Dick Howser, 1978
Eddie Popowski, 1973
Rudy York, 1959
Cal Ripken, 1985
Billy Hitchcock, 1960
Bob Schaefer, 1991
Mel Harder, 1961
Jo-Jo White, 1960
Bibb Falk, 1933
Pat Corrales, 1978
Eddie Stanky, 1977
Del Wilber, 1973
Eddie Yost, 1963
Marty Martinez, 1986
George Myatt, 1968
Eddie Sawyer, 1960
Andy Cohen, 1960
Cookie Rojas, 1996
Ted Turner, 1977
Vern Benson, 1977
Jack Krol, 1980
Gabby Street, 1929
Ray Knight, 2003
Burt Shotton, 1934
Rene Lachemann, 2002
Joe Altobelli, 1991
Roy Johnson, 1944
Bill Burwell, 1947
Harvey Kuenn, 1975
Salty Parker, 1972
Bob Skinner, 1977
Ray Blades, 1948
Chris Von Der Ahe, 1895
Listed above are 33 managers. These are the 33 managers to have managed for one game during a given season, mostly as interims after another manager was fired and before the replacement showed up. The teams these 33 managers took over had a collective, full-season win percentage of 46.3% (2264-2627). These 33 managers, however, won 23 of their games.
The odds of a hypothetical 0.463 team winning 23 of 33 games are 0.56%.
I don't know what this means, if it means anything, but it's been on my head for a few days, and I think it's awesome.