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Former Pirates manager Jim Leyland inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

Bucs Dugout | December 4, 2023

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have another representative in the Hall of Fame.

Former manager Jim Leyland received the call Sunday night that he would be enshrined in immortality after he received 15 of 16 votes from the contemporary era committee. He managed the Pirates from 1986 to 1996 and accrued 851 wins with them.

Cooperstown bound.

Jim Leyland is headed to the Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/2edwMbb6XZ— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) December 4, 2023

Pirates owner Bob Nutting released the following statement on Leyland’s election:

Pirates Chairman Bob Nutting on Jim Leyland being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.



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