Bochy wins #1,500

Congratulations to Bochy on # 1,500 which puts him in some fine managerial company as the table below shows. It is amazing how many on the list are just a smidge above .500 if not below. Some are builders no doubt, and others were good managers who just did not have the good fortune to manage great teams. Bochy might be right in the middle there and his near .500 reflects that. You have to be pretty good to hang around long enough to get 1,500 when you're managing sub-.500 type teams.

A lot of ex-Giants managers on the list including John McGraw, Dusty Baker and Leo Durocher so the Giants historically have been in very good hands.

P.S. - This milestone remarkably coincides with post # 1,500 by The Slav's Baseball Blog.

OK, I did control the order of the posts and Bochy and the Giants have been kind enough to stand pat on victory # 1,500 for a couple of days, so sue us both!!!

from McCovey Chronicles:
Giants defeat Reds, undefeated over last five hours - McCovey Chronicles:

Back to Bochy, though. This is a relevant list:

Rk	Mgr	W ▾	L	W-L%	G>.500	BestFin	Plyof App	WSwon	PennWon
1	Connie Mack HOF	3731	3948	.486	-217	1	8	5	9
2	John McGraw HOF	2763	1948	.586	815	1	9	3	10
3	Tony LaRussa	2728	2365	.536	363	1	14	3	6
4	Bobby Cox	2504	2001	.556	503	1	16	1	5
5	Joe Torre	2326	1997	.538	329	1	15	4	6
6	Sparky Anderson HOF	2194	1834	.545	360	1	7	3	5
7	Bucky Harris HOF	2158	2219	.493	-61	1	3	2	3
8	Joe McCarthy HOF	2125	1333	.615	792	1	9	7	9
9	Walter Alston HOF	2040	1613	.558	427	1	7	4	7
10	Leo Durocher HOF	2008	1709	.540	299	1	3	1	3
11	Casey Stengel HOF	1905	1842	.508	63	1	10	7	10
12	Gene Mauch	1902	2037	.483	-135	1	2	0	0
13	Bill McKechnie HOF	1896	1723	.524	173	1	4	2	4
14	Lou Piniella	1835	1713	.517	122	1	7	1	1
15	Jim Leyland	1730	1703	.504	27	1	7	1	3
16	Dusty Baker	1637	1475	.526	162	1	6	0	1
17	Ralph Houk	1619	1531	.514	88	1	3	2	3
18	Fred Clarke HOF	1602	1181	.576	421	1	2	1	4
19	Tom Lasorda HOF	1599	1439	.526	160	1	7	2	4
20	Dick Williams HOF	1571	1451	.520	120	1	5	2	4
21	Bruce Bochy	1500	1498	.500	2	1	6	2	3

'via Blog this'

Bochy became the 21st manager with 1,500 wins and third active along with Reds skipper Dusty Baker and Detroit's Jim Leyland. Bochy said "it's very humbling" to be mentioned among such managers.

"He's a fine manager. He's a guy that I enjoy managing against," Baker said. "I didn't even know it was 1,500, so congratulations to Bruce."