1940 Major League Managers

Other Leagues: AL, NAL, NL, NN2

World Series Champion: Cincinnati Reds

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1940 Manager Records

1940 Managerial Tendencies

1940 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	48	155	1278	68	5.3%	99	949	16	1.7%	136	1260	46	3.7%	103	0.82	106	0.08	102	2.1	110
2	Ray Blades	STL	43	39	358	11	3.1%	49	214	0	0.0%	0	305	10	3.3%	76	1.54	162	0.46	270	2.7	136
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	33	154	1365	80	5.9%	109	1001	9	0.9%	73	1321	58	4.4%	124	0.75	97	0.09	110	2.2	112
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	34	156	1483	100	6.7%	108	1014	12	1.2%	95	1352	33	2.4%	57	1.32	139	0.29	169	2.1	103
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	43	155	1425	82	5.8%	107	918	15	1.6%	132	1306	61	4.7%	132	0.45	59	0.09	110	1.6	83
6	Frankie Frisch	PIT	42	156	1453	114	7.8%	126	983	11	1.1%	90	1373	40	2.9%	68	1.07	113	0.35	202	2.4	118
7	Mike González	STL	49	6	66	5	7.6%	121	39	0	0.0%	0	58	1	1.7%	40	2.33	246	0.17	97	3.2	157
8	Fred Haney	SLB	44	156	1369	65	4.7%	89	918	12	1.3%	105	1285	43	3.3%	95	1.18	153	0.08	101	2.2	112
9	Bucky Harris	WSH	43	154	1286	96	7.5%	139	921	12	1.3%	105	1216	33	2.7%	77	0.74	96	0.06	79	1.8	93
10	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	39	154	1303	96	7.4%	118	845	9	1.1%	86	1222	45	3.7%	86	0.94	99	0.12	68	2.0	98
11	Connie Mack	PHA	77	154	1344	52	3.9%	72	856	9	1.1%	85	1233	38	3.1%	87	0.98	127	0.16	197	1.8	92
12	Joe McCarthy	NYY	53	155	1544	82	5.3%	99	926	8	0.9%	70	1366	42	3.1%	87	0.54	69	0.03	39	1.8	94
13	Bill McKechnie	CIN	53	155	1472	91	6.2%	99	1019	12	1.2%	95	1354	99	7.3%	170	0.69	73	0.19	113	1.7	83
14	Doc Prothro	PHI	46	153	1105	48	4.3%	70	708	6	0.8%	68	1000	55	5.5%	128	0.86	91	0.09	54	1.9	93
15	Billy Southworth	STL	47	111	1017	70	6.9%	110	664	16	2.4%	194	925	42	4.5%	106	0.95	101	0.13	74	1.8	88
16	Casey Stengel	BSN	49	152	1274	63	4.9%	79	790	17	2.2%	173	1134	41	3.6%	84	0.66	70	0.07	42	2.0	98
17	Bill Terry	NYG	41	152	1281	78	6.1%	97	888	6	0.7%	54	1178	59	5.0%	117	0.87	92	0.04	23	2.1	104
18	Ossie Vitt	CLE	50	155	1511	71	4.7%	88	941	11	1.2%	94	1362	45	3.3%	93	0.71	92	0.05	63	2.0	103
	Totals			2472	21934	1272	5.8%		14594	181	1.2%		20250	791	3.9%		0.86		0.13		2.0
					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+