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Home > Baseball > MLB Hall of Famers > Tommy Lasorda
Tommy Lasorda
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.
It is a popular game in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean and East Asia. The modern game initially developed in the United States from an early bat-and-ball game called rounders, and now it has become the national sport of United States.
Tommy Lasorda was born on September 22, 1927, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Lasorda was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 5, 1954, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was Left handed batter and left handed thrower. His height is five foot ten inches and weight is 175 pounds. He played his first game on August 05, 1954 and last game on July 8, 1956.
He looked like a promising pitcher on June 1, 1948 when, in a 15-inning game for the Schenectady Blue Jays, he struck out 25 Amsterdam Rugmakers, setting a since-broken pro record. He even drove in the winning run with a single. In his next two starts, he struck out 15 and 13, gaining the attention of the Dodgers, who signed him for their Montreal club.
Lasorda compiled a 98-49 record in nine years with Montreal of the International League, the Dodgers' top farm club, 1950-1955 and 1958-1960. His best records were 17-8 in 1953 and 18-6 in 1958, when he led the league in victories, complete games, and shutouts. Lasorda helped Montreal to the International League championship five times.
After his second stint in Montreal, Lasorda became a Dodger scout in 1961 and then a minor league manager in 1965. He won five pennants and finished second twice and third once through 1972, with only one record below 0.500. Lasorda managed the Dodgers to division titles in 1983 and 1985, but lost both times in the LCS, League Championship series.
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