Player-Managers

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by BobC

Jeff,


Here's a good question. Without looking it up, of the 222 total number of player-managers they've had in the major leagues, what position has produced the most player-managers, and what position has produced the least? And the position choices are: P C 1B 2B SS 3B OF

I'll play! Without looking it up, I'll go with gut feel...in order from most to least, I would guess the positions that produced the most player managers are:

1B - Most
C
3B
SS
2B
OF
P - Least

[mrreality68]

Wow did not even realize that there was over 200 player managers.

Position wise my guess

Outfield most
1st base
Short stop
2nd base
Catcher
3rd base
Pitcher. Least

[BobC]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Wow did not even realize that there was over 200 player managers.

Position wise my guess

Outfield most
1st base
Short stop
2nd base
Catcher
3rd base
Pitcher. Least

Jeff,

You're on a roll today, and have the top and lowest spots on the money. Outfielders maybe have a bit of an unfair advantage in that the three OF positions are all considered as one group/position. Here's the list by position, and number of player-managers for each position.

OF - 55
C - 35
1B - 33
2B - 31
SS - 28
3B - 21
P - 19

I originally thought catchers might be at the top, given how much knowledge and respect they would always seem to get attributed with for calling games and handling pitching staffs. And if we were able to break down the OF into three separate positions (LF, CF, RF), they very well could end up in that top spot after all.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

I'll play! Without looking it up, I'll go with gut feel...in order from most to least, I would guess the positions that produced the most player managers are:

1B - Most
C
3B
SS
2B
OF
P - Least

John,

You've got the least one correct. Pitchers bring up the rear, with only 19 of the 222 player-managers coming from the pitching ranks. Top position is not 1st base though, they actually came in 3rd highest with 33 player-managers.

[Kidnapped18]

Originally Posted by BobC

John,

You've got the least one correct. Pitchers bring up the rear, with only 19 of the 222 player-managers coming from the pitching ranks. Top position is not 1st base though, they actually came in 3rd highest with 33 player-managers.

OF has to have the most (sheer numbers game OF comprises 3 positions so)

P has the least

[BuzzD]

Clark Griffith was early Yankees player-manager

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

Originally Posted by BobC

John,

You've got the least one correct. Pitchers bring up the rear, with only 19 of the 222 player-managers coming from the pitching ranks. Top position is not 1st base though, they actually came in 3rd highest with 33 player-managers.

OK, great. I went with my gut and got 1 out 7 positions correct. This is one (of MANY) reasons I don't bet on sports

[BobC]

Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire

OK, great. I went with my gut and got 1 out 7 positions correct. This is one (of MANY) reasons I don't bet on sports

LOL

You and me both.