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Originally Posted by Raidergoo
Imagine how many games he'd one if he didn't give outs away.
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Perhaps the outs he gave away were after the games were decided? Either way, a 60% winning pct isn't exactly a bad record. I doubt he would have used that strategy with those players if there wasn't a decent amount of success with it.
For fun, look at the 1927 Yankees. Had a .714 winning %.
Sac hits for key batters:
Lazzeri, Meusel, Gehrig: 21
Koenig: 15
Ruth: 14
Combs, Dugan: 12
Entire team: 204.
They lost just 44 games and were 19 games better than the 2nd place team.
So, all those outs hurt him in what way?
But my point was, as poorly as I said it, those players didn't piss and moan when they were asked to sacrifice their numbers in order to do something that could help the team.
Players today would be calling their agent, filing a grievance with the union, ask to be traded and who knows what else.