Two full seasons removed from his previous managing job, McKeon had begun the 2003 season in retirement, but on May 11, he was induced to return to uniform to replace Jeff Torborg as the Marlins' skipper.
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29 Facts About Jack McKeon
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Jack McKeon remained at the helm of the Marlins through 2005, then retired at age 74.
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Jack McKeon previously managed the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, and Cincinnati Reds.
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Jack McKeon played baseball for the College of the Holy Cross, and attended Seton Hall University and Elon College, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education.
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Jack McKeon spent his entire early professional career in the minor leagues.
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Jack McKeon became a playing manager in 1955 at age 24, and then worked in the farm system of the original, modern-era Washington Senators franchise, and its successor, the Minnesota Twins, handling Triple-A assignments for the Vancouver Mounties, Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers and Atlanta Crackers.
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Jack McKeon scouted for the Twins starting in mid-1964 before joining the Royals in 1968, one year before their Major League debut, as skipper of their Class A High Point-Thomasville farm team, where he won the Carolina League playoff championship.
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Jack McKeon led their Triple-A affiliate, the Omaha Royals of the American Association, from its founding in 1969 through 1972, and won two league titles.
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Two months after primary starting pitcher Steve Busby threatened to quit the team, Jack McKeon was fired and replaced by California Angels third-base coach Whitey Herzog on July 24,1975.
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Jack McKeon spent 1976 back in the minor leagues as skipper of the Richmond Braves of the International League.
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Jack McKeon then returned to the manager's post and finished the 1978 season, with Oakland winning only 45 of 123 games and falling into sixth place in the seven-team AL West.
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Jack McKeon began the 1980 season as the top assistant to Bob Fontaine, the general manager of the San Diego Padres.
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Jack McKeon began by acquiring young catcher Terry Kennedy from Herzog's St Louis Cardinals in an 11-player deal.
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Jack McKeon stayed in the front office through the terms of four different managers.
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Jack McKeon was in his fourth season in the latter job on July 25,1997, when at age 66 he was asked to return to the field as the replacement for Ray Knight as the club's manager.
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Jack McKeon then survived a poor 1998 campaign, with Cincinnati again posting a sub-.
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Jack McKeon turned the Reds around in 1999, leading them to 96 victories and a tie for the National League wild card through the full 162-game season.
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Nevertheless, Jack McKeon was named 1999 NL Manager of the Year for his achievement.
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Jack McKeon was again named National League Manager of the Year in 2003 — the result of leading the Marlins, who were six games below.
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On October 2, just after the Marlins won the last game of the 2005 season, Jack McKeon announced that he would not be returning the following season.
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Jack McKeon led the Marlins to three of the six winning seasons in franchise history, but the Marlins were undertaking a rebuilding process, exchanging for veterans for unproven youngsters, and there was a consensus within the organization that a managerial change was in order.
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Jack McKeon is one of twelve managers to have a thousand wins as manager without having lost a thousand as well.
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Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won at least 1,000 games in the major and minor leagues, having won 1,146 in the minors.
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Jack McKeon is a devout Catholic and attends daily Mass, even doing so while his team was traveling during his managerial career.
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In 1950, Jack McKeon enlisted in the United States Air Force and played for the baseball team at Sampson Air Force Base in New York.
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Jack McKeon's son, Kasey, was a minor league catcher from 1989 to 1991 before becoming a scout; as of 2018, he is the director of player procurement of the Washington Nationals.
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Jack McKeon's grandson, Kellan, is a two-time state champion wrestler for Chapel Hill High School and was the captain of the wrestling team at Duke University.
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Jack McKeon has another grandson, Avery Booker, who is the head baseball coach for Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC.
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On Tuesday, May 26,2015, Jack McKeon was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame, along with former Royals slugger Mike Sweeney, broadcaster Dave O'Brien, New York Mets public relations executive Shannon Forde, and Bill Murray, the comedic actor and owner of several minor league baseball teams.
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