Kevin Kennedy (baseball)

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Kevin Curtis Kennedy (born May 26, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is a former manager in American Major League Baseball and a current television host for Fox Sports' baseball coverage. He has been given the nickname "The Skipper" by Fox Sports.

Kennedy was a career minor league catcher who played in the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers farm systems. After a very successful career as a pilot in the Dodger minor league organization, he briefly served as a player development official and then bench coach for the Montreal Expos.

He then was hired to manage the Texas Rangers for the 1993 season after firing Bobby Valentine and Toby Harrah who were used in the 1992 season. Kennedy was let go following the strike-shortened 1994 season after posting only a 52-62 record (even though, at the time of the strike, it was good enough for first place in the division) and was replaced by Johnny Oates. For 1995, Kennedy became the manager for the Boston Red Sox (where he led them to their first postseason appearance since 1990 despite ultimately being swept by the Cleveland Indians in the playoffs), but was part of a merry-go-round of manager changes in Boston which also saw the firing of Joe Morgan, Butch Hobson and later Jimy Williams, and Kennedy was fired following the 1996 season.

Currently, Kennedy anchors FOX's baseball coverage with Jeanne Zelasko and also hosts a radio program on FOX Sports Radio.

Kevin is currently the co-host of The Show with Rob Dibble on XM Radio's MLB Home Plate station XM175.

Preceded by
Toby Harrah		 Texas Rangers Manager
1993-1994		 Succeeded by
Johnny Oates
Preceded by
Butch Hobson		 Boston Red Sox manager
1995–1996		 Succeeded by
Jimy Williams
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Texas Rangers managers

Washington Senators (1961-1971)
Vernon • Yost • Hodges • Lemon • Williams

Texas Rangers (1972-present)
Williams • Herzog • Wilber • Martin • Lucchesi • Stanky • Ryan • Hunter • Corrales • Zimmer • Johnson • Rader • Valentine • Harrah • Kennedy • Oates • Narron • Showalter • Washington
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Boston Red Sox managers

Boston Americans (1901-1907)
Collins, J. • Stahl, C. • Young • Huff • Unglaub • McGuire

Boston Red Sox (1908-present)
McGuire • Lake • Donovan • Stahl, J. • Carrigan • Barry • Barrow • Duffy • Chance • Fohl • Carrigan • Wagner • Collins, S. • McManus • Harris • Cronin • McCarthy • O'Neill • Boudreau • Higgins • York • Jurges • Baker • Higgins • Pesky • Herman • Runnels • Williams, D. • Popowski • Kasko • Popowski • Johnson • Zimmer • Pesky • Houk • McNamara • Morgan • Hobson • Kennedy • Williams, J. • Kerrigan • Little • Francona
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