Jim Leyland, who led the Marlins to their first World Series title and later won two American League pennants, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Jim Leyland ’s family and friends, well-aware of how emotional he is, aren’t quite sure how Leyland will get through his Baseball Hall of Fame speech Sunday.

Leyland is the only one of the four not to reach the majors as a player; he topped out at Double-A Montgomery in the Tigers’ system in 1970, posting a career .222 batting average in the minors.

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Leyland, who currently works as a special assistant in the Tigers' front office, managed 3,499 games across 22 seasons. He picked up 1,769 wins along the way, good for 18th on MLB's all-time list.

Managing 22 seasons in MLB, Leyland won 1,769 games over stops with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1986-1996), Florida Marlins (1997-1998), Colorado Rockies (1999) and Detroit Tigers (2006-2013).

The Detroit Tigers retired Leyland’s No. 10 on Saturday, putting him next to Sparky Anderson -- both literally and figuratively -- as one of two of the franchise’s managerial legends.

Joe Torre was on this committee. Leyland’s Tigers bounced Torre’s Yankees from the Octoberfest in the 2006 ALDS. But also … Chipper Jones and Tom Glavine were on this committee.