Race and the Likelihood of Managing in Major League Baseball

Brian Volz

No 2009-17, Working papers from University of Connecticut, Department of Economics

Abstract: The effects of race on the probability of former Major League Baseball players becoming managers are analyzed using probit models with sample selection correction. The models are estimated using data on the performance and personal characteristics of players from 1955 to 2007. It is shown that given the same performance, personal characteristics, and popularity black former players are 70 to 82 percent less likely to become Major League managers than white former players. It is also shown that being Hispanic does not have a significant effect on the probability of becoming a manager. Additionally, it is observed that catchers and shortstops who are popular but not necessarily good players are most likely to become managers.

Keywords: Baseball; Management; Race; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J71 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-06

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