Earl Weaver’s uncle was a small time mobster that ran a gambling ring in St Louis. Earl learned how to use the odds of what may happen to his advantage as a manager. Earl has the highest win percentage of any manager from the modern era.
How gamblers led the push for managing baseball with analytics
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Earl Weaver’s uncle was a small time mobster that ran a gambling ring in St Louis. Earl learned how to use the odds of what may happen to his advantage as a manager. Earl has the highest win percentage of any manager from the modern era.
Earl was well known for his statistical awareness and there’s lots that have been written about that— including by himself.
