US EditionLee Elia, Former Cubs Manager with Iconic Rant, Dead at 87
COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, JUL 10 – Lee Elia managed the Cubs and Phillies, served as a Phillies coach during their 1980 championship, and was affiliated with 10 organizations over his 50-year baseball career.
- Lee Elia, former Major League Baseball manager of the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, died Wednesday at age 87.
- Elia played shortstop for the White Sox in 1966 and Cubs in 1968 before managing the Cubs from 1982 and the Phillies from 1987 to 1988.
- He is best remembered for a profane postgame rant on April 29, 1983, after the Cubs lost to the Dodgers, dropping their record to 5-14.
- In the rant, Elia said, “85% of the world is working” and “the other 15 come out here,” addressing about 3,000 Cubs fans who attended the game.
- Following his death, Mariners manager Dan Wilson praised Elia as a special man who taught him how to play and hit in the big leagues.
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Iconic MLB Manager, World Series Champion Dead At 87
Athletes Who Unfortunately Passed Away In 2024 (1:45) A beloved former baseball player, coach and manager who also won a World Series has sadly passed away.On Wednesday, former Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies manager Lee Elia passed away. He was 87 years old and just one week away from his birthday.Born in Philadelphia, Elia spent the better part of 40 years in Major League Baseball. He played two years for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago Wh…
OutKick Mourns The Loss Of Lee Elia
We lost a true legend, a man that OutKick could rally around, with the death of MLB lifer Lee Elia this week. Elia was 87. Yes, this man was known for the epic rant that has turned into OutKick's Lee Elia Day tradition around here, but over the course of the last couple of months, during numerous conversations I've had with his daughter, Tana Elia, I learned how much Lee was one of us. He got up every day, worked his ass off to put food on the t…
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