30 greatest managers of all-time according to Chris Jaffe from Hardball Times

These are his managerial rankings from his book "Evaluating Baseball's Managers: A History and Analysis of Performance in the Major Leagues".

Best with individual pitchers (1896-2006)

1. Joe McCarthy +649 runs
2. Bobby Cox +607 runs
3. Al Lopez +472 runs
4. Walter Alston +459 runs
5. Tony LaRussa +455 runs
6. John McGraw +415 runs
7. Earl Weaver +409 runs
8. Bill McKechnie +402 runs
9. Fred Clarke +395 runs
10. Paul Richards +342 runs
11. Billy Southworth +336 runs
12. Frank Selee +331 runs
13. Tommy Lasorda +306 runs
14. Jimy Williams +305 runs
15. Pat Moran +276 runs
16. Whitey Herzog +256 runs
17. Billy Martin +234 runs
18. Frank Chance +232 runs
19. Mike Scioscia +214 runs
20. Bucky Harris +206 runs
20. Jack McKeon +206 runs

Worst with individual pitchers

1. Don Baylor -530 runs
2. Connie Mack -419 runs
3. Art Fletcher -361 runs
4. Burt Schotton -348 runs
5. Jimmie Wilson -315 runs
6. Zach Taylor -313 runs
7. Jim Marshall -291 runs
8. Buddy Bell -285 runs
9. Clint Hurdle -279 runs
10. Jim Leyland -278 runs
11. Fred Tenney -251 runs
12. Tom Kelly -249 runs
13. Fred Haney -233 runs
13. Dave Bristol -233 runs
15. John McNamara -224 runs
16. Rogers Hornsby -218 runs
17. Jerry Narron -211 runs
18. Terry Francona -193 runs
19. Fred Hutchinson -185 runs
20. Frank Robinson -165 runs

Best with individual hitters

1. Joe McCarthy +550 runs
2. John McGraw +344 runs
3. Lou Piniella +300 runs
4. Billy Southworth +298 runs
5. Bruce Bochy +270 runs
6. Sparky Anderson +259 runs
7. Tony LaRussa +240 runs
8. Bucky Harris +230 runs
9. Leo Durocher +225 runs
10. Casey Stengel +224 runs
11. Davey Johnson +209 runs
12. Tris Speaker +201 runs
13. Earl Weaver +183 runs
14. Miller Huggins +178 runs
15. Billy Martin +177 runs
16. Joe Cronin +174 runs
17. Joe Torre +166 runs
18. Gene Mauch +163 runs
19. Danny Ozark +160 runs
20. Mel Ott +154 runs
20. Ty Cobb +154 runs

Worst with individual hitters

1. Jimmy Dykes -219 runs
2. Wilbert Robinson -178 runs
3. Luke Sewell -175 runs
4. Hal McRae -170 runs
5. Dave Bristol -168 runs
6. Clint Hurdle -158 runs
7. Lloyd McClendon -151 runs
8. Buck Rogers -150 runs
9. Connie Mack -149 runs
10. Bill McKechnie -145 runs
11. Bobby Cox -141 runs
12. Billy Gardner -139 runs
13. Jim Riggleman -133 runs
14. Frank Selee -127 runs
15. Cookie Lavagetto -119 runs
16. Rene Lachemann -118 runs
16. Jim Marshall -118 runs
18. Bob Boone -115 runs
19. Del Baker -114 runs
20. Lee Fohl -112 runs

Best at team offense (team scored more runs than they should have)

1. Leo Durocher +333 runs
2. Tony LaRussa +297 runs
3. Frank Chance +274 runs
4. Fred Clarke +237 runs
5. Dick Williams +216 runs
6. Joe McCarthy +190 runs
7. Bucky Harris +188 runs
8. Frank Selee +186 runs
9. Frankie Frisch +182 runs
10. Bill McKechnie +169 runs
11. Tom Trebelhorn +167 runs
12. Walter Alston +156 runs
13. Fielder Jones +155 runs
14. Hugh Duffy +152 runs
15. Phil Garner +151 runs
16. Pat Moran +140 runs
17. Buddy Bell +135 runs
17. Casey Stengel +135 runs
19. Donie Bush +130 runs
20. Art Howe +124 runs

Worst at team offense

1. Lou Piniella -233 runs
2. Lou Boudreau -210 runs
3. Branch Rickey -171 runs
4. Ned Hanlon -169 runs
5. Patsy Donovan -163 runs
6. Wilbert Robinson -133 runs
7. Bill Virdon -129 runs
8. Chuck Tanner -128 runs
8. Connie Mack -128 runs
10. Nap Lajoie -111 runs
11. Joe Morgan -105 runs
11. Lee Fohl -105 runs
13. Larry Bowa -96 runs
14. Jimmie Wilson -94 runs
15. Dusty Baker -93 runs
15. Johnny Oates -93 runs
15. Pie Traynor -93 runs
18. Terry Francona -92 runs
19. Ray Miller -87 runs
20. Cito Gaston -86 runs
20. Jimy Williams -86 runs

