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Jim Frey

James Gottfried Frey
Born: May 26, 1931 at Cleveland, O.
Died: April 12, 2020 at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Obituary
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 5.09 Weight: 170

Jim Frey was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on April 14, 2020.

Non-playing roles with Mets

Coach 1982 - 1983

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Jonathan Stern
March 13, 2005
Managed against Dallas Green in the 1980 World Series between the Frey's Royals and Green's Phillies. Both were rookie managers that year - first time in World Series history that that ever happened. The highlights video features a couple of funny scenes of Frey yelling at umpires. At one point, he and Pete Rose got to scream with each other as well. Green, Tug, and company prevailed. Frey has been second-guessed ever since for his handling of his pitching staff. Interestingly, Green became GM of the Cubs in 1982, taking the team to the postseason in 1984. His manager that year? Jim Frey.
With the Mets, Frey's big moment came when Pete Falcone claimed that his bad pitching was the Lord's will. Frey told Falcone to ask the Lord if it was okay for him to throw strikes.

Peter Lester
May 28, 2007
Jin Frey was a Met coach at the time, was listening to post-game remarks from Pete Falcone after a rough outing. Falcone was calling his start, the "Good Lord's will, etc.". Frey says, "Maybe the Good Lord could get him to throw a strike". Funny stuff.

NYB Buff
October 18, 2022
Jim had a brief, yet successful career as a major league manager. He led the Royals to an American League pennant in 1980 and then took the Cubs to a National League East Division championship four years later. He thus became only the fourth manager ever to win division titles in both leagues. Both Sparky Anderson and Dick Williams accomplished this feat earlier in the '84 season. Only Whitey Herzog had preceded them with the Royals three times in the 1970s and the 1982 Cardinals.