What is Tony La Russa?
{{Infobox baseball biography |name=Tony La Russa |position=[[Infielder]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] |team=Chicago White Sox |number= |image=Tony La Russa by Gage Skidmore.jpg |caption=La Russa in 2017 |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1944|10|4}} |birth_place=[[Tampa, Florida]] |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=May 10 |debutyear=1963 |debutteam=Kansas City Athletics |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=April 6 |finalyear=1973 |finalteam=Chicago Cubs |statleague = MLB |stat1label=[[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]] |stat1value=.199 |stat2label=[[Hit (baseball)|Hits]] |stat2value=35 |stat3label=[[Run batted in|Runs batted in]] |stat3value=7 |stat4label=Managerial record |stat4value=2,728–2,365 |stat5label=Winning % |stat5value=.536 |teams= '''As player''' * [[Oakland Athletics|Kansas City / Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1963}}, {{mlby|1968}}–{{mlby|1971}}) * [[Atlanta Braves]] ({{mlby|1971}}) * [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1973}}) '''As manager''' * [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1986}}) * [[Oakland Athletics]] ({{mlby|1986}}–{{mlby|1995}}) * [[St. Louis Cardinals]] ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|2011}}) * [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|2021}}–present) '''As coach''' * [[Chicago White Sox]] ({{mlby|1978}}–{{mlby|1979}}) |highlights= * 3× [[World Series]] champion ({{wsy|1989}}, {{wsy|2006}}, {{wsy|2011}}) * 4× [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] (1983, 1988, 1992, 2002) * [[St. Louis Cardinals#Retired numbers|St. Louis Cardinals No. 10]] retired * [[Athletics Hall of Fame]] * [[St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum|St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame]] |hoflink = National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |hoftype = National |hofdate=[[2014 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|2014]] |hofvote=100% (Expansion Era Committee) }} '''Anthony La Russa Jr.''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|ˈ|r|uː|s|ə}}; born October 4, 1944) is an American [[professional baseball]] [[manager (baseball)|manager]] of the [[Chicago White Sox]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB). He is the former ma