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Bobby Winkles
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Bobby Brooks Winkles (born March 11, 1930 in Tuckerman, Arkansas) is a legendary former baseball coach at Arizona State University who won three College World Series titles in 1965, 1967 and 1969.
A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, Winkles, a righthanded-hitting infielder, played minor league baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization during the 1950s. He became the Sun Devils' head coach in 1958 and served through 1971. He compiled a winning percentage of .751 (524-173) during his 14 seasons in Tempe.
In 1972, he jumped to Major League Baseball as a coach for the American League California Angels. In 1973, Winkles became manager in Anaheim, succeeding Del Rice. His 1973 club won 79, lost 83 and finished fourth in the AL West. In 1974, after the Angels lost 44 of their first 75 games, Winkles was fired; his permanent successor was Dick Williams.
Winkles then became a coach for the Oakland Athletics; he managed them for parts of the 1977 and 1978 seasons, as he replaced (in 1977) and then was succeeded by (in '78) the same manager: Jack McKeon. The A's were then a struggling outfit in the final throes of the Charlie Finley era. His final managerial record: 170 wins, 213 defeats (.444). Winkles also spent a season, 1976, as a coach for the San Francisco Giants.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Winkles spent several years leading the player development department of the Montreal Expos, when the Expos had one of the most productive farm systems in the game. In 2006, he was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Preceded by Del Rice |
California Angels Manager 1973-1974 |
Succeeded by Whitey Herzog |
| Preceded by Jack McKeon |
Oakland Athletics Manager 1977-1978 |
Succeeded by Jack McKeon |