The Bill James Guide To

Baseball Managers

From 1870 to Today

For each decade: Most Successful Managers Most Controversial Manager Others of Note Stunts Typical Manager Was Percentage of Playing Managers Most Second-guessed Manager's Move Evolutions in Strategy
For Selected Mangers: Year of Birth, Years Managed Record as Manager Managers for Whom he Played Others by Whom He Was Influenced Characteristics As a Player What He Brought to a Ball Club How he Used his Personnel Game Managing and use of Strategies Handling the Pitching Staff Introduction, 7
Decade Snapshot : 1870s, 11 Harry Wright in a box, 13-18 Actors[sidebar] - some characteristics of Wright, Albert Spalding and Cap Anson,14-15
Decade Snapshot : 1880s, 19 Sorry I Asked - Orator Jim O'Rourke, 20 Bewildering Options - Number of possible lineups from a roster, 20 The Marshalltown Enfant Terrible - Cap Anson, 21-30
Decade Snapshot : 1890s, 31 Hanlon and Selee - Ned Hanlon and Frank Selee, about them and their 'descendents', 33-38 Ned Hanlon's all-star team, 39 Frank Selee's all-star team, 39
Decade Snapshot : 1900s, 41 Bob Allen [sidebar], 42 Fred Clarke's All-Star Team, 43
Decade Snapshot : 1910s, 45 John McGraw in a Box, 48-58 Johnny Evers [sidebar], 49 Rube Foster's Ox [sidebar], 50-51 Hugo Bezdek [sidebar], 57 John McGraw's All-Star Team, 59 Mack's Marks [sidebar], 60-65 Connie Mack in a Box, 60-65 Connie Mack's All-Star Team, 66
Decade Snapshot : 1920s, 67 Bloodlines [sidebar] - McGraw, Mack and George M. Cohan, 67 Rat-A-Tat-Tat [ sidebar] - Miller Huggins,69 Miller Huggin's All-Star Team, 69 Wilbert Robinson's All-Star Team, 69 Bill McKechnie, 70-71 Bill McKechnie in a Box, 72-78 Fundamentals [sidebar] - history of DP to errors ration, 72-73 Ehmke [sidebar] Connie Mack starts Howard Ehmke in the World Series -74-77 Minor League McGraw - Spencer Abbott, minor league manager - 79-80 Beard - Switching handedness of pitcher in first inning - Bucky Harris, McGraw, Leyland, 81-82 The Clarke Affaire - Fred Clarke, Bill McKechnie, Max Carey, 83-84 Speaker and Cobb - Circumstances under which they retired/stopped managing, 85-86 Miller Huggins - 87
Decade Snapshot : 1930s, 89 Tracer [sidebar] Al Lopez's faulty memories and reducing liveliness of the ball, 90-92 Joe McCarthy in a Box, 91-98 Faux Pas [sidebar] - 1934 pennant race, 93-96 Pie Traynor, 99 Power Shifts - types of players who are managers over time, 100-101 Master - highest scoring teams and Joe McCarthy, 101 Joe McCarthy's All-Star Team, 102 Jimmie Dyke's All-Star Team, 102 Nasty Little Man - Ossie Vitt, 103-106 Bill McKechnie's All-Star Team, 107 Joe Cronin's All-Star Team, 107 Bambino, Go Home [sidebar] - about Joe McCarthy's all-star team, 108-109 The Batting Order, difference between normal and worse - 108-113 Stengel and Southworth - 114-115
Decade Snapshot : 1940s, 117 Leo Durocher in a Box, 120-128 Joe Kuhel [sidebar], 122 Dick Young on Leo Durocher [sidebar], 123 Leo Durocher's All-Star Team, 129 Billy Southworth's All-Star Team, 129 Rolling in the Grass - History and analysis of sacrifice bunts, 130-136 Bill Meyer, 137-138 Ranking Managers - methods and rankings, 139-154 Player/Managers - why loss of effectiveness is not limited to playing managers, 155-159 Johnny Neun, 160-162 Jolly Cholly - Charlie Grimm, 163
Decade Snapshot : 1950s, 165 Tracers [sidebar] - Bill Skowron's faulty memory of when Stengel sent a pinch-hitter for him, 168-169 Casey Stengel in a Box, 168-176 Popular Vote [sidebar] - Zach Taylor and Bill Veeck's popular vote managing stunt, 170-171 Harry Craft [ sidebar], 172-173 Luke Appling, 176 Casey Stengel's All-Star Team, 177 Al Lopez's All-Star Team, 177 Paul Richard's All-Star Team, 178 Stengel's Fans - Stengel as fan draw, 179-182 Tracers - Moving the pitcher to another position while a reliever faces one hitter, 183-184 Dressen and Stengel - Charlie Dressen, 185-189 Larsen and Turley - How a pitcher's record is affected by team and Stengel's rotation, 190-192 Red Rolfe, 193-194 Richards and Lopez - Paul Richards and Al Lopez, 195-198 Typecast - Al Lopez's first-basemen, 199 Face Off - Elroy Face's 18-1 season, 200-201 Fred Haney, 202-205 The Information Bizness - Advance Scouts and Private Detectives, 206-207 The Mother Lode - The managers that came out of Rickey's Dodgers, 208
Decade Snapshot : 1960s, 209 Walter Alston in a Box, 212-217 Tracer [sidebar] - first World Series double switch, 216 Walter Alston's All-Star Team, 218 Al Dark's All-Star Team, 218 1962 - The Giants and the Dodgers, 219-220 Adcock and Adair - Joe Adcock and Bill Adair, 221-222 The Darrtown Farmer - Walt Alston, 223-227
Decade Snapshot : 1970s, 229 Sparky Anderson in a Box, 232-240 Sparky Anderson's All-Star Team, 241 Earl Weaver in a Box, 242-249 Phoenix [sidebar] - Paul Richards moves Gossage to starter, 242-243 Frank Lucchesi [sidebar] - Lucchesi and Lenny Randle, 246-249 Earl Weaver's All-Star Team, 250 Dick Williams's All-Star Team, 250 The Highway Man - Vernon Rapp, 251-254 National Intentions - Intentional Walks, 255
Decade Snapshot : 1980s, 257 Whitey Herzog in a Box, 261-271 Tommy Lasorda in a Box, 272-277 Joe Altobelli [sidebar], 276-277 Whitey Herzog's All-Star Team, 278 Tommy Lasorda's All-Star Team, 278 Random Bites - how often different managers led the league in various categories, 279-280 Sacrifice Hits Data Chart - History, manager tendencies summary and team totals by year charts, 281-291 Leading Off - picking a leadoff hitter and setting up the lineup, 292-294 The Manager's Record - discussion of statistical categories, with charts, 295-305 Tony LaRussa career record, 303 Records (in table form) for all 1995 and 1996 managers, 306-313
Decade Snapshot : 1990s, 315 When in Doubt - history of managerial turnover, 318-321 Tolerance, Tolerance - Marge Schott's Hitler remarks, 322-326 Revolving Door - amount of player movement, 327 The Modern Bullpen - history of bullpen and reliever usage and comments about current usage, 328-341 Games In Relief - history of the team record for games in relief, 342-343
Index, 345