200 WINS FOR GRUDZIELANEK

Tommy Viola
Knight Fever
Published in
1 min readSep 12, 2019
The 2019 season was Grudzielanek’s third with the Knights. (Photo credit: Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights)

Mark Grudzielanek notched his 200th win as Charlotte Knights manager on Saturday, August 31, joining an exclusive club in franchise history.

Grudzielanek, who has now managed the Knights for three-straight seasons (2017–2019), is just one of three managers in franchise history with 200 wins. The team’s all-time winningest manager is Joel Skinner (285), who managed the team from 2012 to 2015. Behind Skinner is Nick Leyva (202), who managed the team in 2000–2001 and 2005.

Earlier in the year, Grudzielanek was also inducted into the National Polish Sports Hall of Fame. Due to a game, he was unable to attend the ceremony. You can watch his speech and the presentation of his award below…

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Tommy Viola
Knight Fever

Vice President of Communications for the Charlotte Knights with 16 years experience working in a Minor League Baseball front office.