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{{short description|American baseball manager}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Earl Weaver
|image=Earl Weaver Orioles.jpg
|caption=Weaver in 1976
|position=[[manager (baseball)|Manager]]
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1930|8|14}}
|birth_place=[[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], U.S.
|death_date={{Death date and age|2013|1|19|1930|8|14}}
|death_place= Aboard ''[[Celebrity Silhouette]]'', [[Caribbean Sea]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=July 7
|debutyear=1968
|debutteam=Baltimore Orioles
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 5
|finalyear=1986
|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=Games managed
|stat1value=2,540
|stat2label=Managerial record
|stat2value=1,480–1,060
|stat3label=Winning %
|stat3value=.583
|teams=
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1968}}–{{mlby|1982}}, {{mlby|1985}}–{{mlby|1986}})
|highlights=
*[[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1970}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles#Retired numbers|Baltimore Orioles No. 4]] retired
* [[Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame]]
|hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
|hoftype = National
|hofdate=[[1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1996]]
|hofmethod=Veterans Committee
}}

'''Earl Sidney Weaver''' (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American [[professional baseball]] [[manager (baseball)|manager]], author, and television broadcaster. After playing in [[minor league baseball]], he retired without playing in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He became a minor league manager, and then managed in MLB for 17 years with the [[Baltimore Orioles]] (1968–1982; 1985–86), winning a World Series championship in 1970. Weaver's style of managing was summed up in the quote: "pitching, defense, and the three-run homer." He did not believe in placing emphasis on "small ball" tactics such as [[stolen base]]s, [[hit and run (baseball)|hit and run]] plays, or [[sacrifice bunt]]s. He was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in [[1996 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1996]].

==Playing career==
He was the son of Earl Milton Weaver, a dry cleaner who cleaned the uniforms of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns, and Ethel Genevieve Wakefield. Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher [[Jim Palmer]], who pitched under Weaver for 14 seasons in the major leagues, wrote that his manager was "brought up in St. Louis on the bad side of a street where even the good side isn't too good."<ref name="page xi">Palmer and Dale, p. xi</ref>

After playing for [[Beaumont High School (St. Louis)|Beaumont High School]] in his hometown, [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]], the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] signed the 17-year-old Weaver in 1948 as a [[second baseman]]. A slick fielder but never much of a hitter, he worked his way up to the [[Texas League]] [[Houston Buffaloes]] (two steps below the majors) in 1951, though never made it to the big league club. Weaver was later traded to the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] organization, then moved on to the Orioles, where he began his managing career.

Palmer once noted: "The only thing that Earl knows about a curve ball is he couldn't hit it."<ref name=Quotes>{{cite news|author=Bart Barnes and Matt Schudel |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/earl-weaver-former-orioles-manager-dies-at-82/2013/01/19/d6e5c1a0-397d-11e2-a263-f0ebffed2f15_story.html |title=Earl Weaver, Hall of Fame Orioles manager, dies at 82 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2013-01-20 |date=January 22, 2013}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Weaver started his [[Minor League Baseball|minor league]] managerial career in 1956 with the unaffiliated [[Tennessee Smokies|Knoxville Smokies]] in the South Atlantic League. He joined the Orioles in 1957 as manager of their [[Fitzgerald, Georgia]], club in the [[Georgia–Florida League]]. The Orioles moved him up to their franchise in [[Dublin, Georgia]], in 1958, and to their [[Aberdeen, South Dakota]], club in 1959. In 1960, he managed the [[Fox Cities Foxes]] in Wisconsin in the Class-B Three-I League. He advanced to the AA [[Elmira Pioneers]] in 1962 and to the AAA [[Rochester Red Wings]] in 1966.

As a minor league manager, he compiled a record of 841 wins and 697 defeats (.547) with three championships in 11½ seasons. Weaver was appointed to replace [[Gene Woodling]] as the Orioles' [[coach (baseball)|first-base coach]] on [[October 3]], 1967,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19671003&id=8WZYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2vcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2927,571163&hl=en "Orioles Tab 3 Coaches"] Associated Press, Tuesday, October 3, 1967</ref> and spent the first half of the [[1968 Baltimore Orioles season|1968 season]] in that capacity before succeeding [[Hank Bauer]] as manager on [[July 11]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=799&dat=19680711&id=siwLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A1IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1027,537380&hl=en "Earl Weaver New Orioles Manager"] United Press International, Thursday, July 11, 1968</ref> His contract was for one year; he would continue to work under one-year contracts throughout his tenure with the team.<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 74</ref>

[[File:Earl Weaver 1977.jpg|thumb|Weaver in 1977 with umpire [[Ken Kaiser]]]]
During his tenure as major league manager, the Orioles won the American League pennant in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1979, each time winning [[List of Major League Baseball 100 win seasons|100 games]]. Weaver was the first manager since [[Billy Southworth]] 
(1942–44) to win 100 games in three straight seasons.

