Joe Altobelli, baseball, 1932-2021
The Major League Baseball community lost another prominent figure on Wednesday when former big-league player and longtime coach Joe Altobelli passed away. Altobelli served as the SF Giants manager from 1977-1979, had a three-year tenure as the Baltimore Orioles manager, and had a short stint as an interim manager for the Chicago Cubs. He finished his career with a 437-407 managerial record.
Before his coaching career, Altobelli had three big-league stints from 1955-1961 (two with Cleveland, one with the Minnesota Twins). A soft-hitting utilityman, Altobelli never quite got his footing as a big-league hitter and finished his career with a .