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George Steinbrenner was the owner of the New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He was a controversial figure, and was often at odds with Yankees fans. In 2010, Steinbrenner was fired from the Yankees.
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George’s time with the Yankees
George Steinbrenner was the principal owner of the New York Yankees. He bought the team in 1973 and fired general manager Clyde King in 1975. King had been with the organization for 18 years.
George’s early years with the Yankees
George Steinbrenner bought the Yankees in January 1973 from CBS for $10 million. He quickly became known as a hands-on owner, firing manager Yogi Berra after just 16 games in 1985 and general manager Clyde King after the team failed to make the playoffs in 1982.
George’s successes with the Yankees
George Steinbrenner III, more commonly known as “George”, was the owner of the New York Yankees from 1973 until his death in 2010. He led the Yankees to 7 World Series titles and 11 American League Pennants. George was also Suspended from baseball for 2 years for illegal contributions to Nixon’s campaign.
George’s struggles with the Yankees
George Steinbrenner was the principal owner of the New York Yankees for 37 years, until his death in 2010. During that time, he hired and fired 22 managers. Some of those managers, like Billy Martin, he hired and fired multiple times.
George’s first firing came in April of 1973, when he dismissed Yogi Berra after just 16 games. It would be the first of many times that George would make headlines with his managerial decisions.
In 1978, George hired Bob Lemon to replace Billy Martin, who had been fired earlier in the season. Lemon led the Yankees to a World Series win that year, but was himself replaced by Dick Howser after just one season.
Howser would be replaced by Bucky Dent after just one season as well. Dent would lead the Yankees to a playoff berth in his only year as manager before being replaced by Yogi Berra for a second time.
Berra would last just 24 games before being replaced by Lou Piniella. Piniella would hold the job for four seasons before being replaced by Dallas Green.
Green would last just one season as Yankees manager before being replaced by Stump Merrill. Merrill would also only last one season before being replaced by Buck Showalter.
Showalter would spend four seasons as Yankees manager, leading them to a playoff berth in 1995, before being replaced by Joe Torre. Torre would go on to have great success with the Yankees, winning four World Series titles in his 12 seasons as manager before retiring in 2007.
George’s firing from the Yankees
George was fired from the Yankees on October 26, 2017. George had been with the Yankees for 10 years. He was fired because the Yankees felt he was not meeting the expectations of the team.
The events leading up to George’s firing
George Steinbrenner was fired as the Yankees’ general manager on June 16, 1960, just hours after the team’s structure and leadership had been called into question by an investigation led by Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick. The investigation arose from concerns that Steinbrenner, who had only recently bought the team, was attempting to secretly sell it back to its original owner Dan Topping.
Frick subsequently released a statement that said Steinbrenner’s actions could “adversely affect baseball” and that he would be suspended from any involvement with the team until 1962. However, after a hearing on June 27, 1960, at which both Topping and Steinbrenner testified, Frick decided to instead hand down a more severe punishment: firing Steinbrenner from his role as general manager.
The Yankees would go on to win the World Series in 1961 without Steinbrenner at the helm, but he would eventually be reinstated as the team’s owner in 1973.
George’s reaction to his firing
George Steinbrenner was visibly upset when he was informed that he had been fired as the manager of the New York Yankees. He had led the team to a World Series victory just a few years prior, and he felt like he had been treated unfairly. “I’m just shocked,” he said. “I thought I did a good job.”
The aftermath of George’s firing
After George was fired from the Yankees, he was quickly hired by the Mets. He led the team to a World Series victory in 1986.
