When MLB Managers Were Players

All managers listed have played in at least 300 major league games.

Kirk Gibson is one of baseball's newest managers, getting the interim tag with the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 1, 2010 after A.J. Hinch was let go. Gibson is best remembered for belting one of the greatest home runs in World Series history, a pinch-hit, two-run blast with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning that gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-4 victory over Oakland in Game 1. The NL MVP in 1988, Gibson played for three other teams (Detroit, Kansas City and Pittsburgh).