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1949 Major League Managers

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World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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1949 Manager Records

1949 Managerial Tendencies

1949 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	Lou Boudreau	CLE	31	154	1496	68	4.5%	103	970	11	1.1%	127	1391	80	5.8%	133	1.21	129	0.19	112	2.1	101
2	Johnny Cooney	BSN	48	46	346	17	4.9%	103	273	4	1.5%	209	356	24	6.7%	166	1.11	105	0.30	166	2.0	91
3	Leo Durocher	NYG	43	156	1356	62	4.6%	95	831	5	0.6%	86	1197	31	2.6%	64	1.04	99	0.12	63	2.2	99
4	Eddie Dyer	STL	49	157	1245	31	2.5%	52	870	5	0.6%	82	1140	49	4.3%	106	0.84	80	0.16	87	2.2	99
5	Frankie Frisch	CHC	51	104	739	58	7.8%	164	543	2	0.4%	53	658	30	4.6%	113	1.09	103	0.17	94	2.3	103
6	Charlie Grimm	CHC	50	50	370	17	4.6%	96	252	0	0.0%	0	344	19	5.5%	136	1.08	102	0.16	87	2.4	107
7	Joe Kuhel	WSH	43	154	1416	63	4.4%	101	873	10	1.1%	129	1245	33	2.7%	61	1.22	130	0.19	108	2.3	113
8	Connie Mack	PHA	86	154	1305	25	1.9%	44	841	16	1.9%	214	1248	72	5.8%	134	0.67	71	0.14	78	1.7	82
9	Joe McCarthy	BOS	62	155	1517	57	3.8%	85	1131	7	0.6%	70	1485	37	2.5%	58	0.57	60	0.14	78	1.8	86
10	Billy Meyer	PIT	56	154	1240	78	6.3%	131	783	2	0.3%	36	1140	52	4.6%	113	1.06	100	0.19	103	2.2	98
11	Jack Onslow	CHW	60	154	1101	69	6.3%	142	768	5	0.7%	73	1033	35	3.4%	79	0.77	82	0.12	71	2.1	103
12	Red Rolfe	DET	40	155	1137	55	4.8%	110	813	2	0.2%	28	1075	61	5.7%	132	0.79	84	0.15	85	2.0	96
13	Eddie Sawyer	PHI	38	154	1195	33	2.8%	58	807	3	0.4%	53	1103	41	3.7%	92	0.86	82	0.09	50	2.2	101
14	Luke Sewell	CIN	48	3	19	0	0.0%	0	13	0	0.0%	0	16	0	0.0%	0	1.00	95	0.67	364	1.3	60
15	Burt Shotton	BRO	64	156	1641	127	7.7%	162	1018	22	2.2%	309	1526	73	4.8%	118	1.12	106	0.12	63	2.2	101
16	Billy Southworth	BSN	56	111	1119	32	2.9%	60	759	2	0.3%	38	1035	42	4.1%	100	1.32	125	0.25	138	2.0	91
17	Casey Stengel	NYY	58	155	1482	75	5.1%	115	981	5	0.5%	57	1396	60	4.3%	100	1.25	133	0.26	148	2.0	98
18	Zack Taylor	SLB	50	155	966	46	4.8%	108	671	7	1.0%	117	927	44	4.7%	110	1.03	109	0.21	119	2.5	121
19	Bucky Walters	CIN	40	153	1438	58	4.0%	84	1027	5	0.5%	70	1358	39	2.9%	71	1.17	111	0.35	193	2.4	107
	Totals			2480	21128	971	4.6%		14224	113	0.8%		19673	822	4.2%		1.00		0.18		2.1
					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+