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George Bamberger
George Irvin Bamberger
Born: August 1, 1925 at Staten Island, N.Y.
Died: April 4, 2004 at North Redington Beach, Fla. Obituary
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.00 Weight: 175

Share your memories of George Bamberger HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY: Happy Recap March 19, 2001 Bamberger never really wanted to manage the Mets. He simply took the job to do his old friend Frank Cashen a favor. Every time the Mets had even a single day off, he'd fly home to Florida. He had had heart problems, and I think he was afraid that managing the Mets would kill him. When he retired early on in the 1983 season, I don't think anybody was surprised. Jon April 17, 2001 Bamberger also alienated his former employers (Bud Selig, Harry Dalton, etc.) by taking the Mets job after "retiring" from the Brewers. Logan Swanson February 20, 2002 Okay, time to get the truth out. George Bamberger was an outstanding baseball manager, and though he had heart problems and was somewhat disinterested in managing the Mets, he did a very good job and was an improvement over his predecessor. When Bamby was named manager in 1982, it was clear the Mets were professionalizing their organization, a process which started when Wilpon/Doubleday took over in early 1980, and was guided by Frank Cashen. Let's face it, though Joe Torre is a nice guy, knew baseball stategically, and was given a mostly horrible group of players to work with, he was a bit of a novice in his stint with the Mets. I never got the feeling that Joe was one of the top managers in the game, up there with the Earl Weavers, and Billy Martins. Bamby, however, was one of the best. He was a great pitching coach during the Baltimore glory days in the late 60's and 70's, and when given the chance to manage the Brewers, got the most out of a not much better than average staff. That, combined with the Brewers power hitting lineup, kept the team in contention in the very tough A.L. East every year of his tenure. Do I think Bamby got more out of his Mets than Torre did? Yes. Kiwiwriter September 15, 2004 A nice guy, a good manager, but hopelessly overmatched with the Mets. He took the job for his old pal Frank Cashen, but his heart wasn't in it...his heart couldn't really take the endless stream of disasters. Jonathan Stern December 15, 2004 For my entry on Dallas Green, I compiled a selection of Dallas quotes. With that in mind, here are some bon mots from another all-time Mets quotemeister, George Bamberger: On day-offs from his day-job: "I might head my boat out into the Gulf, leave the life preservers home and jump overboard." On second thought, let's forget the George Bamberger era. It was like root canal for all involved. Scoey March 17, 2023 George was a fine pitching coach with the Orioles and later managed the Brewers out of obscurity into respectability. However, he shouldn't have taken the manager's job with the Mets for 1982. Bamberger had been recuperating from heart trouble and wasn't in adequate shape to guide a struggling major league team. His decision to leave during the '83 season was inevitable and it was for his own sake. Still, the Mets had a brief period of success under Bamberger in '82. They were actually six games over the .500 mark and second in the National League East standings at the end of May that year. The rest of the season was a disastrous four months during which the team had a 15-game losing streak that put them into the cellar to stay. This is a hard thing for a man in George's condition to endure.

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