Manager Profile: Grady Little, Dodgers

Signed a two-year contract on December 6, 2005 to become the 25th manager in Dodgers history. … Compiled a 188-136 record in two seasons as manager of the Boston Red Sox in 2002-03, guiding the club within one victory of the World Series in his second year. His 93 wins in his first season were the most by a rookie manager since Jim Frey won 97 games in 1980 for the Kansas City Royals. … Prior to signing with Los Angeles, spent the two previous seasons as special assistant to the general manager of the Chicago Cubs. … Spent 16 seasons from 1980-1995 as a minor league manager, posting a 1,054-903 record. Guided eight clubs to the playoffs and four to league championships. … Spent six years as a bench coach with San Diego, Cleveland and Boston prior to getting the Red Sox job. … Played six seasons in the minor leagues after being a 12th-round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves in 1968, posting a .207 average with two homers and 37 RBI. Retired as a player in 1973 … Younger brother, Bryan, was an infielder in the Montreal system from 1982-86. … Served as an advisor for the 1988 baseball classic “Bull Durham.”