List of New York Yankees managers

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The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in New York City, New York in the borough of The Bronx. The New York Yankees are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Yankees have won the World Series 27 times, more than any other MLB team. [1] [2] In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [3] [4] Since starting to play as the Baltimore Orioles (no relationship to the current Baltimore Orioles team [5] ) in 1901, the team has employed 35 managers. [6] The current manager is Aaron Boone, the current general manager is Brian Cashman and the current owner is Hal Steinbrenner, the son of George Steinbrenner, who first bought the Yankees in 1973. [7] [8] [9]

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The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer John McGraw, who managed the team for one year and part of a second before becoming manager of the New York Giants. [10] In 1903, the team moved from Baltimore to New York, where it was initially known as the New York Highlanders. [11] Its first manager in New York was Clark Griffith, who managed the team from 1903 to 1908. [6] Miller Huggins was the next manager to manage the team for more than three seasons. Huggins took over the managerial duties in 1918 and led the Yankees to six American League championships and three World Series titles until his death in 1929. Huggins won 1,067 regular season games with the Yankees, which ranks fourth all-time among Yankee managers. [6] [12]

Several other managers spent long tenures with the Yankees. Joe McCarthy managed the Yankees from 1931 until midway through the 1946 season. During his tenure, the Yankees won eight American League titles and won the World Series seven times. He won 1,460 regular season games with the Yankees and lost 867, both more than any other Yankee manager. [6] [13] Casey Stengel managed the team from 1949 until 1960, winning 10 American League championships, 7 World Series titles, and 1,149 games, which ranks third among Yankee managers. [14] After Stengel was discharged, Ralph Houk managed the Yankees from 1961 through 1963, winning American League titles each season, and winning the World Series twice. He served a second term as Yankee manager from 1966 through 1973. [15]

From 1974 until 1995, no Yankee managerial term lasted as long as three complete seasons. [6] Joe Torre managed the Yankees from 1996 through 2007 and the team made the playoffs each season. He also won six American League championships and four World Series titles. His 1,173 regular season wins are second all-time among Yankees managers. He also has the most playoff appearances, playoff wins and playoff losses of any Yankee manager. Torre was named American League Manager of the Year twice, in 1996 and 1998. [16] His predecessor, Buck Showalter, also was named Manager of the Year in 1994. [16] Torre left after the 2007 season and was replaced by Joe Girardi, who managed the Yankees from 2008 to 2017 winning one American League championship and one World Series title. [6] [17] [18]

Several managers have had multiple tenures with the Yankees. Billy Martin served five terms as Yankee manager. [19] [20] Before his death in 1989, Martin was rumored to be in line for a sixth term if the Yankees started the 1990 season poorly. [21] Yogi Berra, Houk, Bob Lemon, Gene Michael, Lou Piniella and Dick Howser each served two terms as the Yankees' manager. Howser's first term lasted only a single game, as interim manager in 1978 between Martin's firing and Lemon's hiring. [22] Howser also managed a full season in 1980, leading the team to the playoffs, but was fired after the Yankees failed to advance to the World Series. Howser has the highest career winning percentage among all Yankee managers at .632. [6] [22]

Key

#Number of managers [a]
GRegular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
WRegular season wins
LRegular season losses
Win% Winning percentage
PAPlayoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PWPlayoff wins
PLPlayoff losses
RefReference
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 primarily as a manager or executive
*Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a player

Managers

Statistics current as of 2023
# [a] ManagerSeasonsGWLWin%PAPWPLLCWSRef
1 John McGraw † 1901–1902 1939496.495————— [10]
2 Wilbert Robinson † 1902 832457.296————— [23]
3 Clark Griffith † 1903–1908 807490370.558————— [24]
4 Kid Elberfeld 1908 982771.276————— [25]
5 George Stallings 1909–1910 295152136.515————— [26]
6 Hal Chase 1910–1911 1678680.515————— [27]
7 Harry Wolverton 1912 15350102.327————— [28]
8 Frank Chance * 1913–1914 290117168.403————— [29]
9 Roger Peckinpaugh 1914 201010.500————— [30]
10 Wild Bill Donovan 1915–1917 465220239.473————— [31]
11 Miller Huggins † 1918–1929 1,7961,067719.5946181563 [12] [32]
12 Art Fletcher 1929 1165.545————— [33]
13 Bob Shawkey 1930 1548668.558————— [34]
14 Joe McCarthy † 1931–1946 2,3481,460867.627829987 [13] [35]
15 Bill Dickey * 1946 1055748.543————— [36]
16 Johnny Neun 1946 1486.571————— [37]
17 Bucky Harris 1947–1948 309191117.62014311 [38] [39]
18 Casey Stengel † 1949–1960 1,8511,149696.623103726107 [14] [40]
19 Ralph Houk 1961–1963 486309176.63738832 [15] [41]
20 Yogi Berra * 1964 1649963.61113410 [42] [43]
21 Johnny Keane 1965–1966 18281101.445————— [44]
– Ralph Houk 1966–1973 1,271635630.502————— [15]
22 Bill Virdon 1974–1975 266142124.534————— [45]
23 Billy Martin [b] 1975–1978 471279192.5922101021 [19] [46]
24 Dick Howser [b] 1978 101.000————— [22]
25 Bob Lemon * [b] 1978–1979 1338251.61717311 [47] [48]
– Billy Martin 1979 955540.579————— [19]
– Dick Howser 1980 16210359.63610300 [22] [49]
26 Gene Michael [c] 1981 824834.585————— [50]
– Bob Lemon * [c] 1981–1982 391722.43618610 [47] [48]
– Gene Michael 1982 864442.512————— [50]
27 Clyde King 1982 622933.468————— [51]
– Billy Martin 1983 1629171.562————— [19]
– Yogi Berra * 1984–1985 1789385.522————— [42]
– Billy Martin 1985 1459154.628————— [19]
28 Lou Piniella 1986–1987 324179145.552————— [52]
– Billy Martin 1988 684028.588————— [19]
– Lou Piniella 1988 934548.484————— [52]
29 Dallas Green 1989 1215665.463————— [53]
30 Bucky Dent 1989–1990 893653.404————— [54]
31 Stump Merrill 1990–1991 275120155.436————— [55]
32 Buck Showalter [d] 1992–1995 582313268.53912300 [56] [57]
33 Joe Torre [e] † 1996–2007 1,9421,173767.60512764764 [17] [58]
34 Joe Girardi 2008–2017 1,620910710.5626282411 [18] [59] [60]
35 Aaron Boone 2018–present870509361.5855141700 [61]

Managers with multiple tenures

# [a] ManagerSeasonsGWLWin%PAPWPLLCWSRef
19 Ralph Houk 1961–1963
1966–1973 		1,757944806.53938832 [15] [41]
20 Yogi Berra * 1964, 1984–1985 342192148.56513410 [42] [43]
23 Billy Martin [b] 1975–1978, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1988 941556385.5912101021 [19] [46]
24 Dick Howser [b] 1978, 1980 16310360.63210300 [22] [49]
25 Bob Lemon * [b] [c] 1978–1979
1981–1982 		1729973.576215921 [47] [48]
26 Gene Michael [c] 1981, 1982 1689276.548————— [50]
28 Lou Piniella 1986–1987, 1988 417224193.537————— [52]

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