October 27th 2023.
After 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, Dusty Baker, the iconic baseball manager of the Houston Astros and winner of the 2022 World Series Championship, has decided to hang up his cleats.
At the age of 74, Baker has been involved with the game of baseball for over 50 years and has been a staple in the dugouts of stadiums across the league. On Thursday, Baker announced his retirement at Minute Maid Park stadium, expressing his appreciation for the Houston Astros and all the success they achieved together in the past four years.
“It was probably the quickest four years I’ve ever spent in my life,” said Baker. “But that’s what happens when you win. … They were winning when I got here, winning while I was here and I wish them well.”
Baker certainly left his mark on the Houston Astros. In those four years, he led the team to 320 wins, including in 2020, when the pandemic shortened the regular 82-game season to 60. After that season, the Astros averaged 97 wins over the next three years and won three consecutive AL West division titles, two AL pennants, and one World Series. He also became the oldest manager to ever win a World Series.
Prior to his time with the Astros, Baker managed five different teams, two of which took the pennant. With the San Francisco Giants, he won the National League pennant in 2002, and with the Astros, he won the American League pennant in 2021-22. Before his illustrious career as a manager, Baker played 19 years with the Atlanta Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants, and the Oakland As.
We would like to thank Dusty Baker for his incredible managerial career and wish him all the best in his retirement!
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