Dusty Baker

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Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker Jr. (born June 15, 1949, in Riverside, California) played nineteen seasons as a major-league outfielder and then managed five clubs across twenty-five seasons, closing the game's longest championship wait in 2022. The Texas Senate's resolution honoring Baker, named here as a source, records that the Atlanta Braves drafted him in 1967, that he appeared in 2,039 games, made two All-Star teams, won a Gold Glove and two Silver Slugger Awards, and won the 1981 World Series as a Los Angeles Dodger; as a player he also appeared for San Francisco and Oakland. As a manager he led San Francisco, the Chicago Cubs (2003–2006), Cincinnati, Washington, and Houston, was named Manager of the Year three times, and in 2021 became the first manager to guide five different franchises to a division title. On November 5, 2022, his Houston Astros beat Philadelphia in Game 6 to win the World Series, making him, per the resolution, the third African American manager and the oldest manager to win the championship. His Chicago chapter — four Cubs seasons beginning with the 2003 division title run — ties one of baseball's defining managerial careers to the North Side.

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• Also known as: Johnnie B. Baker Jr., Johnnie B. "Dusty" Baker Jr.

Notes

Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0297. Firsts disposition: No first claimed. (The five-franchise division-title distinction is carried in the description as a sourced fact from the Texas Senate resolution and Wikipedia, not as a roster first.) Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Baker's record is endurance made visible — a Hank Aaron-era outfielder who became the manager five franchises trusted, and whose Chicago years sit in the middle of that arc; the 2022 title closed the story but did not create it. Photo: CLEARED — Dusty Baker 1974.jpg, Public domain.

Relationships

• Chicago Cubs — head coach of
  Dusty Baker managed the Chicago Cubs from 2003 to 2006 — per the Texas Senate Resolution No. 11 (88th Legislature), which lists the Cubs among the five clubs he managed, and Wikipedia's team list (Chicago Cubs 2003–2006). Manager is carried as head_coach_of under the schema.

Sources

• Texas Senate. Senate Resolution No. 11 (88th Legislature), enrolled version honoring Dusty Baker. Texas Legislature. Accessed 2026-11-03. https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/SR00011F.PDF (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia. "Dusty Baker." Accessed 2026-11-03. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_Baker (build store)
• Guinness World Records. "Oldest manager to win the World Series." Accessed 2026-11-03. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/733413-oldest-manager-to-win-the-world-series (build store)

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