JOSEPH A. MOLLOY (General Partner)
"In 1993, Joe Molloy begins his second season as General Partner of the New York Yankees. The 32-year-old executive was unanimously elected to succeed Daniel McCarthy by the New York Yankees Partnership on March 12, 1992, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Molloy joined the Yankees in June of 1987 and shortly thereafter was appointed Secretary/Treasurer of the club. He was named the club's Vice President in 1989, a position he held until 1992. Under Dan McCarthy was the club's Chief Administrative Officer.
Molloy has continuously handled a plethora of diverse responsibilities since joining the Yankees. His duties have included handling the club's day-to-day procedures of the minor league, player development and scouting systems in Tampa, Florida. Under his tenure from 1987-92, Yankee minor league affiliates won 11 league championships.
In addition to player development, under his tutelage, the Yankees have made great strides in other areas as well. Molloy was instrumental in the development of the Yankees' state-of-the-art, year-round baseball complex in Tampa. And in the 1992 off-season, he helped engineer the signings of free agents Wade Boggs, Jimmy Key and Spike Owen.
Before joining the Yankees, Molloy worked as an educator and coach at St. Lawrence Catholic School in Tampa. He is a graduate of St. Leo College in Florida and a native of the Tampa area.
Joe, his wife Jessica, and their three children, Elizabeth, Jennifer and Robert Joseph, reside in Tampa."
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
GENE MICHAEL (Vice-President and General Manager)
"The 1993 season constitutes Gene Michael's 23rd year in the Yankee organization as a player, coach, manager, general manager or scout. On August 20, 1990, when he was transferred from his scouting position to Vice-President and General Manager, Michael started his second stint in that capacity with the Yankees.
Michael scouted and coached from 1988-90 prior to his appointment. The only time he spent away from the Yankee organization was during the 1986 and 1987 campaigns, when he managed the Chicago Cubs [and in 1975 and 1976 while playing for Detroit and Boston]. From 1983-86, Michael was an on-field coach for the Yankees.
In 1981 he managed the Yankees to a first-half championship in a split season and remained into September before being replaced by Bob Lemon. He took over as manager again in 1982, replacing Lemon 14 games into the season. Michael, in turn, was replaced by Clyde King after 86 games.
His other stint as General Manager came in 1980, with the Yankees posting a 103-59 record, good for first place in the American League East.
Michael was a coach in 1976 and 1978 and worked in the front office in 1977. In 1979, he had his first taste of managing, leading the Columbus Clippers to the International League Championship.
Michael played in the major leagues from 1966-76 with five different clubs: Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, the Yankees (1968-74), Detroit and Boston. Overall, the steady fielding shortstop hit .229 and had a .963 career average with the glove.
Gene makes his home in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. He has three grown children: Sandra, Mark and Matthew. He is the founder of the 'Gene Michael Fund,' a chapter of the 'Tomorrow's Children Fund.' The fund raises money for research, care and assistance for children's cancer at the Hackensack Medical Center."
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
REGGIE JACKSON (Senior Advisor to the General Partners)
MR. OCTOBER GOES TO COOPERSTOWN
Reggie Jackson Joins Baseball's Immortals As A Yankee
"If it is true, as many believe, that the quickest way to the Hall of Fame is to hit home runs and do it an a national arena, like the World Series, then Reggie Jackson's destiny was forged early in his career.
Jackson was in only his second full major league season, a mere lad of 23, when he turned some heads by smashing 47 homers for the Oakland A's in 1969. It was his early calling card to Cooperstown. Three seasons later, with 157 career home runs to his name, he burst on the national scene in a big way, helping the A's win three consecutive World Championships, and they began clearing a space for his plaque in the upstate New York hamlet.
There remained only two more factors to ensure his induction- reaching the 500 home run plateau and playing in New York, the media capital.
The former came in his waning years when he was a member of the California Angels. On August 17, 1984, Jackson became the 13th player in baseball history to reach the 500 home run mark, which is tantamount to admission to the Hall of Fame. Each of the other 12 is in. Ironically, his 500th dinger was hit on the 17th anniversary of the first major league homer.
The clincher in came in 1977. Reggie in Pinstripes. Reggie in New York. Reggie a Yankee. There would be no denying his immortal fame now.
'If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me,' he had boasted.
If he played in New York, he would have one foot in Cooperstown.
The defining moment for Reggie Jackson, Hall of Famer, came on the night of October 18, 1977. In New York. As a Yankee. In the World Series. Hitting home runs.
Three of them in one game ... count them. Off Burt Hooton in the fourth inning. Off Elias Sosa in the fifth. Off Charlie Hough in the eighth. Three home runs on three successive swings, the stuff of which Hall of Famers are made.
It was the stage which Jackson chose for his greatest night as much as the feat itself which stamped him as one for the ages. But then Reggie always was at his best in the big shows. He always wanted the spotlight.
He would bat a resounding .357 in five World Series, almost 100 above his career regular-season average. He would smash 10 World Series homers, and drive in 24 runs, and his one-game performance would be the greatest display of slugging in World Series history.
