Clyde King
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Clyde Edward King (born May 23, 1925 in Goldsboro, North Carolina) is a special baseball advisor to George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees of American Major League Baseball, and has spent over 60 years in the game as a pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive.
During his on-field career he managed the San Francisco Giants (1969-70), Atlanta Braves (1974-75) and Yankees (part of 1982), finishing with a career record of 234 wins and 229 defeats (.505).
King attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A righthanded pitcher, he made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers at age 19 in 1944, his first professional season, during the manpower shortage caused by World War II. Although King would be sent to the minor leagues for seasoning after the war, he proved to be a solid member of the Brooklyn pitching staff (1944-45, 1947-48, 1951-52), winning 14 games for the 1951 Dodgers. When he finished his major league career with the Cincinnati Reds in 1953, King had appeared in an even 200 games, winning 32 and losing 25 with an earned run average of 4.60.
Before becoming a major league manager, he led several minor league clubs and served as a coach for the Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
King joined the Yankees' front office in 1976 and has played a number of key roles - super scout, pitching coach, general manager and special advisor - since, in addition to managing them for the final 62 games of 1982 (as the replacement for Gene Michael, he won 29 games and lost 33 as the defending American League champions fell to fifth place in the AL East division).
[edit] External link
- Baseball-Reference.com - career playing statistics and managing record
| Preceded by: Herman Franks |
San Francisco Giants Manager 1969–1970 |
Succeeded by: Charlie Fox |
| Preceded by: Eddie Mathews |
Atlanta Braves Managers 1974-1975 |
Succeeded by: Connie Ryan |
| Preceded by: Gene Michael |
New York Yankees Manager 1982 |
Succeeded by: Billy Martin |
| Preceded by: Murray Cook |
New York Yankees General Manager 1985–1986 |
Succeeded by: Woody Woodward |
