The 42-year-old Martin had been hired with a two-year contract on October 2, 1971, a day after the final game of 1970; when it was announced that Tiger manager Mayo Smith would not be returning.

“I don’t think of myself as old,” Leiter said, “but the fact that I got to the big leagues when I was 21 and Billy Martin was my first manager, my first full year in the big leagues, ...

Billy Martin won five division titles (with four franchises), two pennants and one World Series in 16 seasons as a manager.

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1980: Manager Billy Martin #1 of the Oakland Athletics looks on from the dugout during a Major League Baseball game circa 1980. Martin managed the Athletics from 1980-82.

Reggie Jackson's clash with manager Billy Martin remains one of the most highlighted incidents in the history of baseball. A heated incident happened during a game between the New York Yankees and ...

Yankees Manager Billy Martin in the dugout a month before getting fired in 1985. His eyes are open “I’m happy they’ve given me the opportunity to manage here,” said Piniella, who posted a ...

Billy Martin made one thing perfectly clear in one of his first team meetings as manager of the Tigers. “I am,” Martin said, “a very bad loser.” Looking back on it, it’s actually quite ...

Shortly before his untimely death on Christmas day 1989, Billy Martin had met videographer Tom Molito to discuss making a video detailing Martin's managerial strategies ...

Winning is everything.-- Billy Martin. No modern manager approaches Billy Martin when it comes to cheating. No manager since John McGraw, Ned Hanlon and their contemporaries a century earlier were ...

There's no shortage of stories to tell about former Twins manager Billy Martin and his time in Minnesota. By Patrick Reusse. December 8, 2022 at 2:08PM. Billy and Gretchen Martin at home in 1969.

It’s been more than 26 years since Billy Martin died in a drunk driving accident. The fiery New York Yankees manager fought and drank his way through life, so when the end came during a trip ...

New York Yankees manager Billy Martin kicks dirt on rookie umpire Dallas Parks after being ejected during a game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium in New York, August 17, 1979.