• INTRODUCTION
  • CRITERIA
  • IMPACT
  • Timeline
  • Contact

Buzzie Bavasi

  • INTRODUCTION
  • CRITERIA
  • IMPACT
  • Timeline
  • Contact

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bbnumbers.jpg 1939.jpg 1939-40: Brooklyn Dodgers , Front Office Assistant 1940.jpg 1940-41: Americus (Georgia) Pioneers , Class D, Georgia-Florida League: Business Manager May 25, 1940 .  Married Evit Rice in Albany, Ga.  After the ceremony they attended a baseball game of the Americus Pioneers. 1941.jpg 1941-42: Valdosta (Georgia) Trojans , Class D, Georgia-Florida League: Business Manager 1942.jpg 1942-43: Durham (North Carolina) Bulls , Class B, Piedmont League: Business Manager 1943.jpg 1943-46 U.S. Army .  During World War II, served as a machine gunner and infantry staff sergeant in the North African/Italian campaigns. Awarded the Bronze Star for Bravery in Action 1946.jpg 1946-47: Nashua (New Hampshire) Dodgers , Class B, New England League: Business Manager Honoring Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe , organized baseball’s first black battery of the 20th century, this mural in Nashua, N.H., remains a testament to th 1947.jpg 1947-48: Brooklyn Dodgers , Purchasing Agent 1948.jpg 1948-1951: Montreal Royals , Class AAA, International League: General Manager 1951.jpg 1951-68 Brooklyn Dodgers/Los Angeles Dodgers , Executive Vice President/General Manager Evit, Peter, and Chris Bavasi with Pee Wee Reese and Jackie Robinson.  1952.jpg Dodgers win the National League Pennant Bavasi with Dodgers Manager Chuck Dressen (center) and VP Fresco Thompson. 1953.jpg Dodgers win the National League Pennant Bavasi with Dodgers stars Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, and Roy Campanella (L-R) after the signing of their contracts. 1955.jpg Dodgers win the World Series Bavasi (center) celebrating after Game 7 of the World Series with VP Fresco Thompson (L) and Owner Walter O’Malley. 1956.jpg Dodgers win the National League Pennant 1957.jpg Bavasi enjoyed a close relationship with his players. He once kidded a very young Don Drysdale that even he could hit against him.   “So I grabbed a bat and stepped in. First pitch, he hit me right in the rear. So that was the last time I tried 1958.jpg Outside Los Angeles Coliseum, the Dodgers’ new home. The gregarious Bavasi proved a key player in the club’s successful acclimation to the West Coast. 1959.jpg 59tsn_logo.jpg Dodgers win the World Series Bavasi wasted little time in bringing winning baseball to the West Coast, capturing a World Series championship for Los Angeles in the club’s second season there. 1961.jpg Bavasi with Yankees GM Roy Hamey at major league meeting. Bavasi with Dodgers Manager Walter Alston and Los Angeles elected officials at City Hall. 1963.jpg Dodgers win the World Series Teammates all but bury Sandy Koufax after he pitched them to a 2-1 victory, completing the Dodgers’ sweep of the Yankees for the World Series championship. 1965.jpg Dodgers win the World Series Teammates surround Sandy Koufax after he hurled a 2-0 shutout over the Minnesota Twins to capture the 1965 World Series in the seventh game. 1966.jpg Dodgers win the National League Pennant 66bavasi_record.jpg 1967.jpg 67si.jpg 1968.jpg 1968-78: San Diego Padres , Founding President/Part-Owner 1969.jpg Bavasi with Padres Manager Preston Gomez at San Diego’s first spring training camp, Yuma, Ariz. 1972.jpg For nearly a quarter of a century, Bavasi contributed to the success of all three of Southern California’s major-league franchises, the Angels, Dodgers, and Padres. 1974.jpg Bavasi with Padres new Owner Ray Kroc. (R).  1978.jpg 1978-84: California Angels Executive Vice-President/General Manager 1978-1999 Member, Veterans Committee, Baseball Hall of Fame 1979.jpg Bavasi brought his innovative style and spirit to Anaheim in 1978. The following year the club won its first division title. 1981.jpg Bavasi with George Steinbrenner at the owners meeting. 1982.jpg Bavasi signed future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson to the Angels, shown here with Ron Jackson (R) celebrating the team’s second AL West Division title. 1987.jpg In 1987 Bavasi chronicled his career in “Off the Record.” 2001.jpg Bavasi inducted in the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame 2005.jpg 2007.jpg Bavasi preparing to throw out the first pitch at Petco Park. Throughout his life, Bavasi relished every aspect of the game he loved. 2008.jpg May 1, 2008. Buzzie Bavasi is gone now, but his baseball stories and memories still enrich the game he loved.
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