Two out of the three teams he took over went from losing to winning records in the first year he was skipper .
The Reds only took two years to climb atop the always scrappy and hard - fought NL Central .
Two out of the three teams he took over went from losing to winning records in the first year he was skipper , and The Reds only took two years to climb atop the always scrappy and hard - fought NL Central .