Three reasons a manager's role has changed so dramatically

[Chip R]

Verducci is basically saying one manager is no different than another. That they are basically by the book (not The Book) cookie cutter managers who are beholden to the organizational philosophy and won't deviate from that.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mlb/news/20131105/brad-ausmus-tigers-managers-experience/?sct=hp_wr_a2&eref=sihp

[RedsBrick]

Interesting article.

This sentence from the piece is amazing itself:

"From 1990 to 2012 the number of six-out saves dropped from 320 to 19."

With all the similarities, the differentiating factor between managers is their ability to sell and hold players accountable.

[bucksfan2]

Interesting article.

This sentence from the piece is amazing itself:

"From 1990 to 2012 the number of six-out saves dropped from 320 to 19."

With all the similarities, the differentiating factor between managers is their ability to sell and hold players accountable.

Just going off your comment, I wonder how much relief pitching in general changed from 1970 to 1990, using the same amount of time Verducci is using for his closer comparison.

[westofyou]

Just going off your comment, I wonder how much relief pitching in general changed from 1970 to 1990, using the same amount of time Verducci is using for his closer comparison.

Incredibly, staffs of 9 were a norm for years and the numbers really show how much burden went on 2-3 guys instead of 5-6


1961




BATTERS FACED BFP G GS GF IP SV
1 Jim Brosnan 335 53 0 34 80 16
2 Sherman Jones 239 24 2 9 55 2
3 Bill Henry 224 47 0 32 53 16
4 Howie Nunn 170 24 0 12 38 0
5 Marshall Bridges 98 13 0 5 21 0
6 Claude Osteen 1 1 0 1 0.1 0



1970


BATTERS FACED BFP G GS GF IP SV
1 Clay Carroll 437 65 0 31 104 16
2 Wayne Granger 352 67 0 59 85 35
3 Ray Washburn 331 35 3 9 66 0
4 Don Gullett 323 44 2 15 78 6
T5 Milt Wilcox 92 5 2 1 22.1 1
T5 Jim Maloney 92 7 3 3 17 1
7 John Noriega 90 8 0 3 18 0
8 Pedro Borbon 79 12 1 2 17.1 0
9 Mel Behney 52 5 1 1 10 0
10 Bo Belinsky 40 3 0 1 8 0


2013



BATTERS FACED BFP G GS GF IP SV
1 Alfredo Simon 359 63 0 20 87.2 1
2 J.J. Hoover 269 69 0 23 66 3
3 Aroldis Chapman 258 68 0 55 63.2 38
4 Sam LeCure 251 63 0 15 61 1
5 Logan Ondrusek 233 52 0 18 55 0
6 Manny Parra 188 57 0 8 46 0
7 Jonathan Broxton 133 34 0 8 30.2 0
8 Curtis Partch 106 14 0 4 23.1 0
9 Zach Duke 41 14 0 2 10.2 0
10 Sean Marshall 37 16 0 3 10.1 0
11 Pedro Villarreal 32 2 1 0 5.2 0
12 Nick Christiani 16 3 0 1 4 0
13 Justin Freeman 5 1 0 0 1 0

[bucksfan2]

Thanks WOY. I guess when I saw the comment it reeked of cherry picking data in order to prove a point. The game of baseball is evolving and has been evolving each and every year. I don't think a manager is any more or less important than it was 20-40-60 years ago.