Bill McKechnie

Position: Manager

5-10, 160lb (178cm, 72kg)

Born: August 7, 1886 in Wilkinsburg, PA us

Died: October 29, 1965 in Bradenton, FL

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1962. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)

Full Name: William Boyd McKechnie

Nicknames: Deacon

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SUMMARY

Career

3647

1896

1723

W-L%

.524

Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1921

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1915	28	Newark Pepper	FL	2nd of 2	54	45	.545	3	102	5	0	0		3	Player/Manager

2	1922	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	2nd of 2	53	36	.596	1	90	3	0	0		0
3	1923	36	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		87	67	.565	0	154	3	0	0		3
4	1924	37	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		90	63	.588	0	153	3	0	0		5
5	1925	38	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		95	58	.621	0	153	1	4	3	.571	2	WS Champs
6	1926	39	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		84	69	.549	4	157	3	0	0		0

7	1928	41	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		95	59	.617	0	154	1	0	4	.000	1	NL Pennant

8	1929	42	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3rd of 3	34	29	.540	0	63	4	0	0		1

9	1930	43	Boston Braves	NL		70	84	.455	0	154	6	0	0		3
10	1931	44	Boston Braves	NL		64	90	.416	2	156	7	0	0		1
11	1932	45	Boston Braves	NL		77	77	.500	1	155	5	0	0		1
12	1933	46	Boston Braves	NL		83	71	.539	2	156	4	0	0		2
13	1934	47	Boston Braves	NL		78	73	.517	1	152	4	0	0		0
14	1935	48	Boston Braves	NL		38	115	.248	0	153	8	0	0		3
15	1936	49	Boston Bees	NL		71	83	.461	3	157	6	0	0		1
16	1937	50	Boston Bees	NL		79	73	.520	0	152	5	0	0		0

17	1938	51	Cincinnati Reds	NL		82	68	.547	1	151	4	0	0		1
18	1939	52	Cincinnati Reds	NL		97	57	.630	2	156	1	0	4	.000	1	NL Pennant
19	1940	53	Cincinnati Reds	NL		100	53	.654	2	155	1	4	3	.571	0	WS Champs
20	1941	54	Cincinnati Reds	NL		88	66	.571	0	154	3	0	0		0
21	1942	55	Cincinnati Reds	NL		76	76	.500	2	154	4	0	0		1
22	1943	56	Cincinnati Reds	NL		87	67	.565	1	155	2	0	0		0
23	1944	57	Cincinnati Reds	NL		89	65	.578	1	155	3	0	0		0
24	1945	58	Cincinnati Reds	NL		61	93	.396	0	154	7	0	0		1
25	1946	59	Cincinnati Reds	NL	1st of 2	64	86	.427	2	152	6	0	0		2
			Newark Pepper		1 year	54	45	.545	3	102	5.0	0	0		3
			Pittsburgh Pirates		5 years	409	293	.583	5	707	2.6	4	3	.571	10	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title
			St. Louis Cardinals		2 years	129	88	.594	0	217	1.9	0	4	.000	2	1 Pennant
			Boston Bees		8 years	560	666	.457	9	1235	5.6	0	0		11
			Cincinnati Reds		9 years	744	631	.541	11	1386	3.4	4	7	.364	6	2 Pennants and 1 World Series Title
					25 years	1896	1723	.524	28	3647	4.0	8	14	.364	32	4 Pennants and 2 World Series Titles

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	1922	35	PIT	NL	90	993	104	10.5%	119	610	16	2.6%	156	882	33	3.7%	61	0.42	55	0.07	48	1.6	87
2	1923	36	PIT	NL	154	1697	184	10.8%	117	924	23	2.5%	137	1430	33	2.3%	54	0.66	79	0.07	40	1.6	91
3	1924	37	PIT	NL	153	1590	218	13.7%	152	927	31	3.3%	174	1427	59	4.1%	88	0.58	77	0.14	87	1.7	95
4	1925	38	PIT	NL	153	1707	167	9.8%	129	967	24	2.5%	168	1470	42	2.9%	72	0.65	80	0.29	189	1.8	99
5	1926	39	PIT	NL	157	1640	145	8.8%	109	865	9	1.0%	80	1357	74	5.5%	98	1.00	109	0.29	152	1.8	101

