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Torre elected to the Hall, Steinbrenner falls short

The Expansion Era Committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday morning that former managers Joe Torre, Tony LaRussa and Bobby Cox will be enshrined in Cooperstown. All were voted in unanimously.

Torre, who couldn’t quite make it in on his numbers as a player, was a lock as a manager. He went a combined 2,326-1,997 (.538) over 29 years with the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers. He didn’t experience sustained success until coming to the Bronx, where he would go on to win four World Championships and six pennants. Torre is only one of five managers in baseball history to win at least four titles.

Cox enters the Hall with a career record of 2,504-2,001 (.556) over 29 years with the Blue Jays (four seasons) and the Braves. Over his tenure with Atlanta, Cox lead the team to 14 straight division titles, which included one World Series Championship in 1995. Cox would then lose to Torre and the Yankees in ’96 and ’99.

LaRussa, who just recently retired after the 2011 season, won titles with Oakland (1989) and St. Louis (’06 and ’11). He finished a 33-year managerial career with a record of 2,728-2,365 (.536). He made it to the World Series in three-straight years from 1988-1990.

Longtime Yankees owner George Steinbrenner failed to receive the required 75 percent of the vote to make it into the Hall; he obtained only six votes from the 12-person panel. A controversial figure, Steinbrenner was the principal owner from 1973-2010. He captured seven titles along the way, and will one day be enshrined in Cooperstown.