Trivia

Second Baseman/Shortstop for the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics (1963 and 1968-1971), Atlanta Braves (1971) and Chicago Cubs (1973).

Member of 1971 American League Western Division Champion Oakland Athletics team.

Manager of the Chicago White Sox (1979-1986; Win-Loss record: 522-510).

1983 American League Manager of the Year for leading Chicago White Sox to 1st Division Championship and 1st post-season appearance since 1959.

Manager of Oakland Athletics (1986-1995; Win-Loss record: 798-673).

Baseball manager Tony La Russa and his wife, Elaine, co-founded ARF in 1991 after he rescued a terrified stray cat that ran onto the field during an A's-Yankees game.

Is also a practicing attorney.

Won the World Series with the Oaklnd A's (American league) in 1989 and the St. Louis Cardinals (National League) in 2006, joining Sparky Anderson who won the Series with the Cincinnati Reds (NL) in 1975 and 76 and the Detroit Tigers (AL) in 1984 as the only two men in baseball history who have managed a World Series winner in both leagues.

His daughter, Bianca Tai LaRussa, is a dancer and has become an Oakland Raiders cheerleader [April 2011].

Inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 2014.