George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (born February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, South Dakota) is a former Major League Baseball manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League.
Anderson has resided for many years in Thousand Oaks, California. He was known as "Sparky" during his time in baseball, but in private life goes by his given ...
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George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (born February 22, 1934 in Bridgewater, South Dakota) is a former Major League Baseball manager. He managed the National League's Cincinnati Reds to the 1975 and 1976 championships, then added a third title in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers of the American League.
Anderson has resided for many years in Thousand Oaks, California. He was known as "Sparky" during his time in baseball, but in private life goes by his given name of "George."
Anderson was a "good field, no-hit" middle infielder. After playing the 1955 season with the Texas League Fort Worth Cats alongside the Montreal Royals of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he eventually played one full season in the major leagues, as the regular second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1959. However, a .218 average with no power ended his big-league playing career.
He played the next four seasons with the Triple-A Toronto Maple Leafs in the International League, but never got a second chance in the majors. It was...
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