1948 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champions: Cleveland Indians, Homestead Grays

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1948 Manager Records

1948 Managerial Tendencies

1948 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	Ray Blades	BRO	51	1	7	0	0.0%	0	15	0	0.0%	0	12	0	0.0%	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	1.0	44
2	Lou Boudreau	CLE	30	156	1575	87	5.5%	120	1088	8	0.7%	93	1502	61	4.1%	85	1.10	117	0.16	91	2.3	103
3	Ben Chapman	PHI	39	79	662	54	8.2%	147	482	5	1.0%	113	594	39	6.6%	153	1.01	86	0.06	30	2.1	90
4	Dusty Cooke	PHI	41	13	117	7	6.0%	108	81	0	0.0%	0	109	6	5.5%	128	0.38	33	0.00	0	2.2	95
5	Leo Durocher	BRO	42	73	701	34	4.9%	87	496	6	1.2%	132	660	21	3.2%	74	1.81	154	0.22	104	2.5	108
6	Leo Durocher	NYG	42	79	700	36	5.1%	92	423	3	0.7%	77	647	23	3.6%	83	1.16	99	0.25	120	2.3	99
7	Eddie Dyer	STL	48	155	1279	33	2.6%	46	810	3	0.4%	40	1157	55	4.8%	111	1.02	87	0.35	165	2.3	102
8	Charlie Grimm	CHC	49	155	1253	64	5.1%	92	852	1	0.1%	13	1149	39	3.4%	79	1.22	104	0.14	67	2.4	107
9	Bucky Harris	NYY	51	154	1499	38	2.5%	55	957	8	0.8%	106	1343	42	3.1%	66	1.10	116	0.12	66	2.1	93
10	Joe Kuhel	WSH	42	154	1324	98	7.4%	161	918	8	0.9%	110	1251	59	4.7%	99	1.34	142	0.26	147	2.3	105
11	Ted Lyons	CHW	47	154	1180	72	6.1%	133	711	5	0.7%	89	1020	39	3.8%	80	0.97	102	0.10	59	2.4	108
12	Connie Mack	PHA	85	154	1275	43	3.4%	74	865	11	1.3%	161	1201	80	6.7%	140	0.60	64	0.12	70	1.9	86
13	Joe McCarthy	BOS	61	155	1538	44	2.9%	62	1035	6	0.6%	73	1466	34	2.3%	49	0.61	65	0.12	66	1.9	87
14	Billy Meyer	PIT	55	156	1265	100	7.9%	142	926	7	0.8%	82	1213	34	2.8%	65	1.01	86	0.27	128	2.1	91
15	Johnny Neun	CIN	47	100	888	30	3.4%	61	625	6	1.0%	105	822	40	4.9%	114	1.50	128	0.23	109	2.4	106
16	Steve O'Neill	DET	56	154	1280	42	3.3%	72	923	2	0.2%	27	1219	99	8.1%	171	0.90	95	0.30	169	2.2	101
17	Mel Ott	NYG	39	76	668	32	4.8%	86	423	2	0.5%	52	602	11	1.8%	43	1.17	100	0.28	131	2.7	120
18	Eddie Sawyer	PHI	37	63	498	27	5.4%	98	309	7	2.3%	246	471	12	2.5%	59	1.03	88	0.05	23	2.0	89
19	Burt Shotton	BRO	63	81	822	78	9.5%	171	531	15	2.8%	308	754	46	6.1%	142	1.41	120	0.10	47	2.3	101
20	Billy Southworth	BSN	55	154	1367	61	4.5%	80	1028	9	0.9%	95	1310	81	6.2%	144	1.12	95	0.23	108	2.1	92
21	Zack Taylor	SLB	49	155	1059	68	6.4%	140	707	9	1.3%	161	1007	62	6.2%	129	0.94	99	0.23	132	2.6	117
22	Bucky Walters	CIN	39	53	455	38	8.4%	150	299	3	1.0%	109	421	18	4.3%	100	1.00	85	0.23	107	2.3	102
	Totals			2474	21412	1086	5.1%		14504	124	0.9%		19930	901	4.5%		1.06		0.19		2.2
					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+