1940 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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1940 Manager Records

1940 Managerial Tendencies

1940 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	48	155	1287	68	5.3%	98	961	16	1.7%	133	1269	46	3.6%	102	0.83	106	0.08	98	2.1	110
2	Ray Blades	STL	43	39	358	11	3.1%	49	214	0	0.0%	0	305	10	3.3%	77	1.54	160	0.46	270	2.7	136
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	33	154	1377	81	5.9%	109	1012	10	1.0%	79	1333	58	4.4%	122	0.75	97	0.10	114	2.2	112
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	34	156	1483	100	6.7%	108	1014	12	1.2%	93	1352	33	2.4%	57	1.32	138	0.29	169	2.1	103
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	43	155	1436	84	5.8%	109	926	15	1.6%	129	1315	63	4.8%	135	0.45	58	0.10	113	1.6	83
6	Frankie Frisch	PIT	42	156	1467	115	7.8%	126	989	12	1.2%	96	1381	40	2.9%	68	1.07	112	0.35	202	2.4	118
7	Mike González	STL	49	6	66	5	7.6%	122	39	0	0.0%	0	58	1	1.7%	40	2.33	243	0.17	97	3.2	157
8	Fred Haney	SLB	44	156	1380	65	4.7%	87	918	12	1.3%	104	1288	43	3.3%	94	1.18	152	0.08	97	2.2	112
9	Bucky Harris	WSH	43	154	1304	98	7.5%	140	931	13	1.4%	111	1228	33	2.7%	76	0.75	96	0.07	83	1.8	93
10	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	39	154	1334	100	7.5%	121	877	10	1.1%	90	1257	46	3.7%	86	0.94	98	0.12	68	2.0	98
11	Connie Mack	PHA	77	154	1357	54	4.0%	74	868	9	1.0%	82	1251	40	3.2%	90	0.99	128	0.17	197	1.8	92
12	Joe McCarthy	NYY	53	155	1544	82	5.3%	99	925	8	0.9%	69	1365	42	3.1%	87	0.54	69	0.03	38	1.8	94
13	Bill McKechnie	CIN	53	155	1472	91	6.2%	99	1021	12	1.2%	93	1356	99	7.3%	171	0.69	72	0.19	113	1.7	83
14	Doc Prothro	PHI	46	153	1148	48	4.2%	67	719	6	0.8%	66	1025	55	5.4%	126	0.88	92	0.09	54	1.9	93
15	Billy Southworth	STL	47	111	1023	70	6.8%	110	667	16	2.4%	189	930	42	4.5%	106	0.97	101	0.13	74	1.8	88
16	Casey Stengel	BSN	49	152	1290	63	4.9%	79	816	18	2.2%	174	1156	41	3.5%	83	0.68	71	0.07	42	2.0	98
17	Bill Terry	NYG	41	152	1308	78	6.0%	96	904	6	0.7%	52	1201	60	5.0%	117	0.91	95	0.04	23	2.1	104
18	Ossie Vitt	CLE	50	155	1512	71	4.7%	87	941	11	1.2%	93	1362	45	3.3%	93	0.72	92	0.05	60	2.0	103
	Totals			2472	22146	1284	5.8%		14742	186	1.3%		20432	797	3.9%		0.87		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+