num_pages: 333
description: This ambitious study of major league managers since the formation of the National League applies a sabermetric approach to gauging their performance and tendencies. Rather than focusing solely on in-game tactical decisions it also analyzes broader off-the-field management issues such as handling players fans and media enforcing team rules working with the front office and balancing pressure versus performance.
language: English
title: Evaluating Baseball's Managers: A History and Analysis of Performance in the Major Leagues, 1876-2008
publisher: McFarland & Company