The net worth of a former Major League Baseball manager, Sparky Anderson, was $60 million dollars.
Bridgewater, South Dakota was the birthplace of George Lee Anderson in February 1934, and he died in November 2010.
During his childhood, he was a batboy for the USC Trojans.
In 1953, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers after graduating from high school.
He spent five seasons in the minor leagues with the Dodgers team.
After being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1958, he became the team’s starting second baseman.
Before joining a Triple-A team, he had only spent one season in the majors.
Jack Kent Cookie, the owner of the Maple Leafs, was impressed with his leadership skills and hired him to manage the Triple-A team in 1964. He then managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1970 to 1978 and the Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1995.
He steered the Reds to two World Series titles in 1975 and 1976 and the Tigers to one in 1984.
Anderson was the recipient of the American League Manager of the Year award in 1984 and 1987.
The first manager to win both the AL and NL World Series was Sparky.
With 2,194 wins under his belt, he secured the sixth position in the all-time list.
Sparky’s #10 has been retired by the Reds, while his #11 has been retired by the Tigers.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
He succumbed to dementia on November 4, 2010, at the age of 76.