List of Atlanta Braves managers

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The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are members of the National League (NL) East division in Major League Baseball (MLB). Since the franchise started as the Boston Red Stockings (no relationship to the current Boston Red Sox team) in 1871, the team has changed its name several times and relocated twice. The Braves were a charter member of the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Caps, and are one of the NL's two remaining charter franchises (the other being the Chicago Cubs). [1] In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [2] [3] The Braves franchise has employed 45 managers. [4]

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The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer Harry Wright, who managed the team for eleven seasons. [5] Frank Selee was the next manager to have managed the team for eleven seasons, with a total of twelve with the formerly named Boston Beaneaters. [6] The formerly named Boston Braves made their first postseason appearance under George Stallings in 1914, winning the World Series that year. [7] Several other managers spent long tenures with the Braves. Bill McKechnie managed the Braves from 1930 to 1937, while Casey Stengel managed the team from 1938 to 1942. [8] [9] The franchise was known as the Boston Bees from 1936 to 1940, and was again named the Boston Braves until 1952. Stengel also managed the Braves in 1943. [9]

From 1943 to 1989, no managerial term lasted as long as five complete seasons. The Braves were managed by Billy Southworth from 1946 to 1949, and again from 1950 to 1951. Southworth led the team into the 1948 World Series, which ended the Braves' 34-year postseason drought; the World Series ended in a losing result for the Braves. In 1953, the team moved from Boston to Milwaukee, where it was known as the Milwaukee Braves. Its first manager in Milwaukee was Charlie Grimm, who managed the team from mid-season of 1952 to mid-season of 1956. Fred Haney took over the managerial position after Grimm, and led the team to the World Series in 1957, defeating the New York Yankees in a game seven to win the series. [10]

In 1966, the team moved from Milwaukee to its current location, Atlanta. Its first manager in Atlanta was Bobby Bragan, who managed the team for three seasons earlier in Milwaukee. Lum Harris was the first manager to have managed the team in Atlanta for more than four seasons. Harris led the team into the NL Championship Series (NLCS) in 1969, but failed to advance into the World Series. Joe Torre was the next manager to manage the Braves into the postseason, but like Harris, led the team into the NLCS with a losing result. [10] Bobby Cox was the manager of the Braves from 1990 till 2010. Under his leadership the Braves made the postseason 15 times, winning five National League championships and one World Series title in 1995. [11] Cox has the most regular season wins, regular season losses, postseason appearances, postseason wins and postseason losses of any Braves manager. [4] He was named NL Manager of the Year three times, in 1991, 2004 and 2005. [12]

After Cox retired upon the conclusion of the 2010 season, Fredi González was hired to take over as manager.

Several managers have had multiple tenures with the Braves. John Morrill served three terms in the 1880s as the Braves manager, while Fred Tenney, Stengel, Bob Coleman, Southworth, Dave Bristol and Cox each served two terms. Ted Turner and Vern Benson's term each lasted only a single game, as they were both interim managers between Bristol's tenures.

Table key

Years
the corresponding Major League Baseball season
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Postseason appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the postseason
PW
Postseason wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the postseason
PL
Postseason losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the postseason
Pen
Pennants: number of pennants (league championships) won by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
† or ‡
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)

Managers

# [a] ManagerYearsWinsLossesWPctPAPWPLPenWSRef
1 Harry Wright † 1871–1881 254187.5766 [5]
2 John Morrill 1882 4539.536 [13]
3 Jack Burdock 1883 3024.556 [14]
— John Morrill 1883–1886 208176.541 [13]
4 King Kelly † 1887 4943.533 [15]
— John Morrill 1887–1888 8281.503 [13]
5 Jim Hart 1889 8345.648 [16]
6 Frank Selee ‡ 1890–1901 1,004649.6071501 [6]
7 Al Buckenberger 1902–1904 186242.435 [17]
8 Fred Tenney 1905–1907 158295.348 [18]
9 Joe Kelley † 1908 6391.409 [19]
10 Frank Bowerman 1909 2254.289 [20]
11 Harry Smith 1909 2354.299 [21]
12 Fred Lake 1910 53100.346 [22]
— Fred Tenney 1911 44107.398 [18]
13 Johnny Kling 1912 52101.340 [23]
14 George Stallings 1913–1920 579597.4921411 [7]
15 Fred Mitchell 1921–1923 186274.404 [24]
16 Dave Bancroft † 1924–1927 249363.407 [25]
17 Jack Slattery 1928 1120.355 [26]
18 Rogers Hornsby † 1928 3983.320 [27]
19 Emil Fuchs 1929 5698.364 [28]
20 Bill McKechnie ‡ 1930–1937 560666.457 [8]
21 Casey Stengel ‡ 1938–1942 326431.430 [9]
22 Bob Coleman 1943 2125.456 [29]
— Casey Stengel ‡ 1943 4760.439 [9]
— Bob Coleman 1944–1945 107140.433 [29]
23 Del Bissonette 1945 2534.424 [30]
24 Billy Southworth ‡ 1946–1949 313256.5501241 [31]
25 Johnny Cooney 1949 2025.444 [32]
— Billy Southworth ‡ 1950–1951 111102.521 [31]
26 Tommy Holmes 1951–1952 6169.469 [33]
27 Charlie Grimm 1952–1956 341285.544 [34]
28 Fred Haney 1956–1959 341231.59627721 [35]
29 Chuck Dressen 1960–1961 159124.562 [36]
30 Birdie Tebbetts 1961–1962 9889.524 [37]
31 Bobby Bragan 1963–1966 310287.519 [38]
32 Billy Hitchcock 1966–1967 110100.524 [39]
Int Ken Silvestri 1967 03.000
33 Lum Harris 1968–1972 379373.50413 [40]
34 Eddie Mathews † 1972–1974 149161.481 [41]
35 Clyde King 1974–1975 96101.487 [42]
36 Connie Ryan 1975 918.333 [43]
37 Dave Bristol 1976–1977 78113.408 [44]
38 Ted Turner 1977 01.000 [45]
39 Vern Benson 1977 101.000 [46]
— Dave Bristol 1977 5279.397 [44]
40 Bobby Cox ‡ 1978–1981 266323.452 [11]
41 Joe Torre ‡ 1982–1984 257229.52913 [47]
42 Eddie Haas 1985 5071.413 [48]
43 Bobby Wine 1985 1625.390 [49]
44 Chuck Tanner 1986–1988 153208.424 [50]
45 Russ Nixon 1988–1990 130216.376 [51]
— Bobby Cox ‡ 1990–2010 1,8831,386.57614646351 [11]
46 Fredi González 2011–2016 434413.51221400 [52]
47 Brian Snitker 2016–present646509.5596242111 [53]
Totals11,02510,876.50329107105105

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