Lee Elia, the former major-league manager whose career as a player, coach and executive spanned more than five decades, has died at the age of 87. The Philadelphia Phillies, one of the two clubs he managed, said Thursday that Elia passed away on Wednesday; no cause was disclosed. Signed by Philadelphia in 1958, Elia reached the majors as an infielder with the Chicago White Sox and later the Cubs, compiling a .203 average with three home runs and 25 RBIs over 95 games in the 1966 and 1968 seasons. He returned to the Phillies as third-base coach and helped the club capture its first World Series championship in 1980. Elia was hired to manage the Cubs in 1982 and posted a 127–158 record before being dismissed in August 1983, weeks after an expletive-filled tirade directed at Chicago fans that remains one of baseball’s most notorious press-room moments. He managed the Phillies from 1987 to 1988, going 111–142, and later worked for numerous organizations in scouting and player-development roles. Affiliated with 10 franchises during his long career, Elia was widely regarded as a passionate baseball lifer who never lost his ties to Philadelphia, the city where he began and ended his professional journey.