Billy Martin

ビリー・マーチン　/　びりー・まーちん

American baseball player

May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989　・　Berkeley, California, United States

California
baseball player
screenwriter

My Take

Billy Martin is one of baseball's great contradictions — a scrappy, undersized second baseman from Berkeley who clawed his way to five World Series rings as a player, then became arguably the most combustible manager the game has ever seen. His five separate stints managing the Yankees under George Steinbrenner read like a soap opera, but underneath the brawls, the feuds, and the infamous firings, there was a genuinely brilliant baseball mind at work. He could take a struggling team and make them believe they were invincible — Oakland in '81, Texas before that — and his players often loved him fiercely even when he was driving them crazy. The tragedy is that his self-destructive streak kept him from a longer, steadier legacy. He died on Christmas Day, 1989, which feels almost too on-brand for a man who never did anything quietly.

Overview

Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the manager of the New York Yankees.

1. Profile

Name (English): Billy Martin
Name (Japanese): ビリー・マーチン
Reading: びりー・まーちん
Born: May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Dragon
Origin: Berkeley, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player / screenwriter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Berkeley High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%B3