Baseball's Greatest Managers League

"Baseball's Greatest Managers" offers 31 of the greatest managers from baseball history, and each BOS participant will HIRE (draft) his manager by a randomized draft order. You will be able to autodraft any player who played for your manager during his managerial career. This will be a 24-team league. The cap will be 100m, with DH. This will take a bit of research to make sure your autodraft card and subsequent team are compliant with the rules (any player who played for a manager).

There will be no assigned players; you can autodraft ANY player who played for your manager. Babe Ruth, for example, is eligible for Miller Huggins (1920-1929 Yankees), Joe McCarthy (1931-1934), or Bill McKechnie (1935 Braves), and can be autodrafted by any of those 3.
A Manager who also has a card in ATG may "draft himself," even if he did not serve as Player-Manager. For example, Dusty Baker could be drafted by Walter Alston, Tommy Lasorda, or Tony LaRussa, but his Strat cards could ALSO be drafted by HIMSELF, though he did not manage himself in MLB.

List your manager as your team manager; you may use the manager's name in your team name, but that is not necessary.

Stadiums--You may use any iteration of any stadium your manager managed home games in, even outside the years he managed. Stadiums are now listed with managers below.

You will select your manager from the managers listed below:

Walter Alston (BKN/LA 1954-1976)
Any Ebbets Field, Any Dodger Stadium
Sparky Anderson (CIN 1970-1978) (DET 1979-1995)
Any Crosley Field, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin
Dusty Baker (SF 1993-2002) (CHC 2003-2006) (CIN 2008-2013) (WSN 2016-2017) (HOU 2020-2023)
Any Candlestick, 3Com, SBC Park, Any Wrigley, Great American, Minute Maid, RFK
Bruce Bochy (SD 1995-2006) (SF 2007-2019) (TEX 2023-2024)
Jack Murphy, San Diego, Any Qualcomm, Petco, SBC Park, Ameriquest, Ballpark @Arlington
Bobby Cox (ATL 1978-1981) (TOR 1982-1985) (ATL 1990-2010)
Fulton Co., Any Exhibition, Any Turner
Chuck Dressen (CIN 1934-1937) (BKN 1951-1953) (WAS 1955-1957) (MIL 1960-1961) (DET 1963-1966)
Any Ebbets, Any Crosley, Any Griffith, Any County, Any Tigers/Briggs/Navin
Leo Durocher (BKN 1939-1948) (NYG 1948-1955) (CHC 1966-1972) (HOU 1972-1973)
Any Ebbets, Any Polo, Any Wrigley, Any Astrodome
Terry Francona (PHI 1997-2000) (BOS 2004-2011) (CLE 2013-2023)
Any Veterans, Any Fenway, Any Jacobs
Bucky Harris (WAS 1924-1928) (DET 1929-1933) (BOS 1934) (WAS 1935-1942) (PHI 1943) (NYY 1947-1948) (WAS 1950-1954) (DET 1955-1956) Any Griffith, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway, Any Shibe, Any Yankee
Whitey Herzog (TEX 1973) (CAL 1974) (KC 1975-1979) (STL 1980-1990)
Any Busch, Any Royals/Kauffman, Any Anaheim, Angels, Edison, Any Arlington (not Ballpark @Arlington)
Ralph Houk (NYY 1961-1963, 1966-1973) (DET 1974-1978) (BOS 1981-1984)
Any Yankee, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway
Miller Huggins (STL 1913-1917) (NYY 1918-1929)
Any Sportsman, St. Louis, Any Yankee
Davey Johnson (NYM 1984-1990) (CIN 1993-1995) (BAL 1996-1997) (LA 1999-2000) (WSN 2011-2013)
Any Shea, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Camden, Any Dodger, RFK
Tony LaRussa (CWS 1979-1986) (OAK 1986-1995) (STL 1996-2011) (CWS 2021-2022)
Any Comiskey, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Associates, Any Busch, US Cellular
Tommy Lasorda (LA 1976-1996)
Any Dodger
Jim Leyland (PIT 1986-1996) (FLA 1997-1998) (COL 1999) (DET 2006-2013)
Any 3 Rivers, Any Pro Player, Joe Robbie, Dolphins, Coors, Comerica
Al Lopez (CLE 1951-1956) (CWS 1957-1965, 1968-1969)
Any Cleveland, Municipal 78, Any Comiskey
Connie Mack (PIT 1894-1896) (PHA 1901-1950)
Any Shibe, Any Connie Mack
Billy Martin (MIN 1969) (DET 1971-1973) (TEX 1973-1975) (NYY 1975-1979) (OAK 1980-1982) (NYY 1983, 1985, 1988)
Any Metropolitan, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Arlington (not BP@A), Any Yankee, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc.
Gene Mauch (PHI 1960-1968) (MON 1969-1975) (MIN 1976-1980) (CAL 1981-1987)
Any Shibe, Any Jarry, Any Metropolitan, Any Anaheim, Angels
Joe McCarthy (CHC 1926-1930) (NYY 1931-1946) (BOS 1948-1950)
Any Wrigley, Any Yankee, Any Fenway
John McGraw (BLN 1899) (BAL (NY Highlanders 1901-1902) (NYG 1902-1932)
Hilltop, Any Polo
Bill McKechnie (PIT 1922-1926) (STL 1928-1929) (BSB 1930-1937) (CIN 1938-1946)
Any Forbes, Any Sportsman, Any Braves, Any Crosley
Danny Murtaugh (PIT 1957-1964, 1967, 1970-1971, 1973-1976)
Any Forbes, Any 3 Rivers
Lou Piniella (NYY 1986-1988) (CIN 1990-1992) (SEA 1993-2002) (TB 2003-2005) (CHC 2007-2010)
Any Yankee, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Kingdome, Any Safeco, Any Tropicana, Any Wrigley
Buck Showalter (NYY 1992-1995) (AZ 1998-2000) (TEX 2003-2006) (BAL 2010-2018) (NYM 2022-2023)
Any Yankee, Any BankOne, Ballpark @Arlington, Ameriquest, Any Camden, CitiField
Billy Southworth (STL 1929, 1940-1945) (BSB 1946-1951)
Any Sportsman, Any Braves
Casey Stengel (BKN 1934-1936) (BSB 1938-1943) (NYY 1949-1960) (NYM 1962-1965)
Any Ebbets, Any Braves, Any Yankee, Any Polo, Any Shea
Joe Torre (NYM 1977-1981) (ATL 1982-1984) (STL 1990-1995) (NYY 1996-2007) (LA 2008-2010)
Any Shea, Fulton Co., Any Busch, Any Yankee, Any Dodger
Earl Weaver (BAL 1968-1982, 1985-1986)
Any Memorial
Dick Williams (BOS 1967-1969) (OAK 1971-1973) (CAL 1974-1976) (MON 1977-1981) (SD 1982-1985) (SEA 1986-1988)
Any Fenway, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc., Any Anaheim, Angels, Olympic, Any Qualcomm, San Diego, Jack Murphy, Kingdome

