A biography for Earl Weaverhasn’t been written yet.
“The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.”
“I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.”
“Judging ballplayers and turning in reports, giving my opinion of who will get to the big leagues and who will not... I think my baseball judgment was really good.”
“A manager gets in the Hall of Fame by what his players have done for him.”
“The guy who says, 'I love the challenge of managing,' is one step from being out of a job.”
“To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.”
“Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.”
“Don't play for one run unless you know that run will win a ballgame.”
“I stand by my belief that individual performances are the most important part of baseball.”
“A manager wins games in the winter when he picks his team.”
“A manager has to convince his hitters that they have to get on base for the next guy and that no player can do it by himself. Sometimes that isn't easy. In the playoffs, you can get into trouble because everybody wants to be a hero.”
“I don't want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.”
“The key step for an infielder is the first one... but before the ball is hit.”