Evaluating Baseball's Managers

Chris Jaffe is an instructor of history and a columnist for The Hardball Times. He lives in Schaumburg, Illinois. For more information about Chris Jaffe and Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, visit the author’s website.

Table of Contents



Acknowledgments     

Preface     



PART I: ANALYSIS     

1. Evaluating Managerial Performance     

2. Evaluating Managerial Tendencies     

3. Managers and Starting Pitchers     



PART II: COMMENTARY     

4. Primordial Managers, 1876–1892     

5. Rise of the Fundamentalists, 1893–1919     

6. Managing in the Lively Ball Era, 1920–1950     

7. The Modern Manager Emerges, 1951–1976     

8. Managing in a New Era of Labor Relations, 1977–1997     

9. 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     

Bibliography     

Index