1939 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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1939 Manager Records

1939 Managerial Tendencies

1939 Managerial Tendencies Table
					Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Substitutions
Rk	Mgr	Tm	Age	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	Del Baker	DET	47	155	1324	89	6.7%	112	938	17	1.8%	133	1276	47	3.7%	112	0.85	98	0.10	101	2.0	101
2	Ray Blades	STL	42	155	1530	57	3.7%	74	1050	5	0.5%	77	1426	69	4.8%	102	1.07	114	0.31	183	2.4	118
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	32	152	1344	70	5.2%	87	951	5	0.5%	38	1272	49	3.9%	117	0.68	78	0.07	75	2.2	115
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	33	157	1416	84	5.9%	118	947	6	0.6%	103	1260	30	2.4%	50	0.94	100	0.24	143	1.9	94
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	42	155	1537	118	7.7%	128	969	27	2.8%	204	1375	61	4.4%	134	0.77	88	0.06	61	1.8	93
6	Fred Haney	SLB	43	156	1424	62	4.4%	73	895	10	1.1%	82	1297	41	3.2%	96	1.15	132	0.10	107	2.2	111
7	Bucky Harris	WSH	42	153	1382	101	7.3%	122	935	15	1.6%	117	1240	44	3.5%	107	0.76	87	0.06	61	1.8	93
8	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	38	156	1461	95	6.5%	129	927	5	0.5%	87	1321	57	4.3%	91	0.61	65	0.21	125	1.9	94
9	Connie Mack	PHA	76	62	604	29	4.8%	80	419	5	1.2%	87	569	19	3.3%	101	1.18	135	0.13	134	2.0	106
10	Earle Mack	PHA	49	91	917	43	4.7%	78	642	6	0.9%	68	892	30	3.4%	102	1.48	170	0.20	206	2.0	103
11	Joe McCarthy	NYY	52	152	1669	85	5.1%	85	1129	13	1.2%	84	1551	21	1.4%	41	0.39	45	0.08	82	1.6	83
12	Bill McKechnie	CIN	52	156	1534	62	4.0%	80	1068	9	0.8%	136	1396	90	6.4%	136	0.87	92	0.19	110	1.9	96
13	Doc Prothro	PHI	45	152	1310	90	6.9%	136	821	3	0.4%	59	1139	68	6.0%	126	1.16	124	0.13	74	1.9	94
14	Casey Stengel	BSN	48	152	1377	66	4.8%	95	785	6	0.8%	124	1168	49	4.2%	89	0.80	84	0.11	62	1.9	98
15	Bill Terry	NYG	40	151	1336	54	4.0%	80	900	3	0.3%	54	1228	39	3.2%	67	0.99	105	0.09	51	2.1	104
16	Pie Traynor	PIT	40	153	1474	68	4.6%	92	945	9	1.0%	154	1321	83	6.3%	133	1.11	118	0.08	46	2.0	102
17	Ossie Vitt	CLE	49	154	1512	105	6.9%	116	1016	10	1.0%	72	1399	47	3.4%	102	1.01	115	0.13	135	1.9	99
	Totals			2462	23151	1278	5.5%		15337	154	1.0%		21130	844	4.0%		0.91		0.13		2.0
					Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Substitutions
Rk	Mgr	Tm	Age	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+