Jimmie Wilson is named as the new Chicago Cubs manager

ByBaseball November 17, 1940November 19, 2022

1940 – Jimmie Wilson is named as the new Chicago Cubs manager. He gets his reward for managing the woeful Philadelphia Phillies in the 1930s and for his late-season role filling in at catcher with the Cincinnati Reds.

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Day: November 17, 1940

Jimmie Wilson is named as the new Chicago Cubs manager

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