Bruce Bochy is a future Hall of Fame manager who won 2,003 games over the course of his 25-year managerial career, which included 13 seasons and three World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants.
Bochy was also a .239 career hitter who managed just 2.3 WAR in a forgettable nine-year MLB career.
In other words, a guy doesn’t have to have an illustrious career as a player to become a successful manager.
That brings us to new San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler.
A 57th-round pick by the Detroit Tigers in 1995 out of Moorpark College in California, Kapler faced an uphill battle to even reach the big leagues.