The normal supervisor who constructed the Orioles’ most up-to-date World Series roster and the supervisor who introduced them the closest they’ve come to a pennant since are each candidates for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Former Orioles normal supervisor Hank Peters and former Baltimore supervisor and second baseman Davey Johnson are among the many eight candidates on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee’s Manager/Executive/Umpires poll, which acknowledges these whose contributions to the game got here in 1980 or later. To be elected into the Hall of Fame, nominees have to be voted in by 12 of the committee’s 16 members; outcomes shall be introduced Dec. 3.
Among his 42 years as a entrance workplace govt, Peters served because the Orioles’ normal supervisor from 1976 to 1987, a stretch wherein Baltimore was the American League champion in 1979 and gained the World Series in 1983. The Orioles haven’t gained a title since.
After serving in World War II, Peters labored within the St. Louis Browns’ scouting division and adopted the franchise to Baltimore in 1954. He additionally served because the GM of the Kansas City Athletics and Cleveland Indians throughout his profession. Peters died in 2015.
Johnson, 80, spent seven of his 13 main league seasons as a participant with Baltimore, incomes three All-Star nominations and three Gold Glove Awards. Two of his 17 years as a supervisor have been with the Orioles, guiding the group to the AL Championship Series in each 1996 and 1997. The similar day he was named the AL Manager of the Year for the latter season, Johnson resigned as Baltimore’s supervisor due to a feud with majority proprietor Peter Angelos.
Johnson managed the New York Mets to the 1986 World Series title and was National League Manager of the Year with Washington in 2012, making him certainly one of eight to win the award in each leagues.
The different candidates up for election are former managers Cito Gaston, who infamously didn’t usher in then-Oriole Mike Mussina to pitch within the 1993 All-Star Game at Camden Yards, Jim Leyland and Lou Piniella, who made his MLB debut with the Orioles in 1964; former umpires Ed Montague and Joe West; and former NL president Bill White.
Zimmermann undergoes surgical procedure
Orioles left-hander Bruce Zimmermann underwent core surgical procedure Thursday in Philadelphia and is predicted to be prepared for spring coaching, the group stated.
An Ellicott City native, Zimmermann, 28, is on Baltimore’s 40-man roster and had a 4.73 ERA in seven aid appearances for the Orioles this yr. In 38 main league outings (27 begins) in elements of 4 seasons, Zimmermann has a 5.57 ERA in 158 1/3 innings.
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