Ubiquitous
03-16-2009, 06:45 PM
Which team has had the most HoF players (as in at some point they got inducted into the Hall because of their playing days) as their manager?
Secondly which of the original 16 have had the least amount of HoF players as managers?
Finally name all of the current teams that have yet to have a HoF player manage their team.
As a technical note we will not coaches who became the manager because the manager got ejected.
EdTarbusz
03-16-2009, 08:57 PM
Off the top of my head, I can think of six who managed the Indians:
Nap Lajoie
Tris Speaker
Walter Johnson
Lou Boudreau
Joe Gordon
Frank Robinson
Also Al Lopez, but he is probably in the HOF for managing.
EdTarbusz
03-16-2009, 09:03 PM
In the 20th century the Boston Braves had two: Dave Bancroft and Rogers Hornsby. That may be the least.
EDIT: Now that I think of it, the least was the Philadelphia Athletics with zero.
KCGHOST
03-17-2009, 08:07 AM
The Cubs have had:
Al Spalding
Cap Anson
Frank Chance
Johnny Evers
Roger Bresnahan
Joe Tinker
Rabbit Maranville
Rogers Hornsby
Gabby Hartnett
Frankie Frisch
Lou Boudreau
Spalding may be considered a pioneer, though.
They have also been managed by HoF managers Frank Selee, Joe McCarthy, and Leo Durocher. And Lou Piniella may join that list some day.
Ubiquitous
03-17-2009, 08:31 AM
The correct answer for most is indeed the Cubs with 10 (Spalding didn't go in as a player).
All that remains is the least amount and the teams with no HoF players.
Utter Chaos
03-17-2009, 09:50 AM
The Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland A's have three in Luke Appling, Lou Boudreau and Joe Gordon
I can only find one for the Phillies, Hugh Duffy who managed them from 1904 to 1906. I couldn't find any teams with zero.
Original Teams:
Boston/Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves - Bancroft, Hornsby, Mathews
Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers - Carey, Grimes, Ward
Chicago Cubs - Anson, Boudreau, Breshnahan, Chance, Evers, Frisch, Hartnett, Hornsby, Maranville, Tinker
Cincinnati Reds - Ewing, Griffith, Hornsby, Kelly, Mathewson, McPhee, Perez, Tinker, Wallace
New York/San Francisco Giants - Anson, Davis, Ewing, Hornsby, Jennings, Ott, Robinson, Terry, Ward
Philadelpha Phillies - Duffy
Pittsburgh Pirates - Clark, Frisch, Herman, Traynor, Wagner
St. Louis Cardinals - Breshnahan, Connor, Frisch, Hornsby, Nichols, Schoendienst
Boston Red Sox - Boudreau, Chance, Collins, Cronin, Duffy, Herman, Young
Chicago White Sox - Collins, Doby, Duffy, Evers, Griffith, Lemon, Lopez, Lyons, Schalk, Walsh
Cleveland Indians - Boudreau, Gordon, Johnson, Lajoie, Lopez, Robinson, Speaker
Detroit Tigers - Cobb, Cochrane, Gordan, Jennings
New York Yankees - Berra, Chance, Dickey, Griffith, Lemon,
Philadelphia/Kansas City/Oakland Athletics - Appling, Boudreau, Gordon
St. Louis Brown/Baltimore Orioles - Bottomley, Duffy, Hornsby, Robinson, Sisler, Wallace
Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins - Cronin, Griffith, Johnson
Expansion Teams:
Houston Astros - NONE
New York Mets - Berra
Los Angeles Angels - NONE
Washington Senators/Texas Rangers - Williams
Montreal Expos/Washington Nations - Robinson
San Diego Padres - NONE
Kansas City Royals - Gordon, Lemon
Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers - NONE
Seattle Mariners - NONE
Toronto Blue Jays - NONE
Colorado Rockies - NONE
Florida Marlins - Perez
Tampa Bay Rays - NONE
Arizona Diamondbacks - NONE
Ubiquitous
03-17-2009, 11:41 AM
Philadelphia Philles are indeed the lowest team on the original 16 totem pole with onle 1 HoF player as manager.
Here is the list based on franchise, the Giants move up to 9 by combining San Fran and NY.
franchName CountOffranchName
Chicago Cubs 10
San Francisco Giants 9
Chicago White Sox 8
Cincinnati Reds 8
St. Louis Cardinals 7
Boston Red Sox 7
Baltimore Orioles 6
Cleveland Indians 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Atlanta Braves 5
New York Yankees 4
Detroit Tigers 3
Los Angeles Dodgers 3
Minnesota Twins 2
Oakland Athletics 3
Texas Rangers 2
Washington Nationals 2
Buffalo Bisons 2
Chicago Whales 1
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders 1
Boston Reds 1
Cincinnati Kelly's Killers 1
Florida Marlins 1
Louisville Colonels 1
Washington Senators 1
New York Giants 1
New York Mets 1
Philadelphia Athletics 1
Philadelphia Phillies 1
Providence Grays 1
St. Louis Terriers 1
Kansas City Royals 2
And the 9 you mentioned as "none" are indeed the teams without a HoF player as manager.