Manager Signup
1. andycummings65
2. carr20
3. dharmabums
4. FrankM
5. boog
6. Hamilton17
7. Barterer2002
8. emart
9. ironwill1
10. BC15NY
11. 1787
12. Main Line Expos (can't resist)
13. MARKSERRI
14. davesodu
15. Outta Leftfield
16. Eveldrive
17. mykbr1
18. Treyomo
19. Mattw0909
20. sjudd
21. TommyHero
22. DRFREEZE49
23.owenatkinson
24.toddgotmon

Here is your sequence:

15
3
23
19
13
24
8
7
12
18
17
4
9
21
22
1
16
2
6
11
5
20
14
10
Timestamp: 2024-05-17 23:29:23 UTC

MANAGER DRAFT (Remove Manager from list when selected)
1. Outta Leftfield
2. Dharmabums
3. Owenatkinson17
4. Mattw0909
5. MARKSERRI
6. Toddgotmon
7. emart
8. barterer2002
9. Main Line Expos
10. Treyomo
11. Mykbr1
12. FRANKMANSUETO
13. Ironwill1
14. TommyHero
15. drfreeze49
16. andycummings65
17. Eveldrive
18. carr20
19. Hamilton17
20. 1787
21. bigbadboog
22. sjudd
23. Davesodu
24. BC15NY

MANAGER DRAFT (Remove Manager from list when selected)
1. Outta Leftfield
2. Dharmabums
3. Owenatkinson17
4. Mattw0909
5. MARKSERRI
6. Toddgotmon
7. emart
8. barterer2002
9. Main Line Expos
10. Treyomo
11. Mykbr1
12. FRANKMANSUETO
13. Ironwill1
14. TommyHero
15. drfreeze49
16. andycummings65
17. Eveldrive
18. carr20
19. Hamilton17
20. 1787
21. bigbadboog
22. sjudd
23. Davesodu
24. BC15NY

