Tommy Lasorda

Record of 0 won and 4 losses with an ERA of 6.52 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Kansas City from 1954 to 1956.

He won pennants in 1977 and 1978, plus won the World Series in 1981 and 1988.

Inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1989.

Only son Tommy, Jr. died of complications from AIDS on 3 June 1991. Lasorda, who was estranged from him at the time, has refused to acknowledge Tommy's homosexuality.

Tommy Lasorda was one of the best managers in baseball until his retirement in July 1996. He was involved with the Los Angeles Dodgers for over 50 years.

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.

At the 2001 All Star game, while acting as honorary 3rd base coach, Vladimir Guerrero's bat broke and hit Lasorda in the chest, knocking him to the ground. Barry Bonds tried to put a catcher's chest protector on Lasorda to protect him from further injury.

Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. [February 2005]

Inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Inducted into the Albuquerque [New Mexico] Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Inducted into the International League Hall of Fame in 2008.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.

Inducted into the Cuban Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.

Hospitalized in New York, after suffering a mild heart attack [June 5, 2012].