Published • loading... • Updated
Fred Claire, former Dodgers GM who oversaw 1988 World Series champion team, dies at 91
He built the 1988 World Series champion Dodgers and later signed Hideo Nomo, Mike Piazza and Pedro Martinez.
- Fred Claire, the former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager, died Monday at age 91 in Pasadena after battling cancer, ending a 30-year tenure with the organization that the team announced Tuesday.
- When General Manager Al Campanis was fired in April 1987 for controversial remarks on ABC's Nightline, owner Peter O'Malley promoted Claire, an unlikely choice who had spent 11 years as a sportswriter before joining the Dodgers' public relations department in 1969.
- Claire made aggressive offseason acquisitions including Kirk Gibson, who won the National League MVP award and hit a memorable walk-off homer in Game 1 of the World Series, transforming a team that was 16 games under.500 in prior seasons.
- Broadcaster Ross Porter praised Claire as the most honest sports executive, while team president and CEO Stan Kasten credited him with bringing victories and Dodger legends to the franchise, earning him Major League Baseball's executive of the year award from the Sporting News.
- Seven more general managers followed Claire before the Dodgers won another World Series in 2020, underscoring his 1988 achievement as the franchise's defining moment despite later controversial trades including sending Pedro Martinez to Montreal in 1994 and Mike Piazza to Florida in 1998.
Insights by Ground AI
18 Articles
18 Articles
The Washington Post+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
Fred Claire, former Dodgers GM who oversaw 1988 World Series champion team, dies at 91
Former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Fred Claire has died
·Washington, United States
Read Full Article
Coverage Details
Total News Sources18
Leaning Left7Leaning Right4Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution39% Left, 39% Center
Bias Distribution
- 39% of the sources lean Left, 39% of the sources are Center
39% Center
L 39%
C 39%
R 22%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
