1938 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: New York Yankees

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1938 Manager Records

1938 Managerial Tendencies

1938 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 Baker	DET	46	57	434	25	5.8%	103	296	5	1.7%	123	400	11	2.8%	70	0.40	58	0.00	0	1.8	96
2	Mickey Cochrane	DET	35	98	931	54	5.8%	104	609	15	2.5%	180	877	27	3.1%	78	0.67	96	0.09	143	1.9	104
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	31	150	1389	74	5.3%	96	1014	11	1.1%	79	1319	70	5.3%	135	0.69	98	0.04	62	2.0	107
4	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	41	149	1366	74	5.4%	97	894	8	0.9%	65	1284	49	3.8%	97	0.66	94	0.04	63	1.6	85
5	Frankie Frisch	STL	40	139	1273	80	6.3%	127	811	1	0.1%	20	1162	44	3.8%	84	1.09	122	0.07	56	2.1	108
6	Mike González	STL	47	17	161	9	5.6%	113	99	0	0.0%	0	128	6	4.7%	104	1.94	216	0.00	0	2.5	131
7	Burleigh Grimes	BRO	44	151	1370	76	5.5%	112	897	11	1.2%	196	1257	50	4.0%	89	1.26	140	0.19	144	2.0	105
8	Charlie Grimm	CHC	39	81	824	56	6.8%	137	531	3	0.6%	90	738	39	5.3%	118	0.86	96	0.15	115	2.0	104
9	Bucky Harris	WSH	41	152	1406	82	5.8%	105	970	11	1.1%	83	1323	61	4.6%	117	0.95	136	0.08	123	2.0	110
10	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	37	73	677	33	4.9%	98	437	3	0.7%	110	598	26	4.3%	97	0.67	75	0.05	43	1.9	98
11	Connie Mack	PHA	75	154	1331	80	6.0%	108	881	11	1.2%	91	1212	53	4.4%	111	0.72	103	0.08	131	1.9	105
12	Joe McCarthy	NYY	51	157	1672	83	5.0%	89	1112	20	1.8%	131	1545	37	2.4%	61	0.44	63	0.10	158	1.6	86
13	Bill McKechnie	CIN	51	151	1492	33	2.2%	45	909	4	0.4%	70	1347	66	4.9%	109	0.81	91	0.15	113	1.9	96
14	Oscar Melillo	SLB	38	10	65	2	3.1%	55	47	0	0.0%	0	69	2	2.9%	74	0.50	72	0.00	0	1.5	81
15	Casey Stengel	BSN	47	153	1280	69	5.4%	109	797	9	1.1%	181	1124	54	4.8%	107	0.67	74	0.09	71	1.7	88
16	Gabby Street	SLB	55	146	1297	67	5.2%	93	909	9	1.0%	72	1275	54	4.2%	108	0.88	126	0.04	64	1.9	102
17	Bill Terry	NYG	39	152	1319	65	4.9%	99	926	3	0.3%	52	1197	51	4.3%	95	0.82	91	0.09	66	1.9	100
18	Pie Traynor	PIT	39	152	1452	69	4.8%	96	974	5	0.5%	82	1315	56	4.3%	95	0.71	79	0.13	97	1.9	100
19	Ossie Vitt	CLE	48	153	1530	95	6.2%	112	938	15	1.6%	117	1356	55	4.1%	103	0.71	101	0.07	112	1.9	106
20	Jimmie Wilson	PHI	37	149	1284	62	4.8%	97	823	6	0.7%	117	1192	60	5.0%	112	0.97	108	0.23	182	1.9	99
	Totals			2444	22553	1188	5.3%		14874	150	1.0%		20718	871	4.2%		0.80		0.10		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+