Evaluating baseball's managers : a history and analysis of performance in the major leagues, 1876-2008 /

"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 t...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Jaffe, Chris
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2010.
Sujets:
Baseball managers > Rating of > United States.
Base-ball > Managers > États-Unis > Évaluation.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Essays & Writings.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > Statistics.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
Baseball managers > Rating of
United States
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Evaluating managerial performance
  • Evaluating managerial tendencies
  • Managers and starting pitchers
  • Primordial managers, 1876-1892
  • Rise of the fundamentalists, 1893-1919
  • Managing in the lively ball era, 1920-1950
  • The modern manager emerges, 1951-1976
  • Managing in a new era of labor relations, 1977-1997
  • Contemporary managers, 1998-2008
  • Appendix I: the Birnbaum database / by Phil Birnbaum
  • Appendix II: the tendencies database
  • Appendix III: LPA for years and managers
  • Glossary.

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