With his familiar shock of white hair an craggy, prematurely aged face and twinkling eyes, Hall of Fame manager Sparky Anderson was a one of a kind personality beloved by generations of fans not just in the two cities he led to World Series championships, but throughout the baseball world. When he retired in 1995 he was third on the list of all-time winningest managers, have accumulated 2,194 victories in managing the Cincinnato Reds to two championships in nine years and adding another with the Detroit Tigers whom he managed for seventeen seasons.
