Frank Lucchesi

Frank Joseph Lucchesi (born April 24 1927 in San Francisco, California) is a former manager in Major League Baseball who ran the Philadelphia Phillies (1970-72), Texas Rangers (1975-77) and Chicago Cubs (1987, interim manager). He also had a long career managing in the minors, spending more than a dozen years as a skipper in the Philadelphia farm system.

In 1972 Lucchesi was fired by the Phillies' general manager, Paul Owens, who took over as manager himself. In 1977 Lucchesi was assaulted by Lenny Randle, the Rangers' second baseman, whom he had benched. The furor led indirectly to Lucchesi's firing. Randle was found guilty of assault and Lucchesi later sued for $200,000, blaming Randle for the loss of his job. [ [http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070426&content_id=1931277&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: News: Swapping stories: The '77 Randle trade ] ] The case was settled. In 1987 Lucchesi was drafted as interim manager after the Cubs fired Gene Michael.

* Wins/losses: 316-399
* Winning %: .442

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/lucchfr99.shtml Baseball-Reference.com] - career managing record
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/L/Lucchesi_Frank.stm BaseballLibrary.com] - profile and career highlights