Walter Alston (BKN/LA 1954-1976)
Any Ebbets Field, Any Dodger Stadium
Sparky Anderson (CIN 1970-1978) (DET 1979-1995)
Any Crosley Field, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin
Dusty Baker (SF 1993-2002) (CHC 2003-2006) (CIN 2008-2013) (WSN 2016-2017) (HOU 2020-2023)
Any Candlestick, 3Com, SBC Park, Any Wrigley, Great American, Minute Maid, RFK
Bruce Bochy (SD 1995-2006) (SF 2007-2019) (TEX 2023-2024)
Jack Murphy, San Diego, Any Qualcomm, Petco, SBC Park, Ameriquest, Ballpark @Arlington
Bobby Cox (ATL 1978-1981) (TOR 1982-1985) (ATL 1990-2010)
Fulton Co., Any Exhibition, Any Turner
Chuck Dressen (CIN 1934-1937) (BKN 1951-1953) (WAS 1955-1957) (MIL 1960-1961) (DET 1963-1966)
Any Ebbets, Any Crosley, Any Griffith, Any County, Any Tigers/Briggs/Navin
Leo Durocher (BKN 1939-1948) (NYG 1948-1955) (CHC 1966-1972) (HOU 1972-1973)
Any Ebbets, Any Polo, Any Wrigley, Any Astrodome
Terry Francona (PHI 1997-2000) (BOS 2004-2011) (CLE 2013-2023)
Any Veterans, Any Fenway, Any Jacobs
Bucky Harris (WAS 1924-1928) (DET 1929-1933) (BOS 1934) (WAS 1935-1942) (PHI 1943) (NYY 1947-1948) (WAS 1950-1954) (DET 1955-1956) Any Griffith, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway, Any Shibe, Any Yankee
Whitey Herzog (TEX 1973) (CAL 1974) (KC 1975-1979) (STL 1980-1990)
Any Busch, Any Royals/Kauffman, Any Anaheim, Angels, Edison, Any Arlington (not Ballpark @Arlington)
Ralph Houk (NYY 1961-1963, 1966-1973) (DET 1974-1978) (BOS 1981-1984)
Any Yankee, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway
Miller Huggins (STL 1913-1917) (NYY 1918-1929)
Any Sportsman, St. Louis, Any Yankee
Davey Johnson (NYM 1984-1990) (CIN 1993-1995) (BAL 1996-1997) (LA 1999-2000) (WSN 2011-2013)
Any Shea, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Camden, Any Dodger, RFK
Tony LaRussa (CWS 1979-1986) (OAK 1986-1995) (STL 1996-2011) (CWS 2021-2022)
Any Comiskey, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Associates, Any Busch, US Cellular
Tommy Lasorda (LA 1976-1996)
Any Dodger
Jim Leyland (PIT 1986-1996) (FLA 1997-1998) (COL 1999) (DET 2006-2013)
Any 3 Rivers, Any Pro Player, Joe Robbie, Dolphins, Coors, Comerica
Al Lopez (CLE 1951-1956) (CWS 1957-1965, 1968-1969)
Any Cleveland, Municipal 78, Any Comiskey
Connie Mack (PIT 1894-1896) (PHA 1901-1950)
Any Shibe, Any Connie Mack
Billy Martin (MIN 1969) (DET 1971-1973) (TEX 1973-1975) (NYY 1975-1979) (OAK 1980-1982) (NYY 1983, 1985, 1988)
Any Metropolitan, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Arlington (not BP@A), Any Yankee, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc.
Gene Mauch (PHI 1960-1968) (MON 1969-1975) (MIN 1976-1980) (CAL 1981-1987)
Any Shibe, Any Jarry, Any Metropolitan, Any Anaheim, Angels
Joe McCarthy (CHC 1926-1930) (NYY 1931-1946) (BOS 1948-1950)
Any Wrigley, Any Yankee, Any Fenway
John McGraw (BLN 1899) (BAL (NY Highlanders 1901-1902) (NYG 1902-1932)
Hilltop, Any Polo
Bill McKechnie (PIT 1922-1926) (STL 1928-1929) (BSB 1930-1937) (CIN 1938-1946)
Any Forbes, Any Sportsman, Any Braves, Any Crosley
Danny Murtaugh (PIT 1957-1964, 1967, 1970-1971, 1973-1976)
Any Forbes, Any 3 Rivers
Lou Piniella (NYY 1986-1988) (CIN 1990-1992) (SEA 1993-2002) (TB 2003-2005) (CHC 2007-2010)
Any Yankee, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Kingdome, Any Safeco, Any Tropicana, Any Wrigley
Buck Showalter (NYY 1992-1995) (AZ 1998-2000) (TEX 2003-2006) (BAL 2010-2018) (NYM 2022-2023)
Any Yankee, Any BankOne, Ballpark @Arlington, Ameriquest, Any Camden, CitiField
Billy Southworth (STL 1929, 1940-1945) (BSB 1946-1951)
Any Sportsman, Any Braves
Casey Stengel (BKN 1934-1936) (BSB 1938-1943) (NYY 1949-1960) (NYM 1962-1965)
Any Ebbets, Any Braves, Any Yankee, Any Polo, Any Shea
Joe Torre (NYM 1977-1981) (ATL 1982-1984) (STL 1990-1995) (NYY 1996-2007) (LA 2008-2010)
Any Shea, Fulton Co., Any Busch, Any Yankee, Any Dodger
Earl Weaver (BAL 1968-1982, 1985-1986)
Any Memorial
Dick Williams (BOS 1967-1969) (OAK 1971-1973) (CAL 1974-1976) (MON 1977-1981) (SD 1982-1985) (SEA 1986-1988)
Any Fenway, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc., Any Anaheim, Angels, Olympic, Any Qualcomm, San Diego, Jack Murphy, Kingdome

