Buck Showalter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Buck Showalter
Occupation	Baseball Manager
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1956(1956-05-23)
Age	68
Birthplace	DeFuniak Springs
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Taurus

Buck Showalter Biography

Buck Showalter is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Manager who was born on May 23, 1956 in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, United States. Before taking over the Baltimore Orioles in 2010, he was a baseball manager. He coached the Rangers and Yankees.

Partly, his success with the Yankees was due to the support of the team owner His success with the Yankees was partly based on support from the team owner George Steinbrenner..

William Nathaniel “Buck” Showalter III (born May 23, 1956) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) manager. He has served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000), Texas Rangers (2003–2006), and Baltimore Orioles (2010–2018). He also is a former professional Minor League Baseball player and television analyst formerly for ESPN and currently for the YES network for Yankees telecasts. A three-time American League (AL) Manager of the Year, Showalter has earned a reputation for building baseball teams into postseason contenders in short periods of time. He helped the Yankees rise from the bottom half of the AL East to first place before a players’ strike prematurely ended the 1994 campaign. Under his watch, the Diamondbacks made their first-ever playoff appearance in only the second year of the team’s existence. He left both franchises just prior to seasons when they won the World Series.

In 1976, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) for the Hyannis Mets, where he won the league batting title with a .434 batting average, and was named league MVP. In 2002, he would be inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame.

In 1983, he married Angela Showalter and they have a son named Nathan as well as a daughter named Allie. His father was a high-school coach.

Buck Showalter Net Worth

Buck Showalter is one of the richest Baseball Manager from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Buck Showalter 's net worth $14 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a successful coach for the Yankees AAA team.

As the Yankees’ first coach, he traded most of the veterans to bring in fresh blood. His first act as coach for the Yankees was to trade most of the veterans and bring in new blood, which included Derek Jeter. was one of his first acts.

Showalter, who was born in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, on May 23, 1956, grew up in nearby Century. His father, William Nathaniel II, served 23 years as a teacher and principal at Century High School, from which the younger Showalter eventually graduated. Before becoming a teacher, his father had been a Little All-American fullback in 1940 at Milligan College, and had considered a career in the National Football League with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but chose to become a high school coach instead.

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Who is Buck Showalter Dating?

According to our records, Buck Showalter married to Angela Showalter. As of December 1, 2023, Buck Showalter’s is not dating anyone.

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During this time period Showalter appeared as himself along with Danny Tartabull in the 1994 Seinfeld television episode “The Chaperone.”

Facts & Trivia

Buck Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Manager. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Buck Showalter celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

In 1996, Showalter was hired by the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks two years before the team was scheduled to begin play in order to take a more active role in developing the eventual roster. In the Diamondbacks’ first season (1998), Showalter managed the team to a 65–97 record, but following numerous off-season player acquisitions, which included Randy Johnson, Armando Reynoso, Todd Stottlemyre and Steve Finley, Showalter managed the 1999 team to a 100–62 record and the National League West title, making them one of the fastest expansion teams to win a division title. They lost in the NLDS to the New York Mets. After regressing to an 85-77 record in 2000, however, the Diamondbacks fired Showalter, leaving him with a 3-year record of 250–236. Just as the Yankees did after replacing him, the Diamondbacks won the World Series the following year.

Top Facts about Buck Showalter

1. William Nathaniel “Buck” Showalter III was born on May 23, 1956.
2. He is the manager of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball (MLB).
3. He is the only manager to win the Manager of the Year award with four different teams and in four different decades.
4. He played college baseball at Chipola Junior College and Mississippi State University.
5. He played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) for the Hyannis Mets, where he won the league batting title and was named league MVP.
6. He was the manager of the New York Yankees from 1992-1995.
7. He was made manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 1996 two years before the team’s season began, and helped the team make its first playoff appearance in only its second year of existence.
8. He was manager of the Texas Rangers from 2002-2006.
9. He joined the Baltimore Orioles as their manager in 2010 and led them to their first postseason in 17 years in 2014.
10. Showalter never watched the Yankees win the World Series after he left his post as manager in 1995.
11. He holds the record of being the winningest active manager in MLB to have never won a World Series.
12. He was inducted in the New York-Penn League Hall of Fame in 2002.
13. He appeared as himself in the 1994 Seinfeld television episode “The Chaperone.”
14. He is married to his wife, Angela, with two children Allie (born in 1987) and William (born in 1991).
15. The Mets hired him as their manager on December 18, 2021.

Has Buck Showalter ever Won a World Series?

Mets manager Buck Showalter has accomplished a lot in his managerial career. Spanning three decades and five different teams, Showalter has won three Manager of the Year awards and guided his club to the postseason five times, though a World Series title has proven to be elusive.

Did Buck Showalter play pro baseball?

He was selected by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 1977 MLB draft, and spent seven seasons in the Yankees’ minor league system where he had a career average of .294 with 17 home runs and 336 run batted in. He never made it to play in the major leagues.

What is Showalter's salary?

Showalter, 65, will receive $3.5 million in 2022, $3.75 million in 2023 and $4 million in the final year of his deal , as Heyman reported. Fellow skippers Terry Francona and Joe Maddon are believed to be MLB’s highest-paid managers with their annual salaries hovering in the $4 million range.

Is Buck Showalter a Hall of Famer?

In 1976, Showalter played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Mets where he won the batting title with a . 434 mark and was named the league MVP. In 2002, Showalter was inducted into the CCBL Hall of Fame.

What manager has the most World Series wins?

Joe McCarthy and Casey Stengel are the most successful World Series managers in history, having both guided teams to seven World Series championships. Joe McCarthy led his New York Yankees team to seven titles between 1931 and 1946.