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	1325	88	6.6%	111	938	18	1.9%	139	1275	47	3.7%	112	0.85	97	0.10	101	2.0	101
2	Ray Blades	STL	42	155	1536	57	3.7%	74	1053	5	0.5%	76	1430	69	4.8%	103	1.07	113	0.31	182	2.4	118
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	32	152	1349	72	5.3%	89	953	5	0.5%	38	1274	49	3.8%	117	0.69	79	0.07	75	2.2	115
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	33	157	1415	84	5.9%	118	947	6	0.6%	101	1261	30	2.4%	51	0.95	100	0.24	142	1.9	94
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	42	155	1546	119	7.7%	128	971	27	2.8%	201	1386	60	4.3%	132	0.77	88	0.06	61	1.8	93
6	Fred Haney	SLB	43	156	1424	62	4.4%	73	895	10	1.1%	81	1297	41	3.2%	96	1.15	132	0.10	107	2.2	111
7	Bucky Harris	WSH	42	153	1383	101	7.3%	122	931	15	1.6%	117	1236	44	3.6%	108	0.76	87	0.06	61	1.8	93
8	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	38	156	1521	97	6.4%	127	941	6	0.6%	102	1363	57	4.2%	89	0.61	64	0.21	124	1.9	94
9	Connie Mack	PHA	76	62	606	29	4.8%	80	419	5	1.2%	87	570	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	1670	85	5.1%	85	1129	13	1.2%	83	1552	21	1.4%	41	0.39	45	0.08	82	1.6	83
12	Bill McKechnie	CIN	52	156	1534	62	4.0%	81	1068	9	0.8%	134	1396	90	6.4%	137	0.87	91	0.19	109	1.9	96
13	Doc Prothro	PHI	45	152	1331	91	6.8%	136	835	3	0.4%	57	1162	68	5.9%	125	1.18	125	0.13	77	1.9	94
14	Casey Stengel	BSN	48	152	1384	66	4.8%	95	788	6	0.8%	121	1172	50	4.3%	91	0.81	85	0.11	66	1.9	98
15	Bill Terry	NYG	40	151	1354	54	4.0%	80	903	3	0.3%	53	1242	39	3.1%	67	0.99	105	0.09	51	2.1	104
16	Pie Traynor	PIT	40	153	1475	68	4.6%	92	944	9	1.0%	152	1320	83	6.3%	134	1.11	117	0.08	46	2.0	102
17	Ossie Vitt	CLE	49	154	1510	105	7.0%	116	1017	10	1.0%	71	1400	47	3.4%	102	1.01	115	0.13	135	1.9	99
	Totals			2462	23280	1283	5.5%		15374	156	1.0%		21228	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+