Outside the Box

1946
St. Louis Cardinals Statistics - Baseball-Reference


I was thinking about team chemistry and "player intelligence" and it
seemed to me that if all this had a lot to do with winning that teams
with a lot of future managers would do very well. Now I haven't done
anything scientific here, but here are the teams with the most
managers on their team. A quick check shows 8 of these teams won
pennants which is more than you would expect randomly.

1956 St. Louis Cardinals 9
1891 Boston Reds 9
1892 Baltimore Orioles 9
1902 New York Giants 9
1912 Detroit Tigers 9
1900 St. Louis Cardinals 9
1908 Boston Red Sox 8
1900 Chicago Orphans 8
1960 Milwaukee Braves 8
1932 Chicago Cubs 8
1881 Detroit Wolverines 8
1891 Boston Beaneaters 8
1897 Boston Beaneaters 8
1959 Milwaukee Braves 8
1955 St. Louis Cardinals 8
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 8
1876 Boston Red Caps 8
1877 Boston Red Caps 8
1875 Boston Red Stockings 8
1892 St. Louis Browns 8
1900 Boston Beaneaters 8
1885 New York Giants 8
1886 New York Giants 8
1887 New York Giants 8
1890 New York Giants 8
1892 Boston Beaneaters 8
1879 Providence Grays 8

>From 1946 on. Two of these teams won pennants, about what you would
expect.


1956 St. Louis Cardinals 9
1960 Milwaukee Braves 8
1959 Milwaukee Braves 8
1955 St. Louis Cardinals 8
1946 St. Louis Cardinals 8
1947 Cleveland Indians 7
1950 Cleveland Indians 7
1950 Boston Braves 7
1946 Detroit Tigers 7
1952 St. Louis Cardinals 7
1947 St. Louis Cardinals 7
1959 Los Angeles Dodgers 7
1964 Cincinnati Reds 7
1965 Cincinnati Reds 7


>From 1970 on, and two of these teams won pennants.

1970 Cincinnati Reds 6
1971 Cincinnati Reds 6
1972 Los Angeles Dodgers 6
1972 Cincinnati Reds 5
1979 Philadelphia Phillies 5

I wouldn't read too much into this, but it is interesting all the same
and would make some pretty hard questions for a trivia contest.