Bill McKechnie

Position: Manager

Born: August 7, 1886 in Wilkinsburg, PA us

Died: October 29, 1965 in Bradenton, FL

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Manager in 1962. (Voted by Veterans Committee)

Full Name: William Boyd McKechnie

Nicknames: Deacon

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SUMMARY

Career

3647

1896

1723

W-L%

.524

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Managerial Stats

Last Played in 1921

Managerial Stats Table
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg		W	L	W-L%	T	G	Finish	Wpost	Lpost	W-L%post	Ejections
1	1915	28	Newark Pepper	FL	2nd of 2	54	45	.545	3	102	5	0	0		3	Player/Manager

2	1922	35	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	2nd of 2	53	36	.596	1	90	3	0	0		0
3	1923	36	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		87	67	.565	0	154	3	0	0		3
4	1924	37	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		90	63	.588	0	153	3	0	0		5
5	1925	38	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		95	58	.621	0	153	1	4	3	.571	2	WS Champs
6	1926	39	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL		84	69	.549	4	157	3	0	0		0

7	1928	41	St. Louis Cardinals	NL		95	59	.617	0	154	1	0	4	.000	1	NL Pennant

8	1929	42	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	3rd of 3	34	29	.540	0	63	4	0	0		1

9	1930	43	Boston Braves	NL		70	84	.455	0	154	6	0	0		3
10	1931	44	Boston Braves	NL		64	90	.416	2	156	7	0	0		1
11	1932	45	Boston Braves	NL		77	77	.500	1	155	5	0	0		1
12	1933	46	Boston Braves	NL		83	71	.539	2	156	4	0	0		2
13	1934	47	Boston Braves	NL		78	73	.517	1	152	4	0	0		0
14	1935	48	Boston Braves	NL		38	115	.248	0	153	8	0	0		3
15	1936	49	Boston Bees	NL		71	83	.461	3	157	6	0	0		1
16	1937	50	Boston Bees	NL		79	73	.520	0	152	5	0	0		0

17	1938	51	Cincinnati Reds	NL		82	68	.547	1	151	4	0	0		1
18	1939	52	Cincinnati Reds	NL		97	57	.630	2	156	1	0	4	.000	1	NL Pennant
19	1940	53	Cincinnati Reds	NL		100	53	.654	2	155	1	4	3	.571	0	WS Champs
20	1941	54	Cincinnati Reds	NL		88	66	.571	0	154	3	0	0		0
21	1942	55	Cincinnati Reds	NL		76	76	.500	2	154	4	0	0		1
22	1943	56	Cincinnati Reds	NL		87	67	.565	1	155	2	0	0		0
23	1944	57	Cincinnati Reds	NL		89	65	.578	1	155	3	0	0		0
24	1945	58	Cincinnati Reds	NL		61	93	.396	0	154	7	0	0		1
25	1946	59	Cincinnati Reds	NL	1st of 2	64	86	.427	2	152	6	0	0		2
			Newark Pepper		1 year	54	45	.545	3	102	5.0	0	0		3
			Pittsburgh Pirates		5 years	409	293	.583	5	707	2.6	4	3	.571	10	1 Pennant and 1 World Series Title
			St. Louis Cardinals		2 years	129	88	.594	0	217	1.9	0	4	.000	2	1 Pennant
			Boston Bees		8 years	560	666	.457	9	1235	5.6	0	0		11
			Cincinnati Reds		9 years	744	631	.541	11	1386	3.4	4	7	.364	6	2 Pennants and 1 World Series Title
					25 years	1896	1723	.524	28	3647	4.0	8	14	.364	32	4 Pennants and 2 World Series Titles

Managerial Tendencies

Managerial Tendencies Table
						Stealing 2nd				Stealing 3rd				Sac Bunts				Substitutions
Rk	Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	Ch	Att	Rate	Rate+	PH/G	PH/G+	PR/G	PR/G+	P/G	P/G+
1	1915	28	NEW	FL	102	828	151	18.2%	101	602	21	3.5%	97	803	66	8.2%	95	0.44	59	0.06	51	1.5	97

2	1922	35	PIT	NL	90	993	104	10.5%	121	610	16	2.6%	159	882	33	3.7%	60	0.42	47	0.07	42	1.6	87
3	1923	36	PIT	NL	154	1695	184	10.9%	117	924	23	2.5%	140	1429	33	2.3%	53	0.66	74	0.07	38	1.6	91
4	1924	37	PIT	NL	153	1589	218	13.7%	154	930	31	3.3%	175	1427	59	4.1%	88	0.58	71	0.14	82	1.7	95
5	1925	38	PIT	NL	153	1707	167	9.8%	132	967	24	2.5%	169	1470	42	2.9%	73	0.65	76	0.29	179	1.8	99
6	1926	39	PIT	NL	157	1640	145	8.8%	111	864	9	1.0%	82	1357	74	5.5%	98	1.00	101	0.29	148	1.8	101

