1945 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

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	443	35	7.9%	139	285	3	1.1%	105	393	8	2.0%	38	0.95	94	0.07	47	2.1	103
2	Ossie Bluege	WSH	44	156	1621	170	10.5%	170	977	6	0.6%	72	1484	87	5.9%	101	0.76	118	0.14	125	1.7	98
3	Lou Boudreau	CLE	27	147	930	27	2.9%	47	583	3	0.5%	60	828	58	7.0%	120	0.68	106	0.08	72	1.8	103
4	Ben Chapman	PHI	36	85	628	53	8.4%	148	403	3	0.7%	74	573	24	4.2%	79	1.06	105	0.06	41	2.2	109
5	Bob Coleman	BSN	54	94	709	44	6.2%	109	511	8	1.6%	155	677	36	5.3%	100	0.80	79	0.18	127	2.1	101
6	Joe Cronin	BOS	38	157	1178	80	6.8%	110	740	9	1.2%	142	1018	48	4.7%	81	0.66	103	0.08	73	1.9	107
7	Leo Durocher	BRO	39	155	1615	84	5.2%	91	1184	18	1.5%	151	1585	74	4.7%	88	1.32	132	0.11	77	2.1	101
8	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	48	150	1044	73	7.0%	114	662	9	1.4%	159	898	64	7.1%	122	0.42	65	0.06	53	1.6	90
9	Freddie Fitzsimmons	PHI	43	69	463	16	3.5%	61	272	0	0.0%	0	420	17	4.0%	76	1.17	117	0.16	112	2.6	126
10	Frankie Frisch	PIT	47	155	1190	79	6.6%	117	763	14	1.8%	182	1098	44	4.0%	76	0.94	93	0.15	109	1.9	94
11	Charlie Grimm	CHC	46	155	1252	73	5.8%	102	951	9	0.9%	94	1232	98	8.0%	150	0.87	87	0.23	159	1.9	92
12	Connie Mack	PHA	82	153	1057	42	4.0%	65	679	0	0.0%	0	943	50	5.3%	91	0.61	96	0.18	157	1.8	102
13	Joe McCarthy	NYY	58	152	1361	86	6.3%	103	834	9	1.1%	126	1255	65	5.2%	89	0.73	114	0.09	76	1.7	96
14	Bill McKechnie	CIN	58	154	1389	92	6.6%	116	978	13	1.3%	132	1292	68	5.3%	99	1.08	107	0.10	68	1.9	91
15	Steve O'Neill	DET	53	155	1074	59	5.5%	89	633	9	1.4%	166	927	50	5.4%	93	0.66	102	0.11	97	1.8	106
16	Mel Ott	NYG	36	154	1497	62	4.1%	73	912	3	0.3%	33	1330	70	5.3%	99	1.03	102	0.23	164	2.2	106
17	Luke Sewell	SLB	44	154	1079	38	3.5%	57	733	5	0.7%	80	984	64	6.5%	112	0.62	96	0.16	144	1.7	98
18	Billy Southworth	STL	52	155	1350	62	4.6%	81	982	2	0.2%	20	1286	85	6.6%	125	0.85	84	0.08	54	2.0	98
	Totals			2460	19880	1175	5.9%		13082	123	0.9%		18223	1010	5.5%		0.83		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+