right-handed. Born in the Bronx, New York City, he began his career after graduating from Fordham University, where he had starred in four sports. It was at Fordham where Frisch earned his nickname "The Fordham Flash." After graduation, …

Fred Clifford Clarke (October 3, 1872 - August 14, 1960) was a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player from 1894 to 1915 and manager from 1897 to 1915. Clarke played for and managed both the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was a left fielder and left-handed batter. Of the nine pennants in Pittsburgh franchise history, Clarke was the player-manager for four of them. He and fellow Hall of Famers, Honus Wagner and Vic Willis, …

Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (November 11, 1898 - March 16, 1972) was a professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920-37). Traynor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He received his nickname for a fondness for eating pie. He is generally considered to have been the greatest National League third baseman before the 1950s. Although he played in the era before the Gold Glove award was created, …

Harry William Walker, known to baseball fans of the middle 20th century as "Harry the Hat" (October 22, 1918 – August 8, 1999), was an American baseball player, manager and coach. Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Harry was a member of a distinguished baseball family. He was the son of former Washington Senators pitcher Ewart “Dixie” Walker and the brother of Fred “Dixie” Walker, like Harry an outfielder, left-handed hitter, …

William Adam Meyer was an American baseball player and manager. He holds the dubious distinction as having played for, and managed, two of the worst teams in the history of Major League Baseball. A catcher who spent most of his playing career in the minor leagues, Meyer broke into the majors with the 1913 Chicago White Sox, but played only one game.

William Jennings Bryan Herman (July 7 1909 - September 5 1992) was an American second baseman in Major League Baseball during the 1930s and 1940s. He was known for his stellar defense and consistent batting. He still holds many National League defensive records for second basemen.

Robert Randall Bragan is a former shortstop, catcher, manager, and coach in American Major League Baseball. He also was an influential executive in minor league baseball. On August 16, 2005, Bragan came out of retirement to manage the independent Central League Fort Worth Cats for one game, making him — at 87 years, nine months and 16 days old — the oldest manager in professional baseball annals (besting by one week Connie Mack, …

George C. Gibson (July 22 1880 - January 25 1967), nicknamed Moon, was a Canadian baseball player who caught for two different Major League teams during the 1910s. In the 1920s and 1930s he served as manager for Pittsburgh and for the Chicago Cubs. He started his managerial career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, a AAA Class team in the International League. Gibson was the nephew of William Southam, founder of Southam Newspapers, …

William Boyd McKechnie (August 7, 1886 - October 29, 1965) was a Major League Baseball player and manager. Nicknamed "Deacon" because he sang in his church choir and generally lived a quiet life, his 1892 wins as a manager ranks 11th all-time. Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, McKechnie made his major league debut in 1907 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, appearing in 3 games, before reemerging with the team in 1910 in a more substantial role.

Fred Girard Haney was an American third baseman, manager, coach and executive in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he won two pennants and a world championship with the Milwaukee Braves and, as an executive, he was the first general manager of the expansion Los Angeles Angels of the American League. Indeed, for years Haney was one of the most popular baseball figures in the City of Angels. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Los Angeles, …

Hugo Francis Bezdek (April 1, 1884 in Prague, Czech Republic - September 19, 1952 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) was a Czech-American sports figure in the first half of the 20th century. After playing as a fullback at the University of Chicago, Bezdek began his football coaching career at the University of Oregon in 1906 but left after a year to become head coach at the University of Arkansas. After five seasons at Arkansas, he returned to Oregon for six seasons.

Patrick Joseph "Patsy" Donovan (March 16 1865 - December 25 1953) was an Irish-American right fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1890 to 1907, most notably the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. He batted .300 lifetime and set a major league record for career games in right field, also retiring among the career leaders in total games (5th, 1813), assists (9th, 264) and double plays (5th, 69) as an outfielder.

James Joseph "Nixey" Callahan (March 18 1874 - October 4 1934) was an American pitcher and left fielder in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Colts, Chicago Orphans, and Chicago White Sox; he also managed the White Sox, as well as the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he died at age 60 in Boston.

Owen Joseph "Donie" Bush (October 8 1887 - March 28 1972), was a Major League Baseball shortstop in the American League for the Detroit Tigers (1908-1921) and the Washington Senators (1921-1923). In fourteen seasons in the Major Leagues, Bush displayed a keen eye and a talent for drawing bases on balls, drawing more walks during the decade from 1910-1919 than any other player in Major League Baseball.

Alexander Peter Grammas (born April 3 1926 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former Major League infielder and manager with a 10-year career from 1954 to 1963. Grammas family origins are from Agios Demitrios near Sparta, Greece. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1954-56, 59-62), Cincinnati Reds (1956-58) and the Chicago Cubs (1962-63) all of the National League. He attended Mississippi State University and batted and threw right-handed.

Thomas Everett Burns (March 30 1857 - March 19 1902) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball, primarily for the Chicago White Stockings/Colts. He also played for, and managed, the Pittsburgh Pirates for part of one season. Born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, he died at age 44 in Jersey City, New Jersey and is buried in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Jewel Winklemeyer Ens (August 24 1889 - January 17 1950) was an American infielder and manager in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he died at age 60 in Syracuse, New York.

Albert C. Buckenberger (January 31 1862 - July 1 1917) was a manager in Major League Baseball for the Columbus Solons, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Beaneaters from 1889 to 1904. In 1896, he managed the Toronto team in the Eastern League. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he died at age 55 in Syracuse, New York.

William Henry McGunnigle (January 1 1855, Boston, Massachusetts - March 9 1899, Brockton, Massachusetts) was an American baseball manager for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Pittsburg Pirates and Louisville Colonels. He was nicknamed "Gunner" or "Mac" during his playing days.

William Henry Watkins (May 5 1858 - June 9 1937) was a Canadian manager in Major League Baseball for the Indianapolis Hoosiers, Detroit Wolverines, Kansas City Cowboys, St. Louis Browns and Pittsburgh Pirates. His 1887 Detroit team won the National League pennant. Born in Brantford, Ontario, he died at age 79 in Port Huron, Michigan.

Joseph V. Battin (November 11, 1851 - December 10, 1937) was a 19th century Major League baseball player. Battin was born in Philadelphia, PA. He played professional baseball from 1871 to 1884 and then returned for one season in 1890. Battin primarily played third base, although he occasionally filled in at other roles as well. His best year was in 1876 for the St. Louis Brown Stockings, when he batted .300 and scored 34 runs. Battin died in Akron, Ohio at the age of 86.

Ormond Hook Butler (November 18 1854 - September 12 1915) was an American manager in Major League Baseball who led the Pittsburgh Alleghenys (later called the Pirates) for part of the 1883 season, their second year of operation. He took over from Al Pratt after the team began the season with a 12-20 record, and posted 17 wins and 36 losses in his brief tenure; third baseman Joe Battin took over the team for its final 13 games, …

Horace B. Phillips (May 14 1853 - ?) was an American manager in Major League Baseball for the Troy Trojans, Columbus Buckeyes and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born in Salem, Ohio.

Frankie Frisch Frisch graduated from Fordham University in 1919 after starring there in baseball, football, basketball, and track. He joined the Giants without playing a game in the minors. A natural athlete with great speed and dexterity, Frisch was tutored long and hard by manager John McGraw on batting and sliding technique. The youthful Frisch quickly became a favorite of McGraw, who named him team captain.