Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Earl Weaver (American Baseball Player, Manager)

Earl Weaver (1930–2013,) fully Earl Sidney Weaver, was a professional American baseball player and manager of the Baltimore Orioles. His career record of 1,480 wins and 1,060 losses as a manager and his taking his team to the World Series four times is one of the best in major league history.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Weaver was a second baseman during his playing career and never played in the major leagues. He began managing in the minor leagues at age 25, becoming the manager with the Baltimore Orioles in 1968. He took the Orioles into the World Series four times over 17 seasons but won only one title, in 1970. His .583 winning percentage ranks fifth among managers who served ten or more seasons in the 20th century.

Fondly called the Earl of Baltimore and the Duke of Earl, Weaver was known for his colorful explosions against umpires—he often turned his hat backward and yelled directly into an umpire’s face to argue a call or a rule—he ejected from games 98 times.

In 1982, Weaver retired and became a network television analyst but returned in 1985 to manage the Orioles midway through the season and stayed on for 1986. Weaver was an early user of computers and statistics to analyze data on opposing pitchers.

Weaver wrote three books, Winning! (1972,) Weaver on Strategy (1984,) and It’s What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts (1983.)

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I became an optimist when I discovered that I wasn’t going to win any more games by being anything else.
Earl Weaver
Topics: Optimism

You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That’s why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
Earl Weaver
Topics: Baseball

The job of arguing with the umpire belongs to the manager, because it won’t hurt the team if he gets thrown out of the game
Earl Weaver
Topics: Arguments

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