1944 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champions: Homestead Grays, St. Louis Cardinals

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

Negro League team records include only league games. Player stats include league games, interleague games (against major Negro League competition), and games against select top-level independent Black Baseball teams. Player stats do not include the extensive amount of exhibitions and barnstorming games Negro League teams often played. Negro League data is not complete. Research is still ongoing and we’ll continue to publish updates as more information becomes available. Negro Leagues Data: Frequently Asked Questions (NEW)

1944 Manager Records

1944 Managerial Tendencies

1944 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	Ossie Bluege	WSH	43	154	856	79	9.2%	152	569	8	1.4%	126	767	40	5.2%	89	0.41	81	0.11	145	1.7	93
2	Lou Boudreau	CLE	26	155	767	41	5.3%	88	571	10	1.8%	157	733	45	6.1%	104	0.55	109	0.05	59	2.3	125
3	Bob Coleman	BSN	53	155	1018	49	4.8%	99	713	6	0.8%	101	992	61	6.1%	104	0.96	100	0.29	151	1.9	95
4	Joe Cronin	BOS	37	156	1016	52	5.1%	84	764	8	1.0%	94	989	59	6.0%	101	0.60	120	0.08	101	2.0	107
5	Leo Durocher	BRO	38	155	1482	62	4.2%	86	1106	6	0.5%	65	1409	78	5.5%	94	1.47	154	0.17	87	2.2	113
6	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	47	154	913	58	6.4%	104	572	9	1.6%	141	814	22	2.7%	46	0.48	96	0.03	34	1.7	94
7	Freddie Fitzsimmons	PHI	42	154	1243	40	3.2%	66	748	6	0.8%	96	1118	69	6.2%	105	0.92	96	0.08	41	2.0	103
8	Frankie Frisch	PIT	46	158	1163	79	6.8%	139	751	13	1.7%	207	1067	45	4.2%	71	0.96	100	0.25	132	1.9	97
9	Charlie Grimm	CHC	45	146	1079	53	4.9%	101	790	3	0.4%	45	1082	60	5.5%	94	0.87	91	0.08	39	2.0	103
10	Roy Johnson	CHC	48	1	7	0	0.0%	0	4	0	0.0%	0	5	0	0.0%	0	2.00	208	0.00	0	3.0	154
11	Connie Mack	PHA	81	155	1042	53	5.1%	84	701	4	0.6%	51	1000	64	6.4%	109	0.57	113	0.12	153	1.7	92
12	Joe McCarthy	NYY	57	154	1327	83	6.3%	103	890	15	1.7%	151	1255	69	5.5%	93	0.54	107	0.08	111	1.7	94
13	Bill McKechnie	CIN	57	155	1473	94	6.4%	131	939	10	1.1%	128	1349	73	5.4%	92	0.74	77	0.19	98	1.6	83
14	Steve O'Neill	DET	52	156	920	62	6.7%	111	616	4	0.6%	58	830	60	7.2%	123	0.33	66	0.08	110	1.8	96
15	Mel Ott	NYG	35	155	1413	65	4.6%	94	910	8	0.9%	105	1276	87	6.8%	116	1.08	112	0.40	209	2.3	118
16	Luke Sewell	SLB	43	154	884	42	4.8%	78	615	1	0.2%	15	837	66	7.9%	134	0.54	107	0.06	86	1.8	99
17	Billy Southworth	STL	51	157	1268	51	4.0%	82	948	6	0.6%	76	1214	89	7.3%	124	0.66	68	0.08	40	1.7	88
18	Jimmie Wilson	CHC	43	10	47	4	8.5%	175	38	0	0.0%	0	45	2	4.4%	75	1.10	115	0.20	104	1.8	92
	Totals			2484	17918	967	5.4%		12245	117	1.0%		16782	989	5.9%		0.73		0.13		1.9
					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+