List of Major League Baseball managers by wins
This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins and a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 450 games (slightly less than three full seasons).[1] Both lists are current through the games of May 20 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader (2,117) and is tenth in overall wins. Vic Harris, who was a manager in the segregated Negro leagues, has the highest percentage at 547–278 (.663). Dave Roberts is the active leader in winning percentage at 786–460 (.631), which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues.
Managers with 1,000 or more wins
‹See TfM›† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame |
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* | Denote manager is active |
Rank | Name | Wins | Losses | Ties[a] | Pct. | Pennants/ WS Won |
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1 | Connie Mack‹See TfM›† | 3,731 | 3,948 | 76 | .486 | 9/5 |
2 | Tony La Russa‹See TfM›† | 2,884 | 2,499 | 4 | .536 | 6/3 |
3 | John McGraw‹See TfM›† | 2,763 | 1,948 | 58 | .586 | 10/3 |
4 | Bobby Cox‹See TfM›† | 2,504 | 2,001 | 3 | .556 | 5/1 |
5 | Joe Torre‹See TfM›† | 2,326 | 1,997 | 6 | .538 | 6/4 |
6 | Sparky Anderson‹See TfM›† | 2,194 | 1,834 | 2 | .545 | 5/3 |
7 | Dusty Baker | 2,183 | 1,862 | 1 | .540 | 3/1 |
8 | Bucky Harris‹See TfM›† | 2,158 | 2,219 | 33 | .493 | 3/2 |
9 | Joe McCarthy‹See TfM›† | 2,125 | 1,333 | 29 | .615 | 9/7 |
10 | Bruce Bochy* | 2,117 | 2,125 | 0 | .499 | 5/4 |
11 | Walter Alston‹See TfM›† | 2,040 | 1,613 | 5 | .558 | 7/4 |
12 | Leo Durocher‹See TfM›† | 2,008 | 1,709 | 22 | .540 | 3/1 |
13 | Terry Francona | 1,950 | 1,672 | 0 | .538 | 3/2 |
14 | Casey Stengel‹See TfM›† | 1,905 | 1,842 | 19 | .508 | 10/7 |
15 | Gene Mauch | 1,902 | 2,037 | 3 | .483 | 0 |
16 | Bill McKechnie‹See TfM›† | 1,896 | 1,723 | 28 | .524 | 4/2 |
17 | Lou Piniella | 1,835 | 1,713 | 0 | .517 | 1/1 |
18 | Jim Leyland‹See TfM›† | 1,769 | 1,728 | 2 | .506 | 3/1 |
19 | Buck Showalter | 1,726 | 1,665 | 1 | .509 | 0 |
20 | Mike Scioscia | 1,650 | 1,428 | 0 | .536 | 1/1 |
21 | Ralph Houk | 1,619 | 1,531 | 7 | .514 | 3/2 |
22 | Fred Clarke‹See TfM›† | 1,602 | 1,181 | 43 | .576 | 4/1 |
23 | Tommy Lasorda‹See TfM›† | 1,599 | 1,439 | 2 | .526 | 4/2 |
24 | Dick Williams‹See TfM›† | 1,571 | 1,451 | 1 | .520 | 4/2 |
25 | Bob Melvin* | 1,540 | 1,450 | 0 | .515 | 0 |
26 | Clark Griffith‹See TfM›† | 1,491 | 1,367 | 59 | .522 | 1/0 |
27 | Earl Weaver‹See TfM›† | 1,480 | 1,060 | 1 | .583 | 4/1 |
28 | Miller Huggins‹See TfM›† | 1,413 | 1,134 | 23 | .555 | 6/3 |
29 | Al Lopez‹See TfM›† | 1,410 | 1,004 | 11 | .584 | 2/0 |
30 | Jimmy Dykes | 1,406 | 1,541 | 15 | .477 | 0 |
31 | Wilbert Robinson‹See TfM›† | 1,399 | 1,398 | 21 | .500 | 2/0 |
32 | Joe Maddon | 1,382 | 1,216 | 1 | .532 | 2/1 |
33 | Davey Johnson | 1,372 | 1,071 | 2 | .562 | 1/1 |
34 | Chuck Tanner | 1,352 | 1,381 | 5 | .495 | 1/1 |
35 | Ned Hanlon‹See TfM›† | 1,313 | 1,164 | 53 | .530 | 5/0 |