6	1928	41	STL	NL	154	1408	101	7.2%	102	892	10	1.1%	107	1294	57	4.4%	79	0.85	104	0.16	86	1.8	94

7	1929	42	STL	NL	63	486	36	7.4%	93	343	4	1.2%	70	453	21	4.6%	112	0.52	76	0.08	49	1.7	91

8	1930	43	BSN	NL	154	1100	69	6.3%	113	597	9	1.5%	180	902	36	4.0%	123	0.80	91	0.09	66	1.8	92
9	1931	44	BSN	NL	156	1169	70	6.0%	94	680	8	1.2%	137	1032	85	8.2%	149	0.80	93	0.15	113	1.8	98
10	1932	45	BSN	NL	155	1300	48	3.7%	63	784	4	0.5%	51	1123	79	7.0%	131	0.79	88	0.15	87	1.8	95
11	1933	46	BSN	NL	156	1261	59	4.7%	81	767	3	0.4%	42	1101	96	8.7%	129	0.57	63	0.18	117	1.7	91
12	1934	47	BSN	NL	152	1305	41	3.1%	64	789	5	0.6%	79	1115	50	4.5%	98	0.70	75	0.18	121	1.9	95
13	1935	48	BSN	NL	153	1237	29	2.3%	42	697	6	0.9%	87	1111	50	4.5%	85	0.80	99	0.14	106	1.9	98
14	1936	49	BSN	NL	157	1510	55	3.6%	65	881	11	1.2%	150	1324	66	5.0%	98	0.59	60	0.06	37	1.9	93
15	1937	50	BSN	NL	152	1219	69	5.7%	82	882	3	0.3%	47	1162	76	6.5%	122	0.66	69	0.03	21	1.7	86

16	1938	51	CIN	NL	151	1487	33	2.2%	45	911	4	0.4%	71	1345	66	4.9%	109	0.81	92	0.15	115	1.9	96
17	1939	52	CIN	NL	156	1534	63	4.1%	81	1070	8	0.7%	123	1397	90	6.4%	136	0.87	93	0.19	112	1.9	96
18	1940	53	CIN	NL	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
19	1941	54	CIN	NL	154	1432	87	6.1%	117	932	14	1.5%	135	1273	65	5.1%	100	0.70	70	0.23	160	1.7	85
20	1942	55	CIN	NL	154	1467	77	5.2%	96	859	4	0.5%	57	1277	62	4.9%	90	0.75	80	0.15	98	1.7	87
21	1943	56	CIN	NL	155	1443	76	5.3%	104	975	11	1.1%	113	1337	89	6.7%	117	0.79	100	0.20	124	1.8	91
22	1944	57	CIN	NL	155	1473	94	6.4%	129	939	10	1.1%	120	1349	73	5.4%	91	0.74	83	0.19	105	1.6	83
23	1945	58	CIN	NL	154	1389	92	6.6%	116	978	13	1.3%	132	1292	68	5.3%	100	1.08	110	0.10	71	1.9	91
24	1946	59	CIN	NL	152	1411	111	7.9%	131	957	7	0.7%	81	1264	83	6.6%	106	1.14	95	0.31	133	1.9	88
	PIT (5 years)				707	7627	818	10.7%	126	4293	103	2.4%	146	6566	241	3.7%	76	0.68	84	0.18	109	1.7	95
	STL (2 years)				217	1894	137	7.2%	100	1235	14	1.1%	93	1747	78	4.5%	86	0.76	97	0.14	76	1.8	93
	ATL (8 years)				1235	10101	440	4.4%	75	6077	49	0.8%	93	8870	538	6.1%	117	0.71	79	0.13	82	1.8	93
	CIN (9 years)				1386	13108	724	5.5%	103	8640	83	1.0%	105	11888	695	5.8%	112	0.84	88	0.19	116	1.8	89
	24 years				3545	32730	2119	6.5%	102	20245	249	1.2%	115	29071	1552	5.3%	104	0.76	85	0.16	100	1.8	92