Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers

Year	TM/L	G	W	L	PCT	M/Y	W-EXP	A-E	Standing
1992	CHI-A	162	86	76	0.531		85.9	0.1	3 West
1993	CHI-A	162	94	68	0.580		92.3	1.7	1 West Lost ALCS 2-4 TOR
1994	CHI-A	113	67	46	0.593		69.3	-2.3	1 Central No ALCS or WS
1995	CHI-A	31	11	20	0.355	1-2	15.4	-4.4	3 Central
1997	PIT-N	162	79	83	0.488		77.5	1.5	2 Central
1998	PIT-N	163	69	93	0.426		74.0	-5.0	6 Central
1999	PIT-N	161	78	83	0.484		80.1	-2.1	3 Central

Totals	7	954	484	469	0.508		494.5	-10.5

The rag-tag bunch of rookies Gene Lamont inherited from legendary Pirates manager Jim Leyland in 1997 were widely expected to finish last in the NL Central. Unexpectedly, Lamont's squad went 79-83 and nearly stole the division crown from the Houston Astros in the last week of the season.

Lamont was no stranger to splashy debuts. He homered off of Cal Koonce of the Red Sox in his first Major-League at-bat for the Tigers in 1970. But after his auspicious big-league debut Lamont managed just three more homers and 14 RBIs over the next five years, only appearing in 87 major-league games.

Lamont joined the Royals' organization after retiring as a player in 1977, managing their Single-A Fort Myers club for two years and Double-A Jacksonville for four, finishing first in 1982 (when he was named the Southern League's Manager of the Year) and 1983.

After two seasons in Omaha he joined the Pirates' new manager, Jim Leyland, as Pittsburgh's third base coach in 1986.
When manager Jeff Torborg left the White Sox to take the same position with the Mets in 1992, Chicago hired Lamont. The White Sox won 94 games in 1993 and finished first in the AL West for the first time since 1983. Lamont won AL Manager of the Year honors for his efforts.
After a slow start in 1995, Chicago replaced Lamont with Terry Bevington. Lamont headed back to Pittsburgh to take a coaching job with the Pirates. Lamont took the managing reigns from Jim Leyland in 1997 and finished as the runner up for the Manager of the Year Award in 1998.

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