7	1928	41	STL	NL	154	1522	108	7.1%	102	962	12	1.2%	117	1395	62	4.4%	82	0.90	99	0.18	87	1.8	94

8	1929	42	STL	NL	63	569	41	7.2%	96	397	4	1.0%	66	539	22	4.1%	103	0.56	62	0.10	47	1.7	91

9	1930	43	BSN	NL	154	1479	91	6.2%	113	834	14	1.7%	201	1237	56	4.5%	135	1.06	107	0.10	65	1.8	92
10	1931	44	BSN	NL	156	1377	79	5.7%	89	843	11	1.3%	143	1230	97	7.9%	141	0.96	102	0.19	125	1.8	98
11	1932	45	BSN	NL	155	1319	50	3.8%	65	792	4	0.5%	49	1142	79	6.9%	129	0.80	87	0.15	86	1.8	95
12	1933	46	BSN	NL	156	1265	59	4.7%	81	761	3	0.4%	41	1100	96	8.7%	129	0.56	62	0.18	117	1.7	91
13	1934	47	BSN	NL	152	1339	43	3.2%	66	806	6	0.7%	93	1141	52	4.6%	99	0.70	75	0.18	120	1.9	95
14	1935	48	BSN	NL	153	1264	30	2.4%	43	711	6	0.8%	87	1136	50	4.4%	83	0.82	101	0.15	108	1.9	98
15	1936	49	BSN	NL	157	1539	55	3.6%	64	895	11	1.2%	143	1343	66	4.9%	96	0.59	58	0.07	39	1.9	93
16	1937	50	BSN	NL	152	1238	71	5.7%	84	905	3	0.3%	45	1185	76	6.4%	120	0.70	72	0.04	25	1.7	86

17	1938	51	CIN	NL	151	1492	33	2.2%	45	909	4	0.4%	70	1347	66	4.9%	109	0.81	91	0.15	113	1.9	96
18	1939	52	CIN	NL	156	1534	62	4.0%	81	1068	9	0.8%	134	1396	90	6.4%	137	0.87	91	0.19	109	1.9	96
19	1940	53	CIN	NL	155	1472	91	6.2%	100	1021	12	1.2%	92	1356	99	7.3%	171	0.69	72	0.19	113	1.7	83
20	1941	54	CIN	NL	154	1432	87	6.1%	116	932	14	1.5%	135	1273	65	5.1%	99	0.70	69	0.23	157	1.7	85
21	1942	55	CIN	NL	154	1467	77	5.2%	97	859	4	0.5%	57	1277	62	4.9%	89	0.75	79	0.15	98	1.7	87
22	1943	56	CIN	NL	155	1446	76	5.3%	106	973	11	1.1%	108	1338	89	6.7%	116	0.79	95	0.20	122	1.8	91
23	1944	57	CIN	NL	155	1473	94	6.4%	131	939	10	1.1%	128	1349	73	5.4%	92	0.74	77	0.19	98	1.6	83
24	1945	58	CIN	NL	154	1389	92	6.6%	116	978	13	1.3%	133	1292	68	5.3%	100	1.08	106	0.10	67	1.9	91
25	1946	59	CIN	NL	152	1411	111	7.9%	132	957	7	0.7%	84	1264	83	6.6%	107	1.14	92	0.31	129	1.9	88
	NEW (1 year)				102	828	151	18.2%	101	602	21	3.5%	97	803	66	8.2%	95	0.44	59	0.06	51	1.5	97
	PIT (5 years)				707	7624	818	10.7%	127	4295	103	2.4%	148	6565	241	3.7%	76	0.68	77	0.18	103	1.7	95
	STL (2 years)				217	2091	149	7.1%	100	1359	16	1.2%	98	1934	84	4.3%	86	0.80	89	0.15	75	1.8	93
	ATL (8 years)				1235	10820	478	4.4%	76	6547	58	0.9%	100	9514	572	6.0%	117	0.77	83	0.13	84	1.8	93
	CIN (9 years)				1386	13116	723	5.5%	103	8636	84	1.0%	106	11892	695	5.8%	112	0.84	86	0.19	112	1.8	89
	25 years				3647	34479	2319	6.7%	102	21439	282	1.3%	116	30708	1658	5.4%	104	0.77	83	0.16	97	1.8	92