Proxy sent for my pick to Andy and Hamilton

And I messaged Outta Leftfield so that he knows he is up.

And I messaged Outta Leftfield so that he knows he is up.

Wow, #1 pick. How crazy is that. I first got the news when Hamilton17 let me know in league chat.
Anyway, I pick Joe McCarthy (CHC 1926-1930) (NYY 1931-1946) (BOS 1948-1950).

MANAGER DRAFT (Remove Manager from list when selected)
1. Outta Leftfield -Joe McCarthy
2. Dharmabums
3. Owenatkinson17
4. Mattw0909
5. MARKSERRI
6. Toddgotmon
7. emart
8. barterer2002
9. Main Line Expos
10. Treyomo
11. Mykbr1
12. FRANKMANSUETO
13. Ironwill1
14. TommyHero
15. drfreeze49
16. andycummings65
17. Eveldrive
18. carr20
19. Hamilton17
20. 1787
21. bigbadboog
22. sjudd
23. Davesodu
24. BC15NY

Below is the manager list with McCarthy removed.

Walter Alston (BKN/LA 1954-1976)
Any Ebbets Field, Any Dodger Stadium
Sparky Anderson (CIN 1970-1978) (DET 1979-1995)
Any Crosley Field, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin
Dusty Baker (SF 1993-2002) (CHC 2003-2006) (CIN 2008-2013) (WSN 2016-2017) (HOU 2020-2023)
Any Candlestick, 3Com, SBC Park, Any Wrigley, Great American, Minute Maid, RFK
Bruce Bochy (SD 1995-2006) (SF 2007-2019) (TEX 2023-2024)
Jack Murphy, San Diego, Any Qualcomm, Petco, SBC Park, Ameriquest, Ballpark @Arlington
Bobby Cox (ATL 1978-1981) (TOR 1982-1985) (ATL 1990-2010)
Fulton Co., Any Exhibition, Any Turner
Chuck Dressen (CIN 1934-1937) (BKN 1951-1953) (WAS 1955-1957) (MIL 1960-1961) (DET 1963-1966)
Any Ebbets, Any Crosley, Any Griffith, Any County, Any Tigers/Briggs/Navin
Leo Durocher (BKN 1939-1948) (NYG 1948-1955) (CHC 1966-1972) (HOU 1972-1973)
Any Ebbets, Any Polo, Any Wrigley, Any Astrodome
Terry Francona (PHI 1997-2000) (BOS 2004-2011) (CLE 2013-2023)
Any Veterans, Any Fenway, Any Jacobs
Bucky Harris (WAS 1924-1928) (DET 1929-1933) (BOS 1934) (WAS 1935-1942) (PHI 1943) (NYY 1947-1948) (WAS 1950-1954) (DET 1955-1956) Any Griffith, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway, Any Shibe, Any Yankee
Whitey Herzog (TEX 1973) (CAL 1974) (KC 1975-1979) (STL 1980-1990)
Any Busch, Any Royals/Kauffman, Any Anaheim, Angels, Edison, Any Arlington (not Ballpark @Arlington)
Ralph Houk (NYY 1961-1963, 1966-1973) (DET 1974-1978) (BOS 1981-1984)
Any Yankee, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Fenway
Miller Huggins (STL 1913-1917) (NYY 1918-1929)
Any Sportsman, St. Louis, Any Yankee
Davey Johnson (NYM 1984-1990) (CIN 1993-1995) (BAL 1996-1997) (LA 1999-2000) (WSN 2011-2013)
Any Shea, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Any Camden, Any Dodger, RFK
Tony LaRussa (CWS 1979-1986) (OAK 1986-1995) (STL 1996-2011) (CWS 2021-2022)
Any Comiskey, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Associates, Any Busch, US Cellular