In 1969, the Orioles were defeated in the World Series in five games by the New York Mets team known as the [[1969 New York Mets season|Miracle Mets]]. He was ejected in Game 4 of that series by umpire [[Shag Crawford]] for arguing balls and strikes. In 1970, the Orioles won the World Series by defeating the Cincinnati Reds (The "[[Big Red Machine]]") in five games. In 1971, the Orioles lost the World Series in seven games to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pirates pitcher [[Steve Blass]] pitched a complete game and gave up four hits in the deciding seventh game, allowing the Orioles to score only one run.

Weaver loved scoring with three-run home runs, "a great plan if you have Boog Powells and Frank Robinsons and Brooks Robinsons," according to Palmer.<ref name="page 51">Palmer and Dale, p. 51</ref> The 1974 Orioles were not hitting as many home runs, yet Weaver insisted on continuing to use the strategy. With the team eight games behind the Red Sox in late August, the Orioles held a secret player's-only meeting at [[Paul Blair (baseball)|Paul Blair]]'s house.<ref name="page 238">Wilson, p. 238</ref> Their new strategy, according to Palmer, was "Squeeze every hit and every base and every run you can out of every play."<ref name="page 51"/> To accomplish this goal, the players came up with secret signs they would use in games.<ref name="page 51"/> The new strategy worked, as Baltimore overcame the deficit to clinch the division at the end of the year.<ref>Wilson, pp. 238-239</ref> According to Brooks Robinson, "It took Earl about three or four games to finally figure out what the heck we were doing in that situation, and I think he ended up saying, 'Well, you'd better be right.'...It worked out well. And Earl loved us all, anyway."<ref name="page 238"/>

Weaver's 1,000th MLB career victory as manager was a 5&ndash;3 [[Opening Day]] result over the [[1979 Chicago White Sox season|Chicago White Sox]] at [[Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)|Memorial Stadium]] on April 6, 1979.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1979/04/07/orioles-blow-by-chisox/b41d3a81-0892-450b-999d-8fab418e1cf8/ Boswell, Thomas. "Orioles Blow by Chisox," ''The Washington Post'', Saturday, April 7, 1979.] Retrieved December 11, 2021</ref> That year, the Orioles, which saw Weaver use 140 different lineups during the regular season,<ref>100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.192</ref> would reach the [[1979 World Series|World Series]] again, this time losing in seven games to the [[1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pittsburgh Pirates]]. He expressed plans to retire following the [[1982 Baltimore Orioles season|1982 season]] prior to Game 6 of that World Series on October 16. He had originally targeted the expiration of his contract upon the conclusion of the [[1980 Baltimore Orioles season|1980 campaign]] to step away from the sport.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/17/archives/weaver-to-retire-after-82-season.html "Weaver to Retire After '82 Season," ''The New York Times'', Wednesday, October 17, 1979.] Retrieved December 10, 2021</ref>

In 1982, Weaver announced he would retire at the end of the season. After Palmer posted a 6.84 ERA in five starts, GM [[Hank Peters]] announced that "Palmer is never, ever, ever going to start another game in an Orioles uniform. I've had it."<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 151</ref><ref name="1982 Palmer">{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=palmeji01&t=p&year=1982|title=Jim Palmer 1982 Pitching Gamelogs|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=December 8, 2020}}</ref> Weaver moved Palmer to the bullpen, but with the team needing another starter, he put Palmer back in the rotation in June. Shortly thereafter, Palmer went on an 11-game winning streak.<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 152-53</ref> The Orioles played poorly for the first half of the year before climbing in the standings to just three games behind going into a season-ending four-game series against the division-leading Brewers at Memorial Stadium. The Orioles beat them handily in the first three games to pull into a first-place tie. The final game of the series, and the season, on October 3, would decide the AL East title. Televised nationally on ABC, the Orioles suffered a crushing 10–2 loss. After the game, the crowd called for Weaver to come out. This tribute to the retiring Weaver provided intense emotion against the backdrop of the season-ending defeat, as Weaver, in tears, stood on the field and applauded back to the fans, and shared words and an embrace with Brewers manager [[Harvey Kuenn]]. On TV, broadcaster [[Howard Cosell]] captured the moment: "Thee Er-uhl of Bal-tee-more. They love...troo-lee love...this man, Er-uhl Weeev-ver! A man ''of'' the people. The Weeeve! One ''of'' a kind. A baseball gar-rate!"<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 157</ref> [[Joe Altobelli]] was appointed his successor one month later on November 12, 1982.<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/11/13/Altobelli-has-tough-act-to-follow/9967406011600/ Buchanan, Robert F. "Altobelli has tough act to follow," ''United Press International'' (UPI), Saturday, November 13, 1982.] Retrieved December 10, 2021</ref>

The year following Weaver's retirement, Baltimore won the World Series. Palmer wrote, "We won with a team Earl put together."<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 164</ref> Owner Edward Bennett Williams coaxed Weaver out of retirement midway through the 1985 season, but he retired for good after the 1986 season, the only full losing season of his major league career. Weaver's managerial record is 1,480–1,060 (.583), including 100+ win seasons in 1969 (109), 1970 (108), 1971 (101), 1979 (102), and 1980 (100). Weaver had a record average 94.3 wins per season.

In 1989, Weaver managed the [[Gold Coast Suns (baseball)|Gold Coast Suns]] in the new [[Senior Professional Baseball Association]].<ref name=Senior>{{cite news|title=Weaver Set to Manage in Senior Baseball League|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PEpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=3831,1605637&dq=weaver+gold+coast+suns&hl=en|access-date=August 14, 2013|newspaper=[[The Gainesville Sun]]|date=September 6, 1989}}</ref> Less than a week into the season, Weaver was ejected from his first game. He later commented, "These umpires are high school rejects. The league went for the cheapest umpiring association. There should be no league if this continues."<ref name=Ejected>{{cite news|title=Weaver is Ejected from Senior Game|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lL8sAAAAIBAJ&pg=2951,2847309&dq=weaver+gold+coast+suns&hl=en|access-date=August 14, 2013|newspaper=[[Star-News]]|date=November 8, 1989}}</ref> The Suns failed to make the playoffs in the 1989–90 season and folded after one season.

===Disciplinary actions===
Weaver never got along well with umpires. Palmer described their relationship: "Earl Weaver hated umpires with every fiber of his win-or-die being. He yelled at them. He screamed in their faces. He kicked dirt on them. He tore up rule books. He taunted and tortured them."<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 53</ref> Weaver was ejected from games at least 91 times during the regular season (98, according to one source)<ref name="caple">Caple, J (August 21, 2003): Piniella, Weaver amongst kings of confrontation. [https://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=1599882 ESPN archive] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040906045633/https://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=1599882 |date=September 6, 2004 }} Retrieved August 24, 2011</ref> and several more times during post-season play. He was ejected from both games in a [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] three times. He was twice ejected from games before they even started, both times by [[Ron Luciano]].<ref name="bang">Luciano, R (March 1, 1982): "Bang! Bang! You're Out." (Part II.) [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125274/index.htm ''Sports Illustrated'' archive] Retrieved August 22, 2011</ref> Luciano alone ejected him from all four games of a minor-league series and eight games in the majors.<ref name="Ump">Luciano, Ron (March 1, 1982): The Ump and the Manager. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1125274/1/index.htm ''Sports Illustrated'' archive] Retrieved August 24, 2011</ref> Sometimes, even after Weaver had been thrown out of a game, he would phone the Oriole dugout to tell the coaches what moves to make.<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 84-86</ref>

He also received four multiple-game suspensions. He was well known for the humor that often accompanied his ejections. During one particular tirade with an umpire, Weaver headed to the dugout screaming, "I'm going to check the rule-book on that" to which the umpire replied, "Here, use mine." Weaver shot back, "That's no good—I can't read Braille."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Handrinos |first1=Peter |title=The Funniest Baseball Book Ever: The National Pastime's Greatest Quips, Quotations, Characters, Nicknames, and Pranks |date=2010 |publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |page=214}}</ref> He once told an umpire that he could appear on ''[[What's My Line?]]'' wearing his mask, chest protector, holding his ball/strike indicator and still nobody would guess he was an umpire.<ref name="caple"/>

Weaver had a penchant for kicking dirt on umpires, and for turning his cap backwards whenever he sparred with umpires in order to get as close to them as possible without actually touching them.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Snyder |first1=Alex |title=Earl Weaver's Greatest Managerial Moments |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1508324-earl-weavers-greatest-managerial-moments |website=bleacherreport.com |publisher=Bleacher Report, Inc. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> His rivalry with Luciano was legendary, to the point where the AL rearranged umpiring schedules for an entire year so that Luciano would not work Orioles games. A year later on August 26, 1979, in the third inning of the opener of an Orioles-White Sox doubleheader at Comiskey Park, he ejected Weaver who then publicly questioned Luciano's "integrity" and received a three-game suspension.<ref name="bang"/> Weaver once derisively called Luciano "one of the few umpires that people have paid their way into the park to see."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lbknews.com/2010/04/07/baseball-2010/ |title=Baseball 2010 |work=Longboat Key News |author=Burgum, Tom |date=April 7, 2010 |access-date=January 22, 2013 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232725/http://www.lbknews.com/2010/04/07/baseball-2010/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Marty Springstead]] was one of Weaver's least favorite umpires. On September 15, 1977, in Toronto, Weaver asked Springstead to have a tarpaulin covering the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] bullpen area removed; the tarp was weighted down by bricks and Earl argued his left fielder could be injured if he ran into the bricks while chasing a foul ball. When the umpire refused to order the Blue Jays to move the tarp, Weaver pulled the Orioles off the field. The umpire declared a forfeit, the only forfeit in Orioles history. On another infamous occasion, in Cleveland, Weaver stormed to the dugout and returned to the field with a rulebook in his pocket. "Don't take that book out or you're outta here," Springstead warned. Weaver pulled it out anyway and was ejected.<ref name="page 122">Palmer and Dale, p. 122</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Roch Kubatko |url=http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2010/09/revisiting-sept-15-1977.html |title=School of Roch: Revisiting Sept. 15, 1977 |publisher=Masnsports.com |date=2010-09-15 |access-date=2013-01-20}}</ref> After that game, Weaver said of Springstead, "He's a terrific guy...He's just not a very good umpire."<ref name="page 122"/>

One of Weaver's most infamous tirades came on September 17, 1980, in a game against the [[Detroit Tigers]]. First base umpire [[Bill Haller]], who was wearing a microphone for a documentary on the daily life of an MLB umpire, called a [[balk]] on Oriole pitcher [[Mike Flanagan (baseball)|Mike Flanagan]]. Weaver charged out of the dugout and began screaming at Haller, who was already angry at Weaver for publicly questioning his integrity by suggesting he be prohibited from working Tigers games in 1972 because his brother was the Tigers' backup catcher at the time.<ref name="Ump"/> After Weaver was ejected, he launched into a profanity-filled argument in which he accused Haller of blatantly calling the game out of the Orioles' favor. He also accused Haller of poking him in the chest, and after Haller denied doing so they called each other liars.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Armour, Mark |author2=Allen, Malcolm |title=Pitching, Defense, and Three-Run Homers: The 1970 Baltimore Orioles |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |date=1 May 2012 |page=9 |isbn=978-0803240278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76YtJyp_tJoC&pg=PA9}}</ref> Weaver's contempt for umpires was often mutual. One night in 1973 Weaver threw his cap to the ground and began a vehement argument with Luciano. Luciano's crew-mate [[Don Denkinger]] walked over to Weaver's cap, stepped on it with the sharp cleats of both shoes, and slowly twisted back and forth.<ref name="Ump"/>

===Philosophy===
[[File:EarlWeaverSig.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Weaver's signature, circa 1992–1993]]
Weaver's oft-quoted managerial philosophy was "pitching, defense, and the three-run homer." Weaver expanded on his philosophy in three books he authored: ''Winning!'' (1972); ''It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts'' (1983); and ''Weaver on Strategy'' (1984), which was republished as ''Weaver on Strategy: The Classic Work on the Art of Managing a Baseball Team'' (2002, with co-author Terry Pluto).  Weaver eschewed the use of so-called "[[inside baseball (strategy)|inside baseball]]" or "small ball" tactics such as the [[stolen base]], the [[hit and run (baseball)|hit and run]], or the [[sacrifice bunt]], preferring a patient approach ("waiting for the home run"), saying "If you play for one run, that's all you'll get" and "On offense, your most precious possessions are your 27 outs". Weaver claims to have never had a sign for the [[hit and run (baseball)|hit and run]], citing the play makes both the baserunner and the hitter vulnerable, as the baserunner is susceptible to being [[caught stealing]] and the hitter is required to swing at any pitch thrown no matter how far outside the strike zone it may be or how unhittable the pitch is.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}

Weaver strongly believed in finishing as high in the standings as possible, even if a championship was not involved: In 1977, the [[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|Orioles]] entered the final weekend of the season tied for second place in the AL East with the [[1977 Boston Red Sox season|Red Sox]], three games behind the division-leading Yankees, to play a scheduled three-game series against the Red Sox in Boston, while the [[1977 New York Yankees season|Yankees]] played three at home against Detroit. The Red Sox won the first game of the series, 11–10, on September 30, eliminating the Orioles from division title contention; however, after the game Weaver insisted, in an interview with a reporter, that "we're still trying to finish second." The following day, the Orioles won, 8–7, eliminating the Red Sox (the Yankees having lost on both days) and leaving the teams tied for second place headed into the series' and the season's final game, which was rained out, resulting in the Red Sox and Orioles finishing in a tie for second place. Weaver also insisted his players maintained a professional appearance at all times. He allowed mustaches, but not beards, and, as a rule, players had to wear a suit or jacket and tie on board an airplane for a road trip.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} Weaver "was fiercely loyal to his players," said Palmer, who recalled that in 1976 the manager took his side when he was negotiating for a raise with the Orioles' owners.<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 77, 161</ref> "He just never got to know them," Palmer remembered, observing that the first time Weaver ran into [[Dennis Martínez]] after retiring, all he had to say to Martínez was, "How's your curveball?"<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 161-62</ref> After he became the Orioles' manager, he hated being referred to as "Coach," complaining even when players mistakenly referred to him as that out of respect.<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 86-87</ref>

====Use of statistics====
Weaver made extensive use of statistics to create matchups which were more favorable either for his batter or his pitcher. He had various notebooks with all sorts of splits and head-to-head numbers for his batters and against his pitchers and would assemble his lineups according to the matchups he had. For example, despite the fact [[Gold Glove Award]] [[shortstop]] [[Mark Belanger]] was a weak hitter, in 19 [[plate appearance]]s he hit .625 with a .684 on-base percentage and .625 slugging percentage against [[Jim Kern]] and would be slotted high in the lineup when facing him.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/b-pvb.cgi?n1=belanma01#minPA2=19&minPA=19&n1=belanma01&as=batter&year_game=career&orderby=Name Mark Belanger Batting vs. Pitcher]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at baseballreference.com</ref> Similarly, [[Boog Powell]], the 1970 American League MVP, hit a meager .178/.211/.278 against [[Mickey Lolich]] over 96 plate appearances and would be substituted, possibly with a hitter like [[Chico Salmon]], who hit a much more acceptable .300/.349/.400 against the same pitcher.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/b-pvb.cgi?n1=powelbo01#minPA2=50&minPA=50&n1=powelbo01&as=batter&year_game=career&orderby=Name Boog Powell Batting vs. Pitcher]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at baseballreference.com</ref><ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/b-pvb.cgi?n1=salmoch01#minPA2=43&minPA=43&n1=salmoch01&as=batter&year_game=career&orderby=Name Chico Salmon Batting vs Pitcher]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at baseballreference.com</ref> Palmer said, "Earl scribbled stats, piles and piles of figures and percentages on everybody and everything. All those sheets with all those numbers made him a better manager."<ref name="page xi"/>

In 1984, Weaver was credited by sportscaster [[Craig Sager]], then of [[Cable News Network|CNN]], with being the first major league manager to have used computerized statistical records as part of his decision-making process.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7873940/bill_welch_featured_on_cnn_sports_show/ "Bill Welch Featured on CNN Sports Show ,"] ''Chillicothe [MO] Constitution-Tribune'', February 8, 1984, p. 3.</ref>

====Use of the bench====
In the Orioles teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Weaver made frequent use of [[platoon system|platoons]], with the most obvious example being the use of [[Gary Roenicke]] and [[John Lowenstein]] in left field, without affordable full-time solutions. Weaver also exploited a loophole in the [[designated hitter]] rule by listing as the DH one of his starting pitchers who would not be appearing in that day's game, who would then be substituted before their first [[at-bat]]. This gave him another opportunity to exploit pitcher-batter matchups, in the case the opposing starting pitcher left the game early because of injury or ineffectiveness before it was the DH's turn in the batting order. A rule was created to stop the use of this tactic, allegedly (by Weaver) because it was distorting pinch-hitting statistics.{{cn|date=July 2022}}

Weaver used radar guns to track the speed of pitched balls during the 1975 spring training season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Weaver, Earl|url=http://baseballhall.org/hof/weaver-earl|publisher=Baseball Hall of Fame|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>

====Lack of knowledge about pitching====
Palmer said, "I learned a lot from Earl Weaver. The first thing I learned was that he didn't know a thing about pitching."<ref name="page 91">Palmer and Dale, p. 91</ref> [[Dave McNally]] agreed: "The only thing Earl Weaver knows about pitching is that he can't hit it."<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 88</ref> Weaver was a fan of [[Slider (baseball)|slider]]s for some reason.<ref>Palmer and Dale, pp. 89-90</ref> [[Mike Flanagan (baseball)|Mike Flanagan]] figured out that Weaver got less angry when pitchers gave up hits on sliders than when they gave up hits on other pitches. "Every hit after that, I told him it was off a slider," Flanagan said.<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 90</ref> While Palmer was pitching for Rochester for 1967, with the bases loaded against the [[Buffalo Bisons (1886–1970)|Buffalo Bisons]] and [[Johnny Bench]] coming up to bat, Weaver came out to the mound and told Palmer, "Throw him a fastball down the middle."<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 14</ref> Palmer complied, and Bench hit a grand slam.<ref>Palmer and Dale, p. 15</ref> Palmer did, however, credit Weaver's ability to recognize good pitchers. "He could spot them, trade for them, stick with them. He might have driven them crazy, but he knew which ones to drive crazy."<ref name="page 91"/> "I always said I gave [[Mike Cuellar]] more chances than I gave my first wife," Weaver maintained.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gammons|first=Peter|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/06/30/baseball|title=Baseball|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=June 30, 1986|access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref>

===Managerial record===

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|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[1968 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1968}}
||82||48||34||{{Winning percentage|48|34}}|| 2nd in AL || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1969 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1969}}
||162||109||53||{{Winning percentage|109|53}}|| '''1st in AL East''' || 4 || 4 || .500 || Lost [[1969 World Series|World Series]] ([[1969 New York Mets season|NYM]])
|-style="background:#fde910"
![[1970 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1970}}
||162||108||54||{{Winning percentage|108|54}}|| '''1st in AL East''' || 7 || 1 || .875 || '''Won [[1970 World Series|World Series]] ([[1970 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]])'''
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1971 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1971}}
||158||101||57||.639|| '''1st in AL East''' || 6 || 4 || .600 || Lost [[1971 World Series|World Series]] ([[1971 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]])
|-
![[1972 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1972}}
||154||80||74||{{Winning percentage|80|74}}|| 3rd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1973 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1973}}
||162||97||65||{{Winning percentage|97|65}}|| '''1st in AL East''' || 2 || 3 || .400 || Lost [[1973 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1973 Oakland Athletics season|OAK]])
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1974 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1974}}
||162||91||71||.562|| '''1st in AL East''' || 1 || 3 || .250 || Lost [[1974 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1974 Oakland Athletics season|OAK]])
|-
![[1975 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1975}}
||159||90||69||{{Winning percentage|90|69}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1976 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1976}}
||162||88||74||{{Winning percentage|88|74}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1977 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1977}}
||161||97||64||{{Winning percentage|97|64}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1978 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1978}}
||161||90||71||{{Winning percentage|90|71}}|| 4th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1979 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1979}}
||159||102||57||{{Winning percentage|102|57}}|| '''1st in AL East''' || 6 || 5 || {{Winning percentage|6|5}} || Lost [[1979 World Series|World Series]] ([[1979 Pittsburgh Pirates season|PIT]])
|-
![[1980 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1980}}
||162||100||62||{{Winning percentage|100|62}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
!rowspan="2"| [[1981 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| rowspan="2"| {{mlby|1981}}
||54||31||23||{{Winning percentage|31|23}}|| 2nd in AL East || rowspan="2" | – || rowspan="2" | – || rowspan="2" | – || rowspan="2" | –
|-
||51||28||23||{{Winning percentage|28|23}}|| 4th in AL East
|-
![[1982 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1982}}
||162||94||68||{{Winning percentage|94|68}}|| 2nd in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
!colspan="11"|
|-
![[1985 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1985}}
||105||53||52||{{Winning percentage|53|52}}|| 4th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1986 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1986}}
||162||73||89||{{Winning percentage|73|89}}|| 7th in AL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref>{{cite web|title=Earl Weaver|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/weaveea99.shtml|website=Baseball Reference|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> || 2540 || 1480 || 1060 || {{Winning percentage|1480|1060}} || || 26 || 20 || {{Winning percentage|26|20}} || 
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==Broadcasting career==
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|Image=EarlWeaver4.png
|Name=Earl Weaver
|Align=right
|Number =4
|Team=Baltimore Orioles
|Year=1982
|}}

===ABC===
Between his stints as manager, Weaver served as a [[color commentator]] for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television, calling the [[1983 World Series]] (which the Orioles won) along with [[Al Michaels]] and [[Howard Cosell]]. Weaver was the lead [[Major League Baseball on ABC|ABC]] color commentator in [[1983 in baseball|1983]] (replacing [[Don Drysdale]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://classicsportsmedia.blogspot.com/2013/02/history-of-1-analyst-demotions.html |title=History of #1 analyst demotions |date=18 February 2013 |work=Classic Sports TV and Media |access-date=13 April 2013}}</ref> who moved over to secondary play-by-play for ABC) but was also employed by the Baltimore Orioles as a consultant. At the time, ABC had a policy preventing an announcer who was employed by a team from working games involving that team. So, whenever the Orioles were on the primary ABC game, Weaver worked the backup game. This policy forced Weaver to resign from the Orioles consulting position in October so that he can work the World Series for ABC. Weaver later called the [[1984 National League Championship Series]] (between the [[1984 San Diego Padres season|San Diego Padres]] and [[1984 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]]) for ABC alongside fellow hall of famers [[Reggie Jackson]], who played for Weaver in [[1976 Baltimore Orioles season|1976]], and Don Drysdale.

[[File:Earl Weaver with trophy.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Weaver with the 1970 [[World Series Trophy]] in 2000]]
===''Manager's Corner''===
While managing the Orioles, Weaver hosted a radio show called ''Manager's Corner'' with Baltimore Oriole play by play announcer [[Tom Marr]] in which he would give his views on baseball and answer questions from fans. Weaver and Marr once recorded a prank version of the program, giving hilarious off-color answers to queries ranging from [[Terry Crowley]], "team speed" and even growing tomatoes (one of Weaver's hobbies was gardening). The tape, which was not broadcast at the time, has since become legendary in Baltimore sports circles and has even been aired (in heavily edited fashion) on local sports radio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mlb.si.com/2013/01/19/pint-sized-earl-weaver-a-giant-among-managers-passes-away/ |title=Pint-sized Earl Weaver, a giant among managers, passes away at 82 &#124; Hit and Run&nbsp;– SI.com |publisher=Mlb.si.com |access-date=2013-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120025504/http://mlb.si.com/2013/01/19/pint-sized-earl-weaver-a-giant-among-managers-passes-away/ |archive-date=2013-01-20 }}</ref>

==In media==
Weaver wrote three books: ''Winning!'' (1972),<ref>{{cite book|title=Amazon.com: Winning!|isbn=0688000789}}</ref> ''Weaver on Strategy'' (1984),<ref>{{cite book|title=Amazon.com: Weaver on Strategy.|isbn=0020296304|last1=Weaver|first1=Earl|last2=Pluto|first2=Terry|year=1984|publisher=Collier Books }}</ref> and ''It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts'' (1983).<ref>{{cite book|title=Amazon.com: It's What You Learn After You Know It All That Counts: The Autobiography of Earl Weaver.|isbn=0385176503|last1=Weaver|first1=Earl|last2=Stainback|first2=Berry|year=1982|publisher=Doubleday }}</ref>

In [[1987 in video gaming|1987]], Weaver assisted in the development of the [[artificial intelligence|AI]] for the [[computer game]] ''[[Earl Weaver Baseball]]'', which was published by [[Electronic Arts]]. The game was one of the precursors of the [[EA Sports]] line.<ref>{{cite web|title=All Your History: EA Sports Part 1: Play Ball|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QufyrQFvcs4&feature=g-all-u| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131084106/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QufyrQFvcs4| archive-date=2013-01-31 | url-status=dead|publisher=Machinima|access-date=13 August 2012}}</ref>

==Death==
Weaver died about 2 a.m. on January 19, 2013, of an apparent heart attack while on an Orioles' fantasy cruise aboard the ''[[Celebrity Silhouette]]'' in the Caribbean Sea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bal-orioles-earl-weaver-dead,0,1452570.story|title=Former Orioles manager Earl Weaver dies at 82|last=Klingaman|first=Mike|author2=Schmuck, Peter|date=January 19, 2013|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> According to the ''Silhouette''{{'}}s itinerary, the ship had left [[Labadee]], [[Haiti]], on January 18 and was expected to dock at [[Fort Lauderdale, Florida]] on January 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ships.cruisett.com/schedule/Celebrity_Cruises/Celebrity_Silhouette/January_2013/|title=Cruise TT: Schedule for the Celebrity Silhouette for January 2013|work=ships.cruisett.com|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> Weaver's wife of 49 years, Marianna, was at his side when he died. He was 82 years old.<ref>[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130119&content_id=41036310 Hall of Fame skipper Weaver passes away at 82] ''[[MLB.com]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Earl Weaver dead at 82: Legendary Baltimore Orioles manager was one of baseball's most colorful characters|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/earl-weaver-dead-82-article-1.1243096|date=January 19, 2013|work=New York Daily News|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> By coincidence, another Baseball Hall of Fame member, the St. Louis Cardinals' [[Stan Musial]], died later that day.

Upon Weaver's death, [[Bud Selig]], then-commissioner of [[Major League Baseball]], released the following statement: "Earl Weaver was a brilliant baseball man, a true tactician in the dugout and one of the key figures in the rich history of the Baltimore Orioles, the club he led to four American League pennants and the [[1970 World Series]] championship ... Having known Earl throughout my entire career in the game, I have many fond memories of the Orioles and the [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] squaring off as [[American League East]] rivals. Earl's managerial style proved visionary, as many people in the game adopted his strategy and techniques years later. Earl was well known for being one of the game's most colorful characters with a memorable wit, but he was also amongst its most loyal. On behalf of Major League Baseball, I send my deepest condolences to his wife, Marianna, their family and all Orioles fans."<ref name=Commish>{{cite web|title=Commissioner's Statement Regarding Earl Weaver|url=http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130119&content_id=41036770&vkey=pr_mlb&c_id=mlb|work=[[MLB.com]]|access-date=August 14, 2013}}</ref>

Orioles managing partner [[Peter Angelos]] added: "Earl Weaver stands alone as the greatest manager in the history of the Orioles organization and one of the greatest in the history of baseball ... This is a sad day for everyone who knew him and for all Orioles fans. Earl made his passion for the Orioles known both on and off the field. On behalf of the Orioles, I extend my condolences to his wife, Marianna, and to his family."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130119&content_id=41036310&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal |title=Hall of Fame skipper Weaver passes away at 82 |first=Marty |last=Noble |date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2013 }}</ref>

His remains were cremated.

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
* [[List of Major League Baseball managers by wins]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

*{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Jim|last2=Dale|first2=Jim|title=Palmer and Weaver: Together We Were Eleven Foot Nine|year=1996|publisher=Andrews and McMeel|location=Kansas City|isbn=0-8362-0781-5}}
*{{cite book |title=Brooks: The Biography of Brooks Robinson |first=Doug |last=Wilson |publisher=Thomas Dunne Books |location=New York |date=2014 |isbn=978-1250033048 }}

==External links==
*{{bbhof|weaver-earl}}
*{{Baseball-reference manager|weaveea99}}
*{{baseballstats|brm=weaver003ear}}

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