Bobby Cox team featured such future major leaguers as Ron Guidry, Mickey Klutts, Terry Whitfield and Juan Bernhardt. Overall, Cox had a highly successful six-year tenure as a minor league manager, compiling a record of 459 wins and 387 defeats (.543) with two league championships. He then spent the 1977 season as the first base coach on Billy Martin's staff with the World Series–winning Yankees before beginning his MLB managerial career. Cox replaced Dave Bristol as the manager of the Atlanta Braves prior to the 1978 season, inheriting a team that had finished last in the league during the previous two seasons
Bobby Wallace (baseball) his playing time diminished, Wallace managed and umpired. He managed the St. Louis Browns in and and the Cincinnati Reds during part of the season. He compiled 62 wins and 154 losses for a .287 winning percentage as a major league manager. He also managed the minor league Wichita Witches in . He umpired in the American League in 1915, working 111 games. Upon retiring, he also became a scout. Wallace was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in . Bobby Wallace (baseball) Roderick John "Bobby" Wallace (November 4, 1873 – November 3, 1960) was a Major League Baseball