Buddy Bailey, one of the Minor League's all-time winningest managers and most enduring figures, has died. His death was announced on Tuesday by Venezuelan Professional Baseball's Tigres de Aragua, whom Bailey managed to six winter ball championships. He was 68.

Bailey amassed 2,417 regular-season victories over a Minor League managerial career that spanned 11 cities, three organizations and nearly four decades. In 2017, he crossed the 2,000-win mark with High-A Myrtle Beach, a milestone reached by only 13 MiLB managers. Under his leadership, the Myrtle Beach Pelicans won the Carolina League championship in 2016, and he was the Minors’ winningest active skipper at the time of his final game with the club, which he shepherded through the 2024 season. He ranks fourth all-time on the MiLB man

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