Midwest League Managers

Charlie Manuel

Chuck Manuel

One Midwest League season:

Manager, Wisconsin Rapids [Twins] (1983)

Playing Career

Signed: Minnesota, free agent (pre-draft), 1963 (Parry McCluer HS [Buena Vista, Virginia]).
Professional Career: 13 minor league seasons, mostly in the Twins system. Appeared in 242 major league games, again mostly with Minnesota, and starred for six seasons in Japan.
- Manuel's major league career.
Midwest League: Played for Wisconsin Rapids in 1967 (where he nearly won the MWL triple-crown: led the league in hitting [.313], tied for lead in RBI [70], second in HR [15]).

Management style

Manuel's not a really unusual manager, but he's never really liked calling for bunts or intentional walks, and steals have never been an important part of his arsenal.

While it doesn't show here, Charlie's teams have usually been hitting-rich and pitching-poor. All in all, he's been quite successful.

New
23mar03
Changed
31aug10
Major Change
29oct09

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Philadelphia Enquirer

	Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
	Charles Fuqua Manuel
	DOB: January 4, 1944			North Fork, West Virginia

	2009	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2008	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	162	4	64	161	.84	71	92	70	.568
				Playoff Qualifier; National League Champion, World Series Champion
	2007	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	162	5	62	157	.88	65	89	73	.549
				Playoff Qualifier
	2006	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	162	4	63	117	.79	57	85	77	.525
	2005	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	162	4	51	143	.81	62	88	74	.543
	2004	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	Special Assistant to the General Manager
	2003	Philadelphia	National (ML)	Phillies	Special Assistant to the General Manager
	2002*	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	86	*	*	*	*	*	39	47	.453
	2001	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	162	---	44	120	.66	49	91	71	.562
	2000	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	162	---	45	145	.78	41	90	72	.556
	1999	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1998	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1997	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1996	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1995	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1994	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1993	Charlotte	International (AAA)	Indians	141	13	26	101	.57	39	86	55	.610
				Best Record, Playoff Qualifier; Playoff Champion
	1992	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	141	21	23	154	.64	38	84	57	.596
				Best Record, Playoff Qualifier; Playoff Champion, Manager of the Year
	1991	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	139	13	33	119	.57	25	72	67	.518
				Playoff Qualifier
	1990*	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	72	*	*	*	*	*	39	33	.542
	1990*	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1989	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1988	Colorado Springs	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Indians	Hitting Coach
	1987	Portland	Pacific Coast (AAA)	Twins	141	27	33	152	.70	25	45	96	.319
	1986	Toledo	International (AAA)	Twins	139	25	24	114	.63	31	62	77	.446
	1985	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Twins	143	40	30	157	.65	28	72	71	.503
	1984	Orlando	Southern (AA)	Twins	144	44	13	117	.67	49	79	65	.659
				Co-Manager of the Year
	1983	Wisconsin Rapids	Midwest (A)	Twins	138	38	21	228	.68	59	71	67	.514
	1982	Minnesota	American (ML)	Twins	Scout
	1963-81				Playing Career

	Front Office		2 Seasons
	Major Leagues		7 Seasons		1058	17	329	843	.80	345	574	484	.543
	Coach		6 Seasons
	Minors		9 Seasons		1198	221	203	1142	.65	294	610	588	.509
	Coach		3 Seasons
	Scout		1 Season

	Total		16 (27) Seasons		2256	238	532	1985	.71	639	1184	1072	.525

	*Manuel shared the manager's post on this team.
	Some statistics are not currently available.

	This page may be incomplete.
	Key to the Manager Statistics
	G	= games
	CG	= complete games
	IBB	= intentional walks
	SBA	= stolen base attempts
	SB%	= stolen base percentage
	SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
	W	= wins
	L	= losses
	PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1983 Midwest League Managers
Bialas	Boles	Coleman	Cox
Fischer	Gomez	Harrison	Hodge
Kimm	Lachemann	Manuel	Nordbrook

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Midwest League Managers

Charlie Manuel

Chuck Manuel

Playing Career

Management style

Charles Fuqua Manuel

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources