24. Dusty Baker
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Before taking over as manager for the Houston Astros in place of AJ Hinch (who had been suspended), Dusty Baker last coached in 2017 when he led the Washington Nationals to a 97-win season. In fact, Baker’s last four seasons as a manager had finished with between 90-97 wins. The knock on Baker was that he had never won it all. In his first year with the Astros, Baker saw his team finish the regular season with a losing record (29-31)…only to reach Game 7 of the ALCS. In 2021, Baker’s Astros won the American League Pennant before falling to Atlanta in the World Series. Baker finally won the elusive World Series in 2022, and retired following Houston’s ALCS loss in ’23. Overall, Baker has a record of 2,183-1,862-1.