1940 Major League Managers

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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	1303	69	5.3%	98	968	16	1.7%	129	1281	46	3.6%	101	0.83	106	0.08	96	2.1	110
2	Ray Blades	STL	43	39	358	11	3.1%	50	214	0	0.0%	0	305	10	3.3%	77	1.54	160	0.46	270	2.7	136
3	Joe Cronin	BOS	33	154	1385	81	5.8%	108	1022	10	1.0%	76	1342	58	4.3%	122	0.76	97	0.11	127	2.2	112
4	Leo Durocher	BRO	34	156	1483	100	6.7%	109	1014	12	1.2%	92	1352	33	2.4%	57	1.32	138	0.29	169	2.1	103
5	Jimmy Dykes	CHW	43	155	1478	87	5.9%	109	950	17	1.8%	139	1345	65	4.8%	136	0.46	59	0.10	111	1.6	83
6	Frankie Frisch	PIT	42	156	1467	115	7.8%	126	989	12	1.2%	95	1381	40	2.9%	68	1.07	112	0.35	202	2.4	118
7	Mike González	STL	49	6	66	5	7.6%	122	39	0	0.0%	0	58	1	1.7%	40	2.33	243	0.17	97	3.2	157
8	Fred Haney	SLB	44	156	1392	67	4.8%	89	931	12	1.3%	100	1305	44	3.4%	95	1.19	152	0.08	96	2.2	112
9	Bucky Harris	WSH	43	154	1327	101	7.6%	141	938	14	1.5%	116	1244	33	2.7%	75	0.75	96	0.07	82	1.8	93
10	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	39	154	1347	100	7.4%	120	879	10	1.1%	89	1264	46	3.6%	85	0.95	99	0.12	68	2.0	98
11	Connie Mack	PHA	77	154	1359	54	4.0%	73	867	9	1.0%	81	1251	40	3.2%	90	0.99	127	0.17	194	1.8	92
12	Joe McCarthy	NYY	53	155	1545	82	5.3%	98	924	8	0.9%	67	1365	42	3.1%	87	0.55	70	0.03	37	1.8	94
13	Bill McKechnie	CIN	53	155	1472	91	6.2%	100	1021	12	1.2%	92	1356	99	7.3%	171	0.69	72	0.19	113	1.7	83
14	Doc Prothro	PHI	46	153	1150	48	4.2%	67	715	6	0.8%	66	1025	56	5.5%	128	0.88	92	0.09	54	1.9	93
15	Billy Southworth	STL	47	111	1023	70	6.8%	110	667	16	2.4%	187	930	42	4.5%	106	0.97	101	0.13	74	1.8	88
16	Casey Stengel	BSN	49	152	1294	63	4.9%	78	817	18	2.2%	172	1159	41	3.5%	83	0.68	71	0.07	42	2.0	98
17	Bill Terry	NYG	41	152	1320	78	5.9%	95	911	7	0.8%	60	1210	60	5.0%	116	0.91	95	0.04	23	2.1	104
18	Ossie Vitt	CLE	50	155	1512	71	4.7%	87	941	11	1.2%	91	1362	45	3.3%	93	0.72	92	0.05	59	2.0	103
	Totals			2472	22281	1293	5.8%		14807	190	1.3%		20535	801	3.9%		0.87		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+