The New York Yankees are one of the best teams in Major League Baseball. Sitting atop the American League, he has won a record 27 World Series in the past 110 years.
Since the team was founded in 1901, it has had 34 managers. An astonishing 12 of these were between 1974 and 1995. Turnovers by managers were a famous plague for the Yankees throughout the ’80s, with no manager lasting more than three seasons. The Yankees did not win a series that decade, the first time since 1910. Due to a lack of quality pitching and a group of aging greats who couldn’t seem to get along, the team was unable to come together and win against younger, older teams. strong (particularly the Tigers, Blue Jays and Red Sox). Managers paid for their losses with their work, though many were in and out for up to 5 seasons during the 15-year drought.
1974-75: Bill Virdon
1975-78: Billy Martin
1978: Dick Howser
1978-79: Lemon Bob [Martin, Howser and Lemon all coached during the 1978 World Series.]
1979: Billy Martin
1980: Dick Howser
1981: Gene Michael
1981-82: Lemon Bob
1982: Gene Michael
1982: Clyde King
1983: Billy Martin
1984-85: Yogi Berra
1985: Billy Martin
1986-1987: Lou Piniella
1988: Billy Martin
1988: Lou Piniella
1989: Dallas Green
1989-90: Bucky Tooth
1990-91: Merrill Stump
The curse was broken by Buck Showalter, who was field manager from 1992 to 1995.
Team owner George Steinbrenner became famous for his “revolving door” of managers during the 1980s. He was manager from 1973 to 2006.
