List of Texas Rangers managers

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The Texas Rangers are an American baseball franchise based in Arlington, Texas. They are members of the American League West division. The Rangers franchise was formed in 1961, then called the Washington Senators, as a member of the American League. [1] In its 62-year history, the Texas Rangers baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 28  managers. [2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [3]

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Mickey Vernon became the first manager of the then Washington Senators in 1961, serving for just over two seasons. Ron Washington has managed more games and seasons than any other manager in Rangers history. Before 2010, the only Rangers manager to have led the team to the playoffs was Johnny Oates, who also won the 1996 Manager of the Year Award with the Rangers. [4] Ted Williams is the only Rangers manager to have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player; [5] Whitey Herzog, who was inducted in the Hall in 2010, [6] is only Rangers manager to earn induction as a manager.

In 1963, manager Mickey Vernon was fired and replaced by interim manager Eddie Yost. One game later, Yost was replaced by Gil Hodges. In 1973, Whitey Herzog was replaced by Del Wilber. One game later, Billy Martin took over the role of manager. In 1975, Frank Lucchesi took over for Martin in midseason, who in turn was replaced by Eddie Stanky. After six games, Connie Ryan could not finish the season, so Billy Hunter took over the role of manager, only to be fired [7] with one game to go in the 1978 season and replaced by Pat Corrales. In 1982, Don Zimmer was fired as Rangers manager but continued to run the team for three more games before being replaced by Darrell Johnson. [8] Rangers owner Eddie Chiles said the poor play of the Rangers had nothing to do with Zimmer's firing but was instead 'something personal'. [9] In 1985, after Doug Rader led the Rangers to two losing seasons, he was replaced by Bobby Valentine, who in turn was replaced by Toby Harrah during midseason. In 2001, Johnny Oates' poor health forced the Rangers to hire Jerry Narron as his midseason replacement. Buck Showalter was hired as manager of the Texas Rangers following a last-place 2002 season under Narron. Showalter managed the Rangers through the 2006 season. Ron Washington next managed the team from 2007 to 2014, [10] longer than any other person in the franchise's history, when he announced his resignation on September 5, 2014. [11] Tim Bogar managed the rest of the season on an interim basis. Jeff Banister was hired to lead the team from 2015 to September 21, 2018, when he was fired. [12] Don Wakamatsu replaced him as interim manager. Chris Woodward was later hired as the new manager for 2019. [13] He was dismissed on August 15, 2022, and third base coach Tony Beasley finished the season as interim manager. [14] The Rangers then hired Bruce Bochy, who had won three championships with the San Francisco Giants and had initially retired in 2019, to manage the team starting in 2023, [15] leading to the franchise's first title in the 2023 World Series. [16]

Key

No.A running total of the number of Senators/Rangers managers
Season(s)The first and last seasons the manager led the team. Each year is linked to an article about that particular team season.
GRegular season games managed
WRegular season wins
LRegular season losses
Win % Winning percentage
PAPlayoff appearances: number of years the manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PWPlayoff wins
PLPlayoff losses
LCLeague championships: number of league championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WSWorld Series championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
*Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

No.ImageManagerSeason(s)GWLWin %PAPWPLLCWSNotesRef(s).
1 Mickey Vernon 1961.jpg Mickey Vernon 1961–1963 362135227.373—————— [17]
2 Ed Yost - Detroit Tigers - 1959.jpg Eddie Yost 1963 101.000—————— [18]
3 Gil Hodges 1956.jpg Gil Hodges 1963–1967 765321444.420—————— [19]
4 Jim Lemon - Washington Senators - 1959.jpg Jim Lemon 1968 1616596.404—————— [20]
5 Ted Williams 1954 Bowman.jpg Ted Williams * 1969–1972 637273364.429—————— [21]
6 Whitey Herzog ca 1989.jpg Whitey Herzog * 1973 1384791.341—————— [22]
7 Del Wilber.jpg Del Wilber 1973 1101.000—————— [23]
8 Billy Martin 1974.jpg Billy Martin 1973–1975 278137141.493—————— [24]
9 Frank Lucchesi (coach) - Texas Rangers - 1974.jpg Frank Lucchesi 1975–1977 291142149.488—————— [25]
10 Eddie Stanky 1953.jpg Eddie Stanky 1977 1101.000—————— [26]
11 Connie Ryan 1953.jpg Connie Ryan 1977 624.333—————— [27]
12 BillyHunter1954bowman.jpg Billy Hunter 1977–1978 254146108.575—————— [28]
13 Pat Corrales.jpg Pat Corrales 1978–1980 324160164.494—————— [29]
14 Don Zimmer Los Angeles Dodgers 1959.jpg Don Zimmer 1981–1982 20195106.473—————— [30]
15 1974 Boston Red Sox Yearbook Cards Darrell Johnson (cropped).jpg Darrell Johnson 1982 662640.394—————— [31]
16 Doug Rader.jpg Doug Rader 1983–1985 355155200.437—————— [32]
17 Bobby Valentine2.jpg Bobby Valentine 1985–1992 1,186581605.490—————— [33]
18 Toby Harrah - Texas Rangers.jpg Toby Harrah 1992 763244.421—————— [34]
19 Kevin Kennedy (manager) - San Antonio Missions - 1988.jpg Kevin Kennedy 1993–1994 276138138.500—————— [35]
20 1982 Nashville Johnny Oates.jpg Johnny Oates 1995–2001 982506476.515319——1996 AL Manager of the Year [4] [36]
21 Jerry Narron - Seattle Mariners - 1981.jpg Jerry Narron 2001–2002 296134162.453—————— [37]
22 2015 -WinterMeetings- Buck Showalter (23344175610) (cropped).jpg Buck Showalter 2003–2006 648319329.492—————2004 AL Manager of the Year [36] [38]
23 Ron Washington tosses baseball in Houston August 2014.jpg Ron Washington 2007–2014 1,275664611.521318162—— [39]
24 Tim Bogar (cropped).jpg Tim Bogar 2014 22148.636—————— [40]
25 Jeff Banister 2015 (cropped).jpg Jeff Banister 2015–2018 638325313.509226——2015 AL Manager of the Year [36] [41]
26 Don Wakamatsu.jpg Don Wakamatsu 2018 1037.300—————— [42]
27 Chris Woodward (51008494098) (cropped).jpg Chris Woodward 2019–2022 498211287.424—————— [43]
28 Tony Beasley on August 4, 2016 (cropped).jpg Tony Beasley 2022 481731.354—————— [44]
29 Bruce Bochy by Gage Skidmore.jpg Bruce Bochy 2023–present1629072.556113411— [45]
Totals29 managers62 seasons9,9584,7405,218.4769343531——

Statistics current through the end of the 2023 season

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General references
  1. "Texas Rangers Managers". Baseball-Reference . Sports Reference. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  2. "All-Time Managers". Texas Rangers. Major League Baseball. Retrieved May 21, 2020.

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