Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : Manager firing odds

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Chicago Cubs	82	50	.621	C1
2	Philadelphia	73	59	.553	E1
3	Arizona	68	64	.515	W1
4	Milwaukee	77	55	.583	C2
5T	St. Louis	73	60	.549	C3
5T	New York Mets	73	60	.549	E2
7	Florida	67	65	.508	E3
8	Houston	66	66	.5	C4
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	65	67	.492	W2
10	Colorado	62	71	.466	W3
11	San Francisco	58	73	.443	W4
12T	Cincinnati	58	74	.439	C5
12T	Atlanta	58	74	.439	E4
14	Pittsburgh	57	75	.432	C6
15	San Diego	50	82	.379	W5
16	Washington	47	85	.356	E5

American League

Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	80	51	.611	W1
2	Tampa Bay	79	51	.608	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	76	56	.576	C1
4	Boston	76	55	.58	E2
5	Minnesota	74	58	.561	C2
6	New York Yankees	70	61	.534	E3
7	Toronto	68	63	.519	E4
8T	Texas	65	68	.489	W2
8T	Cleveland	64	67	.489	C3
10	Detroit	64	68	.485	C4
11	Baltimore	62	70	.47	E5
12	Oakland	60	72	.455	W3
13	Kansas City	56	76	.424	C5
14	Seattle	50	82	.379	W4

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Manager firing odds

2006-03-28 09:55

by Bob Timmermann

A sports book in Curacao has set up odds on which MLB managers will be the first ones to be fired this season.

Buck Showalter of Texas and Bob Melvin are the morning line favorites at 5-1.

Ozzie Guillen is at 10-1, but Willie Randolph is 20-1 and I find those odds puzzling. Joe Torre has the longest odds in the AL at 19-1 and Tony LaRussa has the longest odds overall at 40-1.

Remember, such odds are for entertainment purposes only.

Unless you are gambling.

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Comments

2006-03-28 10:47:01

1. Mark

Has the WS-winning manager ever been fired the very next year?

(Was Brenley fired in 02?)

2006-03-28 11:12:47

2. Jose Habib

Billy Martin in 1978.
Technically he "resigned" but he was forced out by Steinbrenner.

2006-03-28 11:49:59

3. Bob Timmermann

Rogers Hornsby was the player-manager for the 1926 World Series winning Cardinals and he was traded to the Giants in the offseason.

Primarily because Branch Rickey couldn't stand him. An opinion shared by many in baseball.

The Cardinals didn't win in 1927, but under Bill McKechnie they won in 1928.

And he was "sent to the minors" by Cardinals owner Sam Breadon after the Cardinals got swept in the 1928 World Series by the Yankees. Breadon was unaware of the fact that the 1928 Yankees were really, really, really good.

McKechnie did come back to the Cardinals toward the end of the 1929 season, but by 1930 Gabby Street was the manager.

Also with the Cardinals, Johnny Keane quit (although it wasn't announced) the Cardinals before the 1964 season ended because he knew he wasn't going to get his contract extended. And then he switched to the Yankees in 1965, who had pretty much slapped a "Dead Man Walking" label on Yogi Berra during the 1964 season.

Before Steinbrenner gave the Yankees the reputation as being the least hospitable place for manager, St. Louis had the title.

Even in the 19th century, Chris von der Ahe, was known for firing managers of his AA and early NL Browns (which turned into the Cardinals).

2006-03-28 16:24:43

4. grandcosmo

The ultimate baseball lifer Bucky Harris won the World Series in his first year with the Yankees in 1947 but was then fired and replaced by Casey Stengel after the 1948 season despite winning 94 games.

2006-03-28 16:55:55

5. Bob Timmermann

Quite a risk with that screwball Stengel to replace him.

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