Texas Rangers hire former Giants skipper Bruce Bochy as team's new manager
Bochy becomes the 20th full-time manager in Rangers history and the first to join the club after having previously won a World Series title as manager. He is the first Texas manager to assume the role with previous Major League managerial experience since Buck Showalter was hired on October 11, 2002. Bochy will be managing for the first time since 2019, which was his final year at the helm with the San Francisco Giants.
“If I was going to return to managing, it had to be the right situation. I strongly believe that to be the case with the Rangers, and I can’t wait to get started.” Research indicates that this is just the third time an individual has ever been hired to manage a team which he had previously beaten as a manager in the World Series. Bochy’s Giants beat the Rangers in the 2010 World Series. Joe Girardi managed the Phillies from 2020-22 after having previously beaten the team as Yankees manager in the 2009 Fall Classic. Johnny Keane managed the Yankees in 1965-66 after piloting the Cardinals’ 1964 World Series win over New York-AL.
With 44 career postseason wins, Bochy ranks T6th in MLB history in that category. He has guided teams to eight postseason appearances, six division titles, four pennants, and three World Series championships. The eight postseason appearances are T9th-most in Major League history, and he is one of only seven individuals to have won four league titles since the introduction of the League Championship Series round of playoffs in 1969.
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