Evaluating Baseball’s Managers
A History and Analysis of Performance in the Major Leagues, 1876–2008
Chris
Jaffe
ISBN
978-0-7864-3920-1
tables, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index
333pp.
softcover
(7 x 10)
2010
Book Launch April 2010
Description
This ambitious study of major league managers since the formation of the National League applies a sabermetric approach to gauging their performance and tendencies. Rather than focusing solely on in-game tactical decisions, it also analyzes broader, off-the-field management issues such as handling players, fans, and media, enforcing team rules, working with the front office, and balancing pressure versus performance.
About the Author
Chris Jaffe is an instructor of history and a columnist for the The Hardball Times. He lives in Schaumburg, Illinois. For more information about Chris Jaffe and Evaluating Baseball’s Managers, visit the author’s website.
Reviews
“Way back in the 20th century, Bill James wrote the first essential book about baseball managers. Chris Jaffe has just written the second.”—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com
“These days it’s tough to find an important aspect of baseball that hasn’t been studied and analyzed a hundred different ways, but Chris Jaffe has done just that with a unique, compelling look at the men who run thing on the field. . . . This book is for you, whether you like hardcore numbers crunching and objective analysis or biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes.”—Aaron Gleeman, writer, NBCsports.com
“I can think of no work on managers that as effectively and completely evaluates the men in the dugout. It is a leap forward in our understanding of these hardball leaders.… From now on, whenever I have a question about a manager, Jaffe’s book will be the first and last one I reach for.”—Sean Forman, founder of Baseball-Reference.com
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