1945 Major League Managers

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World Series Champions: Cleveland Buckeyes, Detroit Tigers

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1945 Manager Records

1945 Managerial Tendencies

1945 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 Bissonette	BSN	45	60	445	35	7.9%	138	283	3	1.1%	106	393	8	2.0%	39	0.95	93	0.07	46	2.1	103
2	Ossie Bluege	WSH	44	156	1622	170	10.5%	170	977	6	0.6%	68	1484	87	5.9%	102	0.76	115	0.14	123	1.7	98
3	Lou Boudreau	CLE	27	147	960	27	2.8%	46	621	3	0.5%	54	866	59	6.8%	118	0.73	112	0.08	71	1.8	103
4	Ben Chapman	PHI	36	85	628	53	8.4%	148	403	3	0.7%	75	573	24	4.2%	80	1.06	104	0.06	41	2.2	109
5	Bob Coleman	BSN	54	94	736	45	6.1%	108	526	8	1.5%	153	698	36	5.2%	98	0.81	79	0.19	132	2.1	101
6	Joe Cronin	BOS	38	157	1210	82	6.8%	110	753	10	1.3%	147	1043	49	4.7%	81	0.68	104	0.08	72	1.9	107
7	Leo Durocher	BRO	39	155	1615	84	5.2%	91	1184	18	1.5%	153	1585	74	4.7%	89	1.32	130	0.11	76	2.1	101
8	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	48	150	1184	85	7.2%	116	742	11	1.5%	165	1027	70	6.8%	118	0.44	67	0.07	64	1.6	90
9	Freddie Fitzsimmons	PHI	43	69	503	18	3.6%	63	289	0	0.0%	0	457	18	3.9%	75	1.25	123	0.17	120	2.6	126
10	Frankie Frisch	PIT	47	155	1198	79	6.6%	116	768	14	1.8%	183	1107	44	4.0%	76	0.95	94	0.15	107	1.9	94
11	Charlie Grimm	CHC	46	155	1327	77	5.8%	102	1002	9	0.9%	90	1308	100	7.6%	145	0.90	88	0.23	160	1.9	92
12	Connie Mack	PHA	82	153	1077	44	4.1%	66	702	0	0.0%	0	960	50	5.2%	90	0.63	96	0.18	154	1.8	102
13	Joe McCarthy	NYY	58	152	1362	86	6.3%	102	833	9	1.1%	120	1255	65	5.2%	90	0.73	111	0.09	75	1.7	96
14	Bill McKechnie	CIN	58	154	1389	92	6.6%	116	978	13	1.3%	133	1292	68	5.3%	100	1.08	106	0.10	67	1.9	91
15	Steve O'Neill	DET	53	155	1106	61	5.5%	89	639	10	1.6%	174	947	50	5.3%	92	0.66	100	0.11	96	1.8	106
16	Mel Ott	NYG	36	154	1497	62	4.1%	73	912	3	0.3%	33	1330	70	5.3%	100	1.03	101	0.23	161	2.2	106
17	Luke Sewell	SLB	44	154	1078	38	3.5%	57	733	5	0.7%	76	984	64	6.5%	113	0.62	94	0.16	142	1.7	98
18	Billy Southworth	STL	52	155	1356	63	4.6%	82	987	2	0.2%	20	1290	86	6.7%	127	0.85	84	0.08	53	2.0	98
	Totals			2460	20293	1201	5.9%		13332	127	1.0%		18599	1022	5.5%		0.84		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+