Tommy Lasorda (LA 1976-1996)
Any Dodger
Jim Leyland (PIT 1986-1996) (FLA 1997-1998) (COL 1999) (DET 2006-2013)
Any 3 Rivers, Any Pro Player, Joe Robbie, Dolphins, Coors, Comerica
Al Lopez (CLE 1951-1956) (CWS 1957-1965, 1968-1969)
Any Cleveland, Municipal 78, Any Comiskey
Connie Mack (PIT 1894-1896) (PHA 1901-1950)
Any Shibe, Any Connie Mack
Billy Martin (MIN 1969) (DET 1971-1973) (TEX 1973-1975) (NYY 1975-1979) (OAK 1980-1982) (NYY 1983, 1985, 1988)
Any Metropolitan, Any Tiger/Briggs/Navin, Any Arlington (not BP@A), Any Yankee, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc.
Gene Mauch (PHI 1960-1968) (MON 1969-1975) (MIN 1976-1980) (CAL 1981-1987)
Any Shibe, Any Jarry, Any Metropolitan, Any Anaheim, Angels
Any Wrigley, Any Yankee, Any Fenway
John McGraw (BLN 1899) (BAL (NY Highlanders 1901-1902) (NYG 1902-1932)
Hilltop, Any Polo
Bill McKechnie (PIT 1922-1926) (STL 1928-1929) (BSB 1930-1937) (CIN 1938-1946)
Any Forbes, Any Sportsman, Any Braves, Any Crosley
Danny Murtaugh (PIT 1957-1964, 1967, 1970-1971, 1973-1976)
Any Forbes, Any 3 Rivers
Lou Piniella (NYY 1986-1988) (CIN 1990-1992) (SEA 1993-2002) (TB 2003-2005) (CHC 2007-2010)
Any Yankee, Any Riverfront, Cinergy, Kingdome, Any Safeco, Any Tropicana, Any Wrigley
Buck Showalter (NYY 1992-1995) (AZ 1998-2000) (TEX 2003-2006) (BAL 2010-2018) (NYM 2022-2023)
Any Yankee, Any BankOne, Ballpark @Arlington, Ameriquest, Any Camden, CitiField
Billy Southworth (STL 1929, 1940-1945) (BSB 1946-1951)
Any Sportsman, Any Braves
Casey Stengel (BKN 1934-1936) (BSB 1938-1943) (NYY 1949-1960) (NYM 1962-1965)
Any Ebbets, Any Braves, Any Yankee, Any Polo, Any Shea
Joe Torre (NYM 1977-1981) (ATL 1982-1984) (STL 1990-1995) (NYY 1996-2007) (LA 2008-2010)
Any Shea, Fulton Co., Any Busch, Any Yankee, Any Dodger
Earl Weaver (BAL 1968-1982, 1985-1986)
Any Memorial
Dick Williams (BOS 1967-1969) (OAK 1971-1973) (CAL 1974-1976) (MON 1977-1981) (SD 1982-1985) (SEA 1986-1988)
Any Fenway, Any Oakland, McAfee, Network Assoc., Any Anaheim, Angels, Olympic, Any Qualcomm, San Diego, Jack Murphy, Kingdome

Once we get 24 Andy will get a random number generated and place us according to that sequence. Based on prior experience I will get somewhere between 18 and 24, everyone else will have a chance at a high pick.

SOB!! I hate it when I just try to be funny and I wind up being right.

Once we get 24 Andy will get a random number generated and place us according to that sequence. Based on prior experience I will get somewhere between 18 and 24, everyone else will have a chance at a high pick.

SOB!! I hate it when I just try to be funny and I wind up being right.

HAL tries to fulfill requests if possible