10 MLB teams with new managers for the 2020 season
By Bill Felber
10 MLB teams with new managers for the 2020 season
Major League managing experience
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- Question 1: Two of the 10 new managers have won World Series. Name them.
- Question 2: With a minimum of 500 games as a major league manager, which of the 10 has the best career winning percentage?
- Question 3: Counting full seasons only, which of the 10 had the best single-season winning percentage, and in what season?
- Question 4: Counting full seasons only, which of the 10 had the worst single-season winning percentage, and in what season?
Answer 1: Joe Girardi led the Yankees to the 2009 World Series championship over the Philadelphia Phillies. Joe Maddon managed the Cubs to the 2016 World Series win over the Cleveland Indians.
Answer 2: Matheny may have been fired from St. Louis a few years ago, but he still wins this one. His 591-474 career record translates to a .555 winning percentage, ahead of Maddon (.540), Baker (.532) and Roenicke (.508).
Answer 3: Maddon’s .640 percentage (103-58) with the 2016 Cubs edges out Girardi’s .636 (103-59) with the Yankees in 2009 by the margin of one unplayed game.
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Answer 4: Maddon is th4e winner, or loser, here as well. During his 2006 rookie season with the Rays, Maddon suffered through a 61-101 season that equated to a .377 winning percentage. The runner-up is Baker, whose Cubs went 66-96 (.407) in 2006.