Born: (1959-04-22) April 22, 1959 (age 65) Aberdeen, South Dakota, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
MLB debut
August 19, 1981, for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
April 19, 1990, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Batting average
.274
Home runs
16
Runs batted in
143
Managerial record
1,950–1,672
Winning %
.538
Teams
As player
Montreal Expos (1981–1985)
Chicago Cubs (1986)
Cincinnati Reds (1987)
Cleveland Indians (1988)
Milwaukee Brewers (1989–1990)
As manager
Philadelphia Phillies (1997–2000)
Boston Red Sox (2004–2011)
Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2013–2023)
As coach
Detroit Tigers (1996)
Texas Rangers (2002)
Oakland Athletics (2003)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (2004, 2007)
3× AL Manager of the Year (2013, 2016, 2022)
Golden Spikes Award (1980)
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing United States
Amateur World Series
1978 Italy
Team
Terrence Jon Francona (born April 22, 1959), nicknamed "Tito", is an American former baseball manager and player who was the manager of the Cleveland Indians/Guardians in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eleven seasons. Previously, he was the manager of the Boston Red Sox for eight seasons, whom he led to two World Series titles, ending the franchise's 86-year championship drought.
After a four-year stint as the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Francona was hired to manage the Red Sox in 2004 and led the team to their first championship since 1918. He won another World Series with Boston in 2007 and continued to manage the team until the end of the 2011 season. In 2013, Francona became the Cleveland Indians’ manager, leading them to an American League pennant in 2016, a 22-game win streak during the 2017 season (the longest in American League history and the second-longest in MLB history), and became the Indians/Guardians all-time leader in wins by a manager.
Terrence Jon Francona (born April 22, 1959), nicknamed "Tito", is an American former baseball manager and player who was the manager of the Cleveland Indians/Guardians...
Francona (November 4, 1933 – February 13, 2018) was a Major League Baseball player. As a child, he was nicknamed "Tito" by his father. His son, Terry...
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10 to finish 68–94. The Indians soon fired their manager and hired TerryFrancona, who led the Boston Red Sox to the playoffs in five of his last seven...
series began on Wednesday, October 24 and ended on Sunday, October 28. TerryFrancona became the second Red Sox manager to win two World Series titles, following...
season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. Managed by TerryFrancona, the Red Sox finished with a 98–64 record, three games behind the New...
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was fired two weeks later. During the off-season, the Red Sox hired TerryFrancona as their new manager. They also signed Keith Foulke as their closer...
the first season under manager Stephen Vogt after previous manager TerryFrancona stepped down at the conclusion of the previous season. The season opened...
Los Angeles Dodgers. Additionally, then-Red Sox manager TerryFrancona's father, Tito Francona, also was a part of such a four consecutive home run sequence...
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Series. The third extended period of success began in 2013 under manager TerryFrancona, during which they had eight consecutive winning seasons from 2013 to...
most awards, with four. Baker, Leyland, Piniella, Maddon, Melvin, and TerryFrancona have won three times. In 2005, Cox became the first manager to win the...
Baseball season canceled". MLB.com. "State of the Indians' farm system, TerryFrancona's status, offseason targets and more: Meisel's Mailbag". "Back from injury...
League Division Series (ALDS) against the New York Yankees, manager TerryFrancona passed over ace Corey Kluber to give Bauer the start in Game 1, reportedly...
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Curt Schilling. Manager Grady Little was also fired and replaced with TerryFrancona due to poor decisions that Little made during the previous season's...
season was the 113th season for the franchise. The team, managed by TerryFrancona, began their season on April 2. They advanced to the postseason and...
he did walk three times in an 11–6 win over the Yankees. His manager TerryFrancona said, "He's taking more of what the pitchers give him, using the whole...
Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2019. Francona, Terry; Shaughnessy, Dan (2013). Francona: the Red Sox years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt....
2015-10-29. "Terry Francona, Dave Roberts voted Sporting News managers of the year". www.sportingnews.com. 29 October 2021. "TerryFrancona, Craig Counsell...
team's most successful postseason manager is TerryFrancona, (28–14 in 42 playoff games managed). Francona and Bill Carrigan each led the team to two World...
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pitch clock when MLB starts to use it. The Cleveland Guardians' manager TerryFrancona and catcher Austin Hedges said that the technology sped up games noticeably...
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