Kenneth Edward Macha (born September 29, 1950, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania) is the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and a former Major League Baseball player. From 2003 to 2006 he served as manager of the Oakland Athletics, whom he guided to the American League's Western Division championship in both his first season and his final season with the team.
Macha was an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, and Toronto Blue Jays for s...
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Kenneth Edward Macha (born September 29, 1950, in Monroeville, Pennsylvania) is the manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and a former Major League Baseball player. From 2003 to 2006 he served as manager of the Oakland Athletics, whom he guided to the American League's Western Division championship in both his first season and his final season with the team.
Macha was an infielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Montreal Expos, and Toronto Blue Jays for six seasons (1974, 1977-81) and is a first cousin to Hal Newhouser. In the offseason, he lives in Murrysville, Pennsylvania with his family.
Macha is a graduate of Gateway High School in Monroeville, a suburb of Pittsburgh, and played college ball at the University of Pittsburgh. He was selected by Pittsburgh in the sixth round of the 1972 June draft. He was the Eastern League batting champion in 1974 with the Thetford Mines Pirates. He hit a combined .258 in 180 Major League Baseball games. He spent four years in Japan (Chunichi Dragons), from...
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