Branch Rickey

Position: Manager

5-9, 175lb (175cm, 79kg)

Born: December 20, 1881 in Flat, OH us

Died: December 9, 1965 in Columbia, MO

School: Ohio Wesleyan University (Delaware, OH)

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Pioneer/Executive in 1967. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)

Full Name: Wesley Branch Rickey

Nicknames: The Mahatma

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SUMMARY

Career

G

1277

W

597

L

664

T

16

W-L%

.473

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1914

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1913	31	St. Louis Browns	AL	3rd of 3	5	6	.455	1	12	8	0	0		0
2	1914	32	St. Louis Browns	AL		71	82	.464	6	159	5	0	0		1	Player/Manager
3	1915	33	St. Louis Browns	AL		63	91	.409	5	159	6	0	0		1

4	1919	37	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		54	83	.394	1	138	7	0	0		1
5	1920	38	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		75	79	.487	1	155	5	0	0		0
6	1921	39	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		87	66	.569	1	154	3	0	0		0
7	1922	40	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		85	69	.552	0	154	3	0	0		0
8	1923	41	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		79	74	.516	1	154	5	0	0		0
9	1924	42	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		65	89	.422	0	154	6	0	0		0
10	1925	43	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	1st of 2	13	25	.342	0	38	4	0	0		0
			St. Louis Browns		3 years	139	179	.437	12	330	6.3	0	0		2
			St. Louis Cardinals		7 years	458	485	.486	4	947	4.7	0	0		1
					10 years	597	664	.473	16	1277	5.2	0	0		3

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	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	1919	37	STL	NL	138	502	77	15.3%	92	351	17	4.8%	139	503	42	8.3%	101	0.41	96	0.09	97	2.0	128
2	1920	38	STL	NL	155	1404	173	12.3%	97	892	20	2.2%	107	1254	105	8.4%	105	0.86	137	0.15	143	1.9	115
3	1921	39	STL	NL	154	1087	99	9.1%	89	641	14	2.2%	120	987	62	6.3%	84	0.71	98	0.23	168	2.0	114
4	1922	40	STL	NL	154	1283	87	6.8%	77	749	10	1.3%	79	1200	60	5.0%	82	1.10	144	0.26	188	2.1	116
5	1923	41	STL	NL	154	1496	111	7.4%	80	892	18	2.0%	111	1349	58	4.3%	101	1.03	124	0.30	168	1.8	101
6	1924	42	STL	NL	154	1339	128	9.6%	106	805	16	2.0%	103	1169	57	4.9%	104	0.89	120	0.19	123	1.8	100
7	1925	43	STL	NL	38	374	19	5.1%	67	206	3	1.5%	98	344	17	4.9%	124	1.32	163	0.18	118	2.1	119
	7 years				947	7485	694	9.3%	90	4536	98	2.2%	109	6806	401	5.9%	97	0.86	124	0.21	151	1.9	112

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