Frank Joseph Lucchesi is a former manager

Manager (baseball)

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 in Major League Baseball

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 who ran the Philadelphia Phillies

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 (1970–72), Texas Rangers

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 (1975–77) and Chicago Cubs

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 (1987, interim manager). His career managerial win–loss record

Winning percentage

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 is 316–399 (.442).

In 1972, Lucchesi was fired by the Phillies' general manager, Paul Owens

Paul Owens (baseball)

Paul Francis Owens was an American front office executive and manager in Major League Baseball.-Philadelphia Phillies:Owens' entire Major League career was spent with the Philadelphia Phillies...

, who took over as manager himself. In 1977, Lucchesi was assaulted by Lenny Randle

Lenny Randle

Leonard Shenoff Randle is a former Major League Baseball player. He was the first-round pick of the Washington Senators in the secondary phase of the June 1970 Major League Baseball Draft, tenth overall.-Early years:...

, the Rangers' second baseman, whom he had benched. The furor led indirectly to Lucchesi's firing. Randle was found guilty of assault, and Lucchesi later sued for $200,000, blaming Randle for the loss of his job. The case was settled. In 1987, Lucchesi was named interim manager after the Cubs fired Gene Michael.

Minor league career

Lucchesi also had a long career as an outfielder

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 and manager in the minors

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. As a player, he toiled largely in the mid- and lower minors, in the Class B Western International League

Western International League

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 and Class C California League

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. He batted

Batting average

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 .276 in 1,149 games with 56 home run

Home run

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s. Lucchesi batted and threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).

His managing career began as a playing skipper in 1951 in the Class D Far West League

Far West League

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. He joined the Phillies' farm system as a manager in 1956, and logged 14 seasons there, including Triple-A assignments with the Arkansas Travelers

Arkansas Travelers

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, San Diego Padres

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 and Eugene Emeralds

Eugene Emeralds

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, winning two championships; Eugene's 1969 Pacific Coast League

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 regular-season division title earned Lucchesi promotion to the manager's job in Philadelphia the following season. In the 1970s and 1980s, Lucchesi also managed in the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 and Cincinnati Reds

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 organizations, and served two terms as the Texas Rangers' third-base coach

Coach (baseball)

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—both before and after his managerial tenure there.

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record
• BaseballLibrary.com - profile and career highlights