Best at team pitching (team gave up fewer runs than they should have)

1. Charlie Grimm +332 runs
2. Tom Kelly +255 runs
3. Bill McKechnie +242 runs
4. Joe Cronin +215 runs
5. Frank Robinson +204 runs
6. Fred Clarke +188 runs
7. Mike Hargrove +182 runs
8. Joe McCarthy +169 runs
9. Miller Huggins +165 runs
10. Jim Leyland +153 runs
11. Don Zimmer +142 runs
12. Roger Peckinpaugh +134 runs
13. Sparky Anderson +133 runs
13. John McGraw +133 runs
15. Al Lopez +123 runs
16. Gabby Street +118 runs
17. Frank Chance +108 runs
18. Jerry Narron +107 runs
19. Bill Terry +103 runs
19. Billy Gardner +103 runs

Worst at team runs allowed

1. Felipe Alou -205 runs
2. Lee Fohl -196 runs
3. Tommy Lasorda -186 runs
4. Dusty Baker -154 runs
5. Bobby Cox -144 runs
5. Jimmy Dykes -144 runs
7. Donie Bush -136 runs
8. Jerry Manuel -135 runs
9. John McCloskey -133 runs
10. Bob Lillis -130 runs
11. Patsy Donovan -126 runs
12. Tony LaRussa -118 runs
13. Jack Hendricks -117 runs
14. Hughie Jennings -116 runs
15. Bruce Bochy -115 runs
16. Fred Tenney -113 runs
17. Tom Loftus -106 runs
18. Charlie Fox -103 runs
19. Herman Franks -99 runs
20. Jeff Torborg -97 runs

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Bobby Cox is a surprise given Atlanta's great reputation for pitching but getting men to pitch better is not the same as handling them optimally. James Click did yet another brief manager study in Between The Numbers-this one looked at how good a manager did deploying pitchers. In his results, Bobby Cox came off as one of the worst in recent decades.

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Greatest managers of all-time 1896-2006

1. Joe McCarthy +1451 runs
2. Tony LaRussa +1012 runs
3. Bill McKechnie +998 runs
4. Walter Alston +904 runs
5. John McGraw +853 runs
6. Al Lopez +836 runs
7. Earl Weaver +744 runs
8. Billy Martin +715 runs
9. Frank Chance +686 runs
10. Fred Clarke +672 runs
11. Bobby Cox +655 runs
12. Billy Southworth +653 runs
13. Dick Williams +526 runs
13. Sparky Anderson +526 runs
15. Leo Durocher +513 runs
16. Miller Huggins +512 runs
17. Pat Moran +510 runs
18. Paul Richards +496 runs
19. Casey Stengel +487 runs
20. Buck Ewing +484 runs
21. Joe Torre +475 runs
22. Joe Cronin +474 runs
23. Ron Gardenhire +430 runs
24. Whitey Herzog +404 runs
25. Davey Johnson +386 runs
26. Jack McKeon +381 runs
27. Frank Selee +367 runs
28. Bobby Valentine +356 runs
29. Mickey Cochrane +355 runs
30. Bruce Bochy +354 runs

Worst Managers of all-time

1. Jimmie Wilson -823 runs
2. Connie Mack -668 runs
3. Don Baylor -556 runs
4. Art Fletcher -496 runs
5. Fred Tenney -482 runs
6. John McCloskey -457 runs
7. Buddy Bell -442 runs
8. Rogers Hornsby -411 runs
9. Billy Meyer -404 runs
10. Clint Hurdle -390 runs
11. Zach Taylor -387 runs
12. Doc Prothro -350 runs
13. Burt Shotton -326 runs
14. Russ Nixon -316 runs
15. Lee Fohl -315 runs
16. Fred Haney -282 runs
17. Preston Gomez -279 runs
18. Cookie Lavagetto -278 runs
19. Patsy Donovan -274 runs
20. Dave Bristol -269 runs
21. Hugh Duffy -262 runs
22. Pat Corrales -245 runs
23. Lloyd McClendon -237 runs
24. Dan Howley -225 runs
24. Jim Marshall -225 runs
26. Bill Dahlen -212 runs
27. Ray Miller -202 runs
28. Terry Francona -195 runs
29. Chuck Tanner -193 runs
30. Hal McRae -182 runs

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Terry Francona is the most surprising inclusion on this list. Though Boston won a title under him during the time span of the Birnbaum database, it does not give him much credit. It claims that under Francona, the Red Sox underachieved by -96 runs. As far as the database is concerned, the Red Sox success was a triumph of the front office.

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