36 | Cap Anson‹See TfM›† | 1,295 | 947 | 46 | .578 | 5/0 |
37 | Charlie Grimm | 1,287 | 1,067 | 14 | .547 | 3/0 |
38 | Frank Selee‹See TfM›† | 1,284 | 862 | 34 | .598 | 5/0 |
39 | Whitey Herzog‹See TfM›† | 1,281 | 1,125 | 3 | .532 | 3/1 |
40 | Clint Hurdle | 1,269 | 1,345 | 1 | .485 | 1/0 |
41 | Billy Martin | 1,253 | 1,013 | 1 | .553 | 2/1 |
42 | Bill Rigney | 1,239 | 1,321 | 1 | .484 | 0 |
43 | Joe Cronin‹See TfM›† | 1,236 | 1,055 | 24 | .540 | 2/0 |
44 | Harry Wright‹See TfM›† | 1,225 | 885 | 35 | .581 | 6/0 |
45 | Ned Yost | 1,203 | 1,341 | 0 | .473 | 2/1 |
46 | Ron Gardenhire | 1,200 | 1,280 | 0 | .484 | 0 |
47 | Mike Hargrove | 1,188 | 1,173 | 2 | .503 | 2/0 |
48 | Bobby Valentine | 1,186 | 1,165 | 0 | .504 | 1/0 |
49 | Hughie Jennings‹See TfM›† | 1,184 | 995 | 23 | .543 | 3/0 |
50 | Lou Boudreau‹See TfM›† | 1,162 | 1,224 | 18 | .487 | 1/1 |
51 | John McNamara | 1,160 | 1,233 | 2 | .485 | 1/0 |
52 | Bud Black* | 1,140 | 1,300 | 0 | .467 | 0 |
Tom Kelly | 1,140 | 1,244 | 1 | .478 | 2/2 | |
54 | Frankie Frisch‹See TfM›† | 1,138 | 1,078 | 30 | .514 | 1/1 |
55 | Art Howe | 1,129 | 1,137 | 0 | .498 | 0 |
56 | Joe Girardi | 1,120 | 935 | 0 | .545 | 1/1 |
57 | Danny Murtaugh | 1,115 | 950 | 3 | .540 | 2/2 |
58 | Frank Robinson‹See TfM›† | 1,065 | 1,176 | 0 | .475 | 0 |
59 | Jack McKeon | 1,051 | 990 | 1 | .515 | 1/1 |
60 | Billy Southworth‹See TfM›† | 1,044 | 704 | 22 | .597 | 4/2 |
61 | Red Schoendienst‹See TfM›† | 1,041 | 955 | 3 | .522 | 2/1 |
62 | Steve O'Neill | 1,040 | 821 | 18 | .559 | 1/1 |
63 | Felipe Alou | 1,033 | 1,021 | 1 | .503 | 0 |
64 | Jim Fregosi | 1,028 | 1,095 | 0 | .484 | 1/0 |
65 | Chuck Dressen | 1,008 | 973 | 9 | .509 | 2/0 |
66 | Charlie Manuel | 1,000 | 826 | 0 | .548 | 2/1 |
- ^ Ties are very uncommon in modern baseball, and are not counted in official standings, but all statistics accumulated in the game are counted. In normal play, ties should not occur in baseball, as the rules state that extra innings are played until one of the two teams wins the game. In modern baseball, tied games can only occur if such a game is the last scheduled between the two teams that season and has no bearing on the postseason. In all other cases, the game is merely suspended and completed at the first opportunity. Tied games were more common in the early days of baseball before the introduction of floodlights in MLB ballparks when darkness would halt games on occasion. The few ties that still occur are usually caused by bad weather.
Win percentage
Managers included have managed at least 450 games – slightly less than three full seasons and a group including 298 managers – and regular season win percentages of at least .540. Note that the total number of games listed for each manager in this table includes tie games though ties are not included in "decided game" statistics. The lowest winning percentage for a qualifying manager is Doc Prothro: .301 (138–320–2) in 460 games.
