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1939 Major League Managers

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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	1256	80	6.4%	107	909	15	1.7%	124	1220	43	3.5%	107	0.83	97	0.10	101	2.0	101
2	Ray Blades	STL	42	155	1506	54	3.6%	71	1025	5	0.5%	80	1399	68	4.9%	102	1.06	113	0.31	186	2.4	118
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	32	152	1306	69	5.3%	88	929	4	0.4%	32	1233	48	3.9%	118	0.64	74	0.07	75	2.2	115
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	33	157	1409	84	6.0%	118	942	6	0.6%	104	1254	30	2.4%	50	0.92	99	0.24	142	1.9	94
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	42	155	1526	118	7.7%	130	967	27	2.8%	210	1368	61	4.5%	136	0.76	88	0.06	61	1.8	93
6	Fred Haney	SLB	43	156	1398	61	4.4%	73	882	10	1.1%	85	1278	41	3.2%	98	1.14	133	0.10	107	2.2	111
7	Bucky Harris	WSH	42	153	1379	100	7.3%	121	943	15	1.6%	120	1243	44	3.5%	108	0.75	87	0.06	61	1.8	93
8	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	38	156	1446	93	6.4%	128	914	5	0.5%	90	1302	58	4.5%	94	0.60	65	0.21	123	1.9	94
9	Connie Mack	PHA	76	62	601	29	4.8%	81	421	5	1.2%	89	568	19	3.3%	102	1.18	137	0.13	134	2.0	106
10	Earle Mack	PHA	49	91	915	43	4.7%	79	643	6	0.9%	70	892	30	3.4%	102	1.49	174	0.20	206	2.0	103
11	Joe McCarthy	NYY	52	152	1672	86	5.1%	86	1129	12	1.1%	80	1552	21	1.4%	41	0.39	46	0.08	82	1.6	83
12	Bill McKechnie	CIN	52	156	1534	63	4.1%	81	1070	8	0.7%	123	1397	90	6.4%	136	0.87	93	0.19	112	1.9	96
13	Doc Prothro	PHI	45	152	1309	89	6.8%	135	827	3	0.4%	60	1142	68	6.0%	125	1.16	124	0.13	75	1.9	94
14	Casey Stengel	BSN	48	152	1357	68	5.0%	99	776	6	0.8%	127	1150	48	4.2%	88	0.78	84	0.11	63	1.9	98
15	Bill Terry	NYG	40	151	1334	54	4.0%	80	902	3	0.3%	55	1230	39	3.2%	67	0.99	106	0.09	52	2.1	104
16	Pie Traynor	PIT	40	153	1421	65	4.6%	91	919	9	1.0%	160	1279	81	6.3%	133	1.09	117	0.07	43	2.0	102
17	Ossie Vitt	CLE	49	154	1505	104	6.9%	116	1016	10	1.0%	74	1397	47	3.4%	102	1.00	116	0.13	135	1.9	99
	Totals			2462	22874	1260	5.5%		15214	149	1.0%		20904	836	4.0%		0.90		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+