Joe Girardi

Joe Girardi has made his mark on baseball as a player, manager, broadcaster and sports analyst. He is best known as a Yankee, earning three World Series championships with them as a player and later returning to lead the Yankees to a World Series championship as the manager in 2009. He made his Major League Baseball debut in 1989 and spent 15 seasons as a catcher with the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. While playing for the Cubs, Girardi was named the 2000 All-Star team. After retiring as a catcher in 2004, Girardi has been a commentator for the YES Network and a manager. In 2006, he was awarded the National League Manager of the Year Award in 2006 for his work with the Florida Marlins. In 2009 during his tenure as Yankees manager, he led the team to their 40th AL pennant and their 27th World Series title. Girardi returns to the YES network in 2024 and continues as an analyst with the Chicago Cubs' Marquee Sports Network.