"A decade ago, Bill James published an excellent study of the history of baseball managers, which I happened to re-read recently. It’s a decade-by-decade breakdown of the evolution of baseball, focused sharply on the leading managerial figures along the way. In it, James ranks managers in a variety of ways, including one point-based system he devised to reward achievment of goals that all managers aim for. Without getting into the specific formula here, winning a World Series, pennant or division title drew merits. Likewise, a 100-win season, finishing twenty games over .500 or, simply, a winning record. The beauty of his admittedly imperfect approach was that every manager that earned at 32 points in his system is in the Hall of Fame, while the vast majority of those who fell short are not."
Urban Shocker: Revisiting The Bill James Guide To Baseball Managers
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