{"id":66271,"date":"2024-02-04T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=66271"},"modified":"2024-02-03T17:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T22:23:47","slug":"cito-gaston-first-black-manager-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/02\/04\/cito-gaston-first-black-manager-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Cito Gaston: The First Black Manager to Win a World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

As February is Black History Month, there’s no better time to celebrate both a great player and manager, Cito Gaston<\/a>. Gaston was the first black manager to win a World Series, doing it twice with the Toronto Blue Jays. His dedication, loyalty, and hard work with MLB showcased his skill set as both a player and manager. Gaston’s MLB career as a player from 1967 to 1978 consisted of him playing with the San Diego Padres, the Atlanta Braves, and one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His dedication to the Blue Jays organization was also noted as he spent his whole managerial career with them. His time spent as a Blue Jays manager<\/a> was without question a highlight of his career.<\/p>\n

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The first Black manager to win a World Series.<\/p>\n

Cito Gaston led Toronto to 4 AL East division titles in 5 years, producing a .575 winning percentage with him at the helm in that span. His Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series championships in 1992-93. He is honored in the Blue\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KQKcbfmZ6u<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MLB (@MLB) February 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n