From playing to managing
In 1993, the Colorado Rockies named Baylor the first manager in franchise history. Over six years in the Mile High City, he accumulated a 440-469 record at the helm. He then joined the Chicago Cubs as their skipper ahead of the 2000 season.
It wasn?t exactly sunshine and rainbows in the Windy City. The Cubs lost 97 games in his first year in Chicago, but the club rebounded in 2001, going 88-74. That season marked the best record any of Baylor?s clubs in his managerial career.
But things trended downward again in 2002, and, in early July, the Cubs fired Baylor with more than a year left on his deal. Bruce Kimm assumed the role of manager ? and that was the last time Don Baylor managed a big-league team.
In 1993, the Colorado Rockies named Baylor the first manager in franchise history. Over six years in the Mile High City, he accumulated a 440-469 record at the helm. He then joined the Chicago Cubs as their skipper ahead of the 2000 season.
It wasn?t exactly sunshine and rainbows in the Windy City. The Cubs lost 97 games in his first year in Chicago, but the club rebounded in 2001, going 88-74. That season marked the best record any of Baylor?s clubs in his managerial career.
But things trended downward again in 2002, and, in early July, the Cubs fired Baylor with more than a year left on his deal. Bruce Kimm assumed the role of manager ? and that was the last time Don Baylor managed a big-league team.
