Wednesday, October 6, 2010

The Winningest Managers

Thanks to Baseball-Reference.com, I have compiled the following table:

Managers with at least 1000 wins after 1900, sorted by W-L record

Yrs From To G W L W-L% ▾
Joe McCarthy
24 1926 1950 3487 2125 1333 .615
Billy Southworth
13 1929 1951 1770 1044 704 .597
John McGraw
33 1899 1932 4769 2763 1948 .586
Al Lopez
17 1951 1969 2425 1410 1004 .584
Earl Weaver
17 1968 1986 2541 1480 1060 .583
Fred Clarke
19 1897 1915 2829 1602 1181 .576
Davey Johnson 14 1984 2000 2039 1148 888 .564
Steve O'Neill 14 1935 1954 1879 1040 821 .559
Walter Alston
23 1954 1976 3658 2040 1613 .558
Bobby Cox 29 1978 2010 4508 2504 2001 .556
Miller Huggins
17 1913 1929 2570 1413 1134 .555
Billy Martin 16 1969 1988 2267 1253 1013 .553
Charlie Grimm 19 1932 1960 2368 1287 1067 .547
Sparky Anderson
26 1970 1995 4030 2194 1834 .545
Hughie Jennings
16 1907 1925 2203 1184 995 .543
Danny Murtaugh 15 1957 1976 2068 1115 950 .540
Leo Durocher
24 1939 1973 3739 2008 1709 .540
Joe Cronin
15 1933 1947 2315 1236 1055 .540
Joe Torre 29 1977 2010 4329 2326 1997 .538
Tony LaRussa 32 1979 2010 4934 2638 2293 .535
Whitey Herzog
18 1973 1990 2409 1281 1125 .532
Tom Lasorda
21 1976 1996 3041 1599 1439 .526
Bill McKechnie
25 1915 1946 3647 1896 1723 .524
Red Schoendienst
14 1965 1990 1999 1041 955 .522
Clark Griffith
20 1901 1920 2918 1491 1367 .522
Dusty Baker 17 1993 2010 2690 1405 1284 .522
Dick Williams
21 1967 1988 3023 1571 1451 .520
Jack McKeon 15 1973 2005 1952 1011 940 .518
Lou Piniella 23 1986 2010 3548 1835 1713 .517
Ralph Houk 20 1961 1984 3157 1619 1531 .514
Frankie Frisch
16 1933 1951 2246 1138 1078 .514
Bobby Valentine 15 1985 2002 2189 1117 1072 .510
Chuck Dressen 16 1934 1966 1990 1008 973 .509
Casey Stengel
25 1934 1965 3766 1905 1842 .508
Mike Hargrove 16 1991 2007 2363 1188 1173 .503
Felipe Alou 14 1992 2006 2054 1033 1021 .503
Wilbert Robinson
19 1902 1931 2819 1399 1398 .500
Art Howe 14 1989 2004 2266 1129 1137 .498
Jim Leyland 19 1986 2010 3013 1493 1518 .496
Chuck Tanner 19 1970 1988 2738 1352 1381 .495
Bruce Bochy 16 1995 2010 2574 1274 1300 .495
Bucky Harris
29 1924 1956 4410 2158 2219 .493
Lou Boudreau
16 1942 1960 2404 1162 1224 .487
Connie Mack
53 1894 1950 7755 3731 3948 .486
John McNamara 19 1969 1996 2395 1160 1233 .485
Bill Rigney 18 1956 1976 2561 1239 1321 .484
Jim Fregosi 15 1978 2000 2123 1028 1095 .484
Gene Mauch 26 1960 1987 3942 1902 2037 .483
Tom Kelly 16 1986 2001 2386 1140 1244 .478
Jimmy Dykes 21 1934 1961 2962 1406 1541 .477
Frank Robinson
16 1975 2006 2242 1065 1176 .475


Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/6/2010.

I will take a stab at assessing the "greatness" of the top ten in a future post.

Monday, October 4, 2010

The Yankees' 2010 Season, in One Graph

Here:


The Yankees' season didn't fall apart until September 5. Despite some ups and downs, the Yankees' season record stood at .632 after the game of Saturday, September 4. At that point, the Yankees had a lead of 2.5 games -- their largest lead since July 26.

And then the bottom dropped out. The Yankees went 9-17 (.346) in the last four weeks of the season, finishing second in the AL East, with a final record of .586. The "stretch drive" was just too much for New York's aging position players and shaky pitching staff.