Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black accomplished something on Sunday that only 65 other managers in MLB history have achieved.
Per Nick Groke of The Athletic, Black is just the eighth active manager to get to the 1,000-victory benchmark and is the first to reach the mark since Joe Girardi did it with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2020. The Rockies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-4 on Sunday.
The man at the helm in Colorado is now tied with longtime Phillies manager Charlie Manuel on the all-time wins list and is nine victories away from passing Chuck Dressen. Black was signed to a one-year contract extension in February.
Black is the Rockies’ most successful manager in franchise history in terms of winning percentage, as he entered Sunday with a 350-360 mark with the club (.493). He started his managerial career in 2007 with the San Diego Padres and stayed with the team for eight-plus seasons.
Despite finishing 89-74 in his debut campaign in San Diego and 90-72 in 2010 — a season for which he won the NL Manager of the Year Award — the Padres failed to make the postseason during Black’s run with the organization. He was fired from his job in June 2015 and hired by the Los Angeles Angels as a special assistant to the general manager in November of that year.
The Rockies hired Black as their manager in November 2016.