Rank | Name | Win Pct. | Games | Wins | Losses |
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1 | Vic Harris | .663 | 845 | 547 | 278 |
2 | Rube Foster‹See TfM›† | .633 | 542 | 336 | 195 |
3 | Dave Roberts* | .631 | 1,246 | 786 | 460 |
4 | Joe McCarthy‹See TfM›† | .615 | 3,487 | 2,125 | 1,333 |
5 | Jim Mutrie | .611 | 1,114 | 658 | 419 |
6 | Charles Comiskey‹See TfM›† | .608 | 1,408 | 839 | 540 |
7 | Frank Selee‹See TfM›† | .597 | 2,180 | 1,284 | 862 |
Billy Southworth‹See TfM›† | 1,770 | 1,044 | 704 | ||
9 | Frank Chance‹See TfM›† | .593 | 1,622 | 946 | 648 |
10 | Aaron Boone* | .590 | 919 | 542 | 377 |
11 | John McGraw‹See TfM›† | .586 | 4,769 | 2,763 | 1,948 |
12 | Al Lopez‹See TfM›† | .584 | 2,425 | 1,410 | 1,004 |
13 | Earl Weaver‹See TfM›† | .583 | 2,541 | 1,480 | 1,060 |
14 | Mickey Cochrane‹See TfM›† | .582 | 600 | 348 | 250 |
15 | Harry Wright‹See TfM›† | .581 | 2,185 | 1,225 | 885 |
16 | Cap Anson‹See TfM›† | .578 | 2,288 | 1,295 | 947 |
Eddie Dyer | 777 | 446 | 325 | ||
Pants Rowland | 590 | 339 | 247 | ||
19 | Fred Clarke‹See TfM›† | .576 | 2,826 | 1,602 | 1,181 |
20 | Frank Duncan | .570 | 500 | 281 | 212 |
Ossie Vitt | 462 | 262 | 198 | ||
22 | Bill McGunnigle | .569 | 586 | 327 | 248 |
23 | John Montgomery Ward‹See TfM›† | .563 | 751 | 412 | 320 |
24 | Davey Johnson | .562 | 2,445 | 1,372 | 1,071 |
25 | Pat Moran | .561 | 1,344 | 748 | 586 |
Brian Snitker* | 1,199 | 673 | 526 | ||
27 | Steve O'Neill | .559 | 1,879 | 1,040 | 821 |
28 | Walter Alston‹See TfM›† | .558 | 3,658 | 2,040 | 1,613 |
29 | Bobby Cox‹See TfM›† | .556 | 4,508 | 2,504 | 2,001 |
Larry Dierker | 783 | 435 | 348 | ||
31 | Miller Huggins‹See TfM›† | .555 | 2,570 | 1,413 | 1,134 |
Patsy Tebeau | 1,339 | 726 | 583 | ||
Bill Terry‹See TfM›† | 1,496 | 823 | 661 | ||
34 | Buck Ewing‹See TfM›† | .554 | 903 | 489 | 395 |
Billy Martin | 2,267 | 1,253 | 1,013 | ||
Felton Snow | 512 | 279 | 225 | ||
37 | Mike Shildt* | .553 | 501 | 277 | 224 |
38 | Grady Little | .552 | 648 | 358 | 290 |
39 | Walter Johnson‹See TfM›† | .550 | 966 | 529 | 432 |
Nap Lajoie‹See TfM›† | 700 | 377 | 309 | ||
41 | Jimmy Collins‹See TfM›† | .548 | 677 | 367 | 303 |
Charlie Manuel | 1,826 | 1,000 | 826 | ||
Bill Shettsline | 842 | 455 | 376 | ||
44 | Charlie Grimm | .547 | 2,368 | 1,287 | 1,067 |
45 | George Gibson | .546 | 759 | 413 | 344 |
Sam Mele | 963 | 524 | 436 | ||
47 | Sparky Anderson‹See TfM›† | .545 | 4,030 | 2,194 | 1,834 |
Joe Girardi | 2,055 | 1,120 | 935 | ||
49 | Kevin Cash* | .544 | 1,405 | 764 | 641 |
Dick Howser | 933 | 507 | 425 | ||
Willie Randolph | 555 | 302 | 253 | ||
52 | Hughie Jennings‹See TfM›† | .543 | 2,203 | 1,184 | 995 |
Tris Speaker‹See TfM›† | 1,139 | 617 | 520 | ||
54 | Alex Cora* | .541 | 858 | 464 | 394 |
55 | Dusty Baker | .540 | 4,046 | 2,183 | 1,862 |
Joe Cronin‹See TfM›† | 2,315 | 1,236 | 1,055 | ||
Leo Durocher‹See TfM›† | 3,739 | 2,008 | 1,709 | ||
Fielder Jones | 1,297 | 683 | 582 | ||
Ken Macha | 972 | 525 | 447 | ||
Danny Murtaugh | 2,068 | 1,115 | 950 |
Three active managers have winning percentages above .540 but have not reached 450 managed games.
Name | Win Pct. | Games | Wins | Losses |
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Stephen Vogt | .646 | 48 | 31 | 17 |
Rob Thomson | .589 | 321 | 189 | 132 |
John Schneider | .553 | 282 | 156 | 126 |
See also
- MLB All-Time Manager (1997; BBWAA)
- Sporting News Manager of the Decade (2009)
- Sports Illustrated MLB Manager of the Decade (2009)
- Manager of the Year
- The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
- This Year in Baseball Awards (including manager)
References
- ^ "MLB Managers". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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