Jim Leyland, recent manager of the Detroit Tigers has declared he is retiring in a press conference on Monday October 21st, 2013. He announces this after the Tigers lost to the Boston Red Sox in the Game 6 American League Championship Series. As Tigers head coach he was there for seven years which he helped them get three American League Central Division titles and two World Series appearances. They went to the American League Championship Series three years straight.
Overall Leyland's record was 700-597(.541) and won at least 90 games three times with the Detroit Tigers. His career record as a manager was 1,769-1,728 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, and Detroit Tigers. He is a two-time NL Manager of the Year (1990, 1992) and was AL Manager of the Year in 2006.
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