Evaluating Baseball's Managers: A History and Analysis of Performance in the Major Leagues, 1876–2008

For anyone who understands Bill James, the famous baseball historian and statisican that changed the way general mangers see baseball statistics and the value of players, Chris Jaffe has made yet another breakthrough with his book that evaluates great managers.

Great Toronto managers like Bobby Cox and Cito Gaston are included in his book which is published by McFarland and set to be released sometime in Feburary according to amazon.com.

“Way back in the 20th century, Bill James wrote the first essential book about baseball managers. Chris Jaffe has just written the second.”—Rob Neyer, ESPN.com

“These days it’s tough to find an important aspect of baseball that hasn’t been studied and analyzed a hundred different ways, but Chris Jaffe has done just that with a unique, compelling look at the men who run thing on the field. . . . This book is for you, whether you like hardcore numbers crunching and objective analysis or biographical sketches and interesting anecdotes.”—Aaron Gleeman, writer, NBCsports.com

“I can think of no work on managers that as effectively and completely evaluates the men in the dugout. It is a leap forward in our understanding of these hardball leaders.… From now on, whenever I have a question about a manager, Jaffe’s book will be the first and last one I reach for.”—Sean Forman, founder of Baseball-Reference.com