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Tommy Lasorda succeeded future Hall of Famer Walter Alston as Dodger manager with four games left in the 1976 season and, like Alston, went on to a lengthy and highly successful tenure. He led the Dodgers through the 1996 campaign and compiled 1,599 victories, ranking 13th on the all-time Major League managerial list, while winning two World Series titles in 1981 and 1988, four NL pennants, and eight division titles. Before joining the big league staff as a coach in 1973, he spent eight successful years as a minor league manager and helped develop several future Dodger stars. The former Brooklyn Dodger pitcher was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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