Evaluating baseball's managers
Subtitle: a history and analysis of performance in the major leagues, 1876-2008
By: Chris Jaffe
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780786439201
Subjects: Baseball managers; Rating of
Description: "This study of major league managers through the history of baseball since the formation of the National League applies a sabermetric approach to gauging the performance and tendencies of such men as Connie Mack, John McGraw, Tommy Lasorda and scores of others. Rather than focusing on in-game tactical decisions, it also analyzes broader, off-field management issues"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: Evaluating managerial performance; title: Evaluating managerial tendencies; title: Managers and starting pitchers; title: Primordial managers, 1876-1892; title: Rise of the fundamentalists, 1893-1919; title: Managing in the lively ball era, 1920-1950; title: The modern manager emerges, 1951-1976; title: Managing in a new era of labor relations, 1977-1997; title: Contemporary managers, 1998-2008; title: Appendix I: the Birnbaum database / by Phil Birnbaum; title: Appendix II: the tendencies database; title: Appendix III: LPA for years and managers; title: Glossary.