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.

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.

Leyland was a manager in the majors from 1986 to 2013. He guided the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1996, leading the team to the National League Championship Series from 1990 to 1992.

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.

Leyland, 79, is currently a special assistant in the Detroit front office. Leyland managed the Tigers from 2006-2013, making the playoffs four times and advancing to the World Series in 2006 and 2012.

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.

Jim Leyland, who led the Florida Marlins to a World Series title in 1997 and won 1,769 regular-season games over 22 seasons as an entertaining and at-times crusty big league manager, was elected ...

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).

Leyland is a legend of his craft, a firebrand with a propensity for tirades and one of the winningest managers of the past 50 years not already in the Hall of Fame. Lou Piniella, who fell short by ...

Leyland, who turns 79 on Dec. 15, plays a starring role in a 1991 video that went viral when it was posted online more than a decade ago. And it's still getting plenty of views.

In a no-smoking ballroom, Leyland looked forward to after his half-hour question-and-answer session— so he could get to a place where he could smoke a cigarette. He won three pennants and led ...