He played on five division champions, three pennant winners and three World Championships in Oakland; in New York, his teams won four division titles, three league championships and two World Championships; there were two more division titles in California. Eleven championship teams in 21 seasons.
As Earl Weaver once said of him, 'Championship teams keep following Reggie around.'
That's what helps get you into the Hall of Fame.
Jackson is the 36th Yankee elected to Cooperstown, but few of them had to made the decision he did. What hat to have displayed on his plaque? He played eight seasons in Oakland, one in Baltimore, five in New York, five in California. He chose New York.
'It was a really tough question for me to answer for a very, very long time,' he said on the day of his election. 'I've spent time with the A's the past couple of years and they brought me along as a farm-system kid. But I believe I'm most remembered for what happened in New York.
'I believe New York, George Steinbrenner, the Yankees, Munson, Martin and all the things that happened to me here were, in part, responsible for me being here today. And being practical, being associated with Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth is good for Reggie Jackson. I'll go in as a Yankee.' "
-Phil Pepe, The New York Yankees Official 1993 Yearbook
"Reggie was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 5, 1993, receiving 396 of a possible 423 votes. He was elected on 93.6 percent of the ballots, a total exceeded by only nine players in the history of the balloting. Reggie becomes only the 29th player to be elected in his first year of eligibility.
He ranks sixth on the all-time home run list with 563 and 13th on the all-time RBI list with 1,702. He also ranks 12th in extra-base hits (1,075), 11th in games (2,820), 18th in at-bats (9,864), 22nd in walks (1,375), first in strikeouts (2,597) and tied for first with Mickey Mantle for postseason home runs (18).
Reggie was selected to 14 All-Star Games. From 1971-82 the teams he played for won division titles in 10 of the 11 years (1976 the exception). He is the only player to win home run titles for three different teams (Oakland, New York, California).
After a year and a half in the minors, Reggie began his major league career with the Kansas A's in 1967, hitting .117 in 118 at-bats. His first full season came in 1968 when the team moved to Oakland and he established himself as a bonafide major leaguer, hitting 29 home runs and knocking in 74 runs.
In 1969, Reggie set career bests in home runs (47), runs (123) and RBI (118). He led Oakland to a division title in 1971, hitting 32 homers with 80 RBI. He added two home runs and hit .333 in the playoff loss to Baltimore. Reggie hit a mammoth two-run homer off the light transformer on Tiger Stadium's right field roof in the 1971 All-Star Game off Dock Ellis.
In 1973 he was the unanimous choice as American League MVP after hitting 32 home runs with 117 RBIs and a .293 batting average, helping the A's to win the second of three straight World Championships. Reggie hit .310 with a homer in his first World Series and was named Series MVP. In 1974, he belted 29 home runs with 93 RBI, hitting .289, leading Oakland to their third straight World Series triumph.
After hitting 36 homers and delivering 104 RBI in 1975, Reggie was traded in April 1976 to the Orioles with pitchers Ken Holtzman and Bill Van Bommel for outfielder Don Baylor and pitchers Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell. Following the season he signed with the Yankees as a free agent on November 29. Reggie became the third free agent ever signed by the club (Catfish Hunter, 12/31/74, and Don Gullett, 11/18/76).
In 1977, Reggie led the Yankees to their first World Championship since 1962. He hit .286 with 32 home runs and 110 RBI.
Reggie set a World Series record with five home runs and tied a Series record by hitting three home runs in the deciding sixth game. He had homered in the ninth inning of Game 5 off Don Sutton. After walking on four pitches in the second inning of Game 6, Reggie homered on three consecutive pitches: off Burt Hooton in the 4th inning, Elias Sosa in the 5th inning and Charlie Hough in the 8th inning.
In 1978 he helped rally the Yankees from a 14-game deficit to win the division title. He hit .274 (27 HR, 97 RBI). Reggie hit a homer in the one-game playoff against Boston in the 8th inning that turned out to be the game-winner. He hit .391 (2 HR, 8 RBI) in the World Series as the Yankees won their second straight Championship.
Reggie hit .300 for the only time in his career in 1980, adding 41 home runs and 111 RBI as the Yankees won 103 games but lost the playoff series to the Royals. A Yankee era ended when he signed as a free agent with the Angels on January 22, 1982.
He rebounded from a sub-par '81 season by hitting 39 home runs and driving in 101 runs. Reggie homered in his first game back in Yankee Stadium off Ron Guidry.
On September 17, 1984, in Anaheim, on the 17th anniversary of this first major league homer, Reggie hit his 500th career home run. On May 14, 1986, he hit his 537th homer, moving past Mickey Mantle into sixth place on the all-time home run list. In his final season, 1987, Reggie returned to Oakland and reached double figures in home runs for the 20th consecutive season.
Since his retirement, he has worked as an Angels broadcaster (1990) and worked for the A's as a broadcaster (1991-92) and as a coach (1991). He has also worked for ABC Television.
Reggie collects rare cars. He served as National Chairman for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig Disease). In a survey conducted by Benton & Bowles Advertising evaluating 25 top athletes as endorsers, Reggie was the most familiar athlete as a player.
