Players who became managers (1 Viewer)

[Doctor Detroit]

Best of the best:

John McGraw was a fantastic player with the Orioles in the 1890s, then became maybe the best manager in the history of the game.

Good player, great manager:

Hughie Jennings was probably the best SS prior to the American League forming, he became an even better manager with Detroit.

Casey Stengel was a pretty decent player, he once had 30 OF assists in a year playing and lead the league in OBP in 1914. Stengel went on to win 10 pennants and seven world championships with the Yankees from 1949 to 1960.

Great player, horrible manager:

Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy had one of the greatest single seasons in baseball history in 1894. In eight years as a manager for the Phils, White Sox, Brewers and Red Sox he had one winning season and an overall winning percentage of .444.

In 1894, Duffy hit .440

Lots more examples, please list your favorites and the ones you find most obscure or surprising.

 

[Eephus]

Maury Wills was a Hall of Very Good ballplayer but by Rob Neyer's estimation, the worst manager of all time.

Here's a chapter from Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders about Wills' brief run as the manager of the Mariners.

 

[urbanhack]

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