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29: 55:. Known first as a scrappy infielder on the championship Yankee teams of the 1950s, he built a reputation as a manager who would initially make bad teams good, and then be fired amid dysfunction. In each of his stints with the Yankees, he led them to winning records before being fired or forced to resign by team owner 75:, Martin's only World Series championship as a manager. He was forced to resign midway through the 1978 season, returned in 1979, and was fired at season's end. From 1980 to 1982, he managed the 118: 139: 79:, earning a division title with an aggressive style of play known as "Billyball". After the A's fired him, he managed the Yankees three more times. ( 17: 125: 132: 28: 104: 41: 68: 56: 48: 99: 76: 72: 64: 52: 60: 44: 81: 36: 93: 8: 63:pennants in 1976 and 1977; they lost in the 18:Knowledge:Today's featured article 59:. Martin led the team to consecutive 7: 24: 27: 1: 47:and the on-again, off-again 40:(1928–1989) was an American 158: 67:but triumphed over the 133:More featured articles 42:Major League Baseball 88:Recently featured: 69:Los Angeles Dodgers 57:George Steinbrenner 65:1976 World Series 149: 106:Live and Let Die 53:New York Yankees 31: 157: 156: 152: 151: 150: 148: 147: 146: 145: 113: 112: 100:Rogožarski IK-3 82:Full article... 61:American League 33: 32: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 155: 153: 144: 143: 136: 129: 122: 114: 111: 110: 102: 97: 89: 87: 45:second baseman 26: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 154: 142: 141: 137: 135: 134: 130: 128: 127: 123: 121: 120: 116: 115: 109: 107: 103: 101: 98: 96: 95: 91: 90: 86: 84: 83: 78: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 43: 39: 38: 30: 19: 138: 131: 124: 117: 105: 92: 80: 37:Billy Martin 35: 34: 77:Oakland A's 94:Sabre Wulf 126:By email 119:Archive 108:(novel) 51:of the 49:manager 140:About 16:< 73:1977 71:in 85:)

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Billy Martin
Billy Martin
Major League Baseball
second baseman
manager
New York Yankees
George Steinbrenner
American League
1976 World Series
Los Angeles Dodgers
1977
Oakland A's
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Sabre Wulf
Rogožarski IK-3
Live and Let Die (novel)
Archive
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