in 1963, manager mickey vernon was fired and replaced by interim manager eddie yost. one game later, yost was replaced by gil hodges. in 1973, whitey herzog was replaced by del wilber. one game later, billy martin took over the role of manager. in 1975, frank lucchesi took over for martin in midseason, who in turn was replaced by eddie stanky. after six games, connie ryan could not finish the season, so billy hunter took over the role of manager, only to be fired with one game to go in the 1978 season and replaced by pat corrales. in 1982, don zimmer was fired as rangers manager but continued to run the team for three more games before being replaced by darrell johnson. rangers owner eddie chiles said the poor play of the rangers had nothing to do with zimmer's firing but was instead 'something personal'. in 1985, after doug rader led the rangers to (exact number of seasons) losing seasons, he was replaced by bobby valentine, who in turn was replaced by toby harrah during midseason. in 2001, johnny oates's poor performance forced the rangers to hire jerry narron as his replacement during midseason.