Famed managers Joe Torre, Tony La Russa and Bobby Cox were unanimously voted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Monday morning, according to multiple reports.
Torre enters as a former player and manager of the New York Yankees, and currently resides as the Vice President of Baseball Operations in the MLB offices. Torre had 2,342 hits and 252 home runs as a nine-time All Star, including being named the 1971 National League MVP. Torre managed the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers, accumulating 2,326 victories on the bench, which ranks fifth all time. He led his teams to four World Series titles.
Cox spent a quarter-century managing the Braves, winning five pennants and the 1995 World Series. His teams won division titles 15 times, and thrice he won National League manager of the Year. He ranks fourth — one spot ahead of colleague Torrre — with 2,504 wins.
La Russa has three World Series championships on his resume, and along with Hall of Famer Sparky Anderson is the only manager to win a title in both the American and National League. La Russa is third all-time with 2,728 victories.
The Hall of Fame induction ceremony is slated for Sunday, July 27, 2014 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