Reggie was accompanied by his father Martinez (88 years old at the time) to the Hall of Fame press conference in New York. One of six children, he grew up in Cheltenham, Pa., outside of Philadelphia. He attended Arizona State University on a football and baseball scholarship. He left after his sophomore season but later returned to earn a degree in biology."
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
CAREER PLAYING RECORD
-Established major league records for most strikeouts, lifetime (2.597); most strikeouts by a left-handed batter, season (171), 1968; most years, 100 or more strikeouts (18); most consecutive years, 100 or more strikeouts (13), 1968-80.
-Tied major league records for most consecutive years leading league in strikeouts (4); most strikeouts, nine-inning game (5), September 27, 1968.
-Tied American League records, most years with 20 or more home runs (16); most times four or more strikeouts in a game, season (5), 1971; most consecutive games, one or more home runs (6), July 18-23, 1976; most seasons leading league in errors by an outfielder (5), 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976; fewest errors by an outfielder, season, for leader in most errors (9), 1972.
-Named College Player of the Year by The Sporting News, 1966.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News College Baseball All-American Team, 1966.
-Led Southern League in runs scored (84), 1967.
-Led Southern League in total bases (232), 1967.
-Led Southern League in triples (17), 1967.
-Named Southern League Player of the Year, 1967.
-Led American League batters in strikeouts (171), 1968.
-Hit three home runs in one game, July 2, 1969.
-Led American League in runs scored (123), 1969.
-Led American League in slugging percentage (.608), 1969.
-Tied for American League lead in intentional bases on balls received (20), 1969.
-Led American League batters in strikeouts (142), 1969.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League All-Star team, 1969.
-Led American League in times caught stealing (17), 1970.
-Led American League batters in strikeouts (135), 1970.
-Led American League batters in strikeouts (161), 1971.
-Led American League in double plays by an outfielder (5), 1972.
-Led American League in home runs (32), 1973.
-Led American League in runs batted in (117), 1973.
-Led American League in runs scored (99), 1973.
-Led American League in slugging percentage (.531), 1973.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League All-Star team, 1973.
-Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News, 1973.
-Named American League Player of the Year by The Sporting News, 1973.
-Named American League Most Valuable Player by the Baseball Writers Association of America, 1973.
-Led American League in intentional bases on balls received (20), 1974.
-Hit home runs in all 12 American League parks, 1975.
-Tied for American League lead in home runs (36), 1975.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League All-Star team, 1975.
-Led American League in slugging percentage (.502), 1976.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League All-Star team, 1976.
-Tied for American League lead in home runs (41), 1980.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League All-Star team, 1980.
-Named designated hitter on The Sporting News American League Silver Slugger team, 1980.
-Tied for American League lead in home runs (39), 1982.
-Named an outfielder on The Sporting News American League Silver Slugger team, 1982.
-Hit three home runs in one game, September 18, 1986.
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
ALL-STAR GAME RECORD
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1969.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1971.
-Tied All-Star Game record for most home runs by a pinch hitter, one game (1), July 13, 1971.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1972.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1973.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1974.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1975.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1976.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1977.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1978.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1979.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1980.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1981.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1982.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1983.
-Selected to American League All-Star team, 1984.
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RECORD
-Established League Championship Series records for most series played (11); most series, one or more hits (10); most series, playing all games (9); most series games played, career (45); most series at-bats, career (163); most series strikeouts, career (41).
-Tied League League Championship Series records for most times on winning club (6); most series doubles, career (7); most times reaching first base safely, game (5), October 3, 1978; most times stealing home, game (1), October 12, 1972.
-Established American League Championship Series records for most series hits career (37); most series singles, career (24); most series runs batted in, career (20); most series bases on balls, career (17); highest series batting average, four-game series (.462), 1978; most runs batted in, four-game series (6), 1978.
-Tied ALCS records for most times on losing club (5); most home runs, three-game series (2), 1971; most series, one or more home runs (4); most total bases, three-game series (11), 1971; highest slugging average, three-game series (.917), 1971; most bases on balls, four-game series (5), 1974.
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
WORLD SERIES RECORD
-Established World Series record for most home runs, one World Series (5), 1977; most runs scored, one World Series (10), 1977; most total bases, one World Series (25), 1977; highest slugging percentage, six-game World Series (1.250), 1977; most extra-base hits, six-game World Series (6), 1977; most extra bases on long hits, one World Series (16), 1977; most home runs, two consecutive games, one World Series (4), October 16 and 18,1977; most home runs, three consecutive games, one World Series (5), October 15, 16 and 18,1977; most home runs in two consecutive World Series (7), 1977-78; highest World Series slugging percentage, career, 20 or more games (.755).
-Tied World Series records for most home runs, one World Series game (3), October 18, 1977 (consecutive, each on the first pitch); most home runs, two consecutive innings (2) October 18, 1977 (fourth and fifth innings); most runs scored, one World Series game (4), October 18, 1977; most total bases, one World Series game (12), October 18, 1977; most extra-base hits, one World Series (6), 1977; most consecutive World Series games, one or more RBIs (8), 1977-78; most times reaching first base safely, one game (5), October 24,1981 (3-for3, two bases on balls).
-1993 New York Yankees Information Guide
