Charlie Manuel

Charlie Manuel
Manuel in 2018
Left fielder / Manager
Born: (1944-01-04) January 4, 1944 (age 80) Northfork, West Virginia, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: April 8, 1969, for the Minnesota Twins
NPB: April 3, 1976, for the Yakult Swallows
Last appearance
MLB: September 21, 1975, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
NPB: October 12, 1981, for the Yakult Swallows
MLB statistics
Batting average	.198
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	43
Managerial record	1,000–826
Winning %	.548
NPB statistics
Batting average	.303
Home runs	189
Runs batted in	491
Teams
As player Minnesota Twins (1969–1972) Los Angeles Dodgers (1974–1975) Yakult Swallows (1976–1978) Kintetsu Buffaloes (1979–1980) Yakult Swallows (1981) As manager Cleveland Indians (2000–2002) Philadelphia Phillies (2005–2013) As coach Cleveland Indians (1988–1989, 1994–1999) Philadelphia Phillies (2019)
Career highlights and awards
NPB Japan Series champion (1978) Pacific League MVP (1979) 3× Best Nine Award (1978–1980) MLB World Series champion (2008) Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame

Charles Fuqua Manuel Jr. (born January 4, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player, coach, and manager. During his playing career, he appeared over parts of six Major League Baseball seasons for the Minnesota Twins and Los Angeles Dodgers, before playing another six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball with the Yakult Swallows and Kintetsu Buffaloes. Over four successive seasons in NPB, Manuel hit at least .312 with 37 home runs each season and won the 1979 Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award.

After his playing career, he coached and managed the Cleveland Indians and managed the Philadelphia Phillies, winning the 2008 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays and the 2009 National League Championship Series over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was inducted to the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in 2014.

On August 13, 2019, Manuel replaced John Mallee as hitting coach for the Phillies for the remainder of the season.^[1]