El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-03

. ings-is likely 10 stick around fast
company in time to see his team win
its thousandth game under his direc-
! tion. The pills. Tigers and Braves,
under the Miracle Mans leadership,
have figured in go successes.
The rest OF the bosses are IN
der the half century mark, Miller
HugEins' teams having won 4O6
Eamess Wilbert RObimsOn'E, S04s
Pat MOrnn's, 323s Lee FOhFs. 2SSs
Ed BarrOW's, 1z2f Fred MffehelI,E.
15s; branch Riekey'ss 1885 Hugo
Bezdek'sl %; Jimmy Burke's, 27s
Jack Coombs', none At ala Kid
GleasOn's, the same number.
Mack, Griffith and NcGraw. the
. three fast set managers who have been
on duty long enough to see their ball
clubs win more than 1000 games, also
have watched said ball teams lose
more than this number. The Phil
adelphian's major league record is
decorated with 1859 reverses. the
Washingtonian's with 1908. and the
New Workers. with 1146. Jennings
teams have dropped S19 tussles; Stall
ings'. 724; Higgins. AS: Robinson's,
399. Fohls, 276: Moran's. 257- Rickey's,
173: Barrow's. 16S; llitchelTs. 125:
Bezdek's, 116; Burke's, 81
None Have 600.
There isn't a 600 leader among the
managers Of the present time, but
there might have been If c. Mack had
not thrown a flock OF monkey
Wrenches into his 1914 machine.
At the end Of that year, the gaunt
general had a managerial percentage
OF -5S5, but subsequent proceedings
have reduced it TO $50.
John McGraw's present figure IS
.594 Fred Mitchelrs SIS, Pat Moran's
.55l, Hugh Jennings .54l, Clark Grif-
flth's .532 (same as Mack's), George
Stallings -512, Lee Fohfs SOS, Ed
BarrOw's. sos. Wilbert Robinson's .497,
Jimmy Burke's .466, Miller Higgins
.459. Hugo Bezdek's $50 and Branch
Rickey'S .455
Many Yearu In Game.
This IS Mack's twenty-secOud year
as a major league manager, McGraw's
twenty-first, Grlffith's nineteenth.
JennfnR s' thirteenth, StallinEs'
twelfth. Robinson's seventh Hug
gins seventh. Moran's fifth. FohFs
fifth. BarrOw's fourth, Mitchelrs
third and Burks's second. Mack, Jen-
nings, Stalilngs. Robinson, Foil. Bar
row and Burke are the men who have
managed teams in the minor leagues.
McGraw and Mack each have won
six pennants, Jennings has landed
three, and Moran, Stalings, Robin
son, Barrow and Griffith each have
captured one.
McGraW has finished second six
times; Griffith, four times; Mack
three 1imess Jennings, StallinEH
and Moran. each tWfeeg Foil, once.
Lee Alexander would have two red
ribbons TO his credit had he not
sent his star pitchers to look over
the Reds prior to the Ohio series
in the fall Of 1917.
staIlings. Griffith. Higgins and
Jennings, each have run third twice;
McGraw. Robinson. Foil and Mack,
each once.
me other positions IN the races OBJ
tanned by teams under the present
major league leaders have been as
Fourth Place.
Griffith. four times: McGraw. three
times. Mack and Jennings twice;
Bezdek and Huggings. once
Fifth Place.
Griffith. three times: Stallings and
Robinson. twice: McGraw, Mitchell,
hickey, SACK, Barrow and Burke,
once.
Griffith. Jennings and Mack. twice;
Moran. hickey, Stallings. Foil and
Higgins. once.
Seventh Place.
Griffith and Mack. twice; McGraW.
StaIings. Robinson, Foil, Jennings
and Barrow, once.
Eighth Place.
Mack, four times; McGraw and Hug
gins. twice; Bezdek, Stalings and
Robinson, once.
Tenth Place
stailings, once