List of Athletics managers

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The Athletics are a professional baseball team based in West Sacramento, California. The team previously played in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1901 through 1954, Kansas City, Missouri from 1955 through 1967, and Oakland, California from 1968 through 2024. [1] [2] [3] The Athletics are members of the American League (AL) West division in Major League Baseball (MLB). 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. [4] [5] The team has employed 30 different managers in its history. [6] The current Athletics' manager is Mark Kotsay. [7]

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The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer Connie Mack, who managed the team for its first fifty seasons. [8] Mack led the Athletics to nine AL championships and five World Series championships—in 1910, 1911, 1913, 1929 and 1930. [6] [8] [9] The team lost the World Series in 1905, 1914 and 1931, and no World Series was played when the Athletics won the AL championship in 1902. [6] [9] After Jimmy Dykes replaced Mack as the Athletics' manager in 1951, no manager served more than three consecutive seasons until Tony La Russa, who became the Athletics' manager in 1986. [6] During this period, Dick Williams managed the Athletics to two consecutive World Series championships in 1972 and 1973, and Alvin Dark managed the team to a third consecutive World Series championship in 1974. [6] La Russa managed the Athletics to three consecutive AL championships from 1988 through 1990, winning the World Series in 1989. [6]

Connie Mack holds the Athletics' records for most games managed, 7,466; most wins as a manager, 3,582; and most losses as a manager, 3,814. [6] Williams has the highest winning percentage of any Athletics manager, .603. [6] Four managers have served multiple terms as the Athletics' manager. Connie Mack's son Earle Mack served as interim manager twice, in 1937 and 1939, when his father was ill. [10] [11] Hank Bauer served as the Athletics' manager from 1961 to 1962, and then again in 1969. [12] Dark served as the Athletics' manager from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1974 to 1975. [13] Jack McKeon started the 1977 season as the Athletics' manager, was replaced by Bobby Winkles after 53 games, and then replaced Winkles part way through the 1978 season. [6] [14] Five Athletics' managers have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Connie Mack, Lou Boudreau, Joe Gordon, Luke Appling and Williams. [15] [16] Mack and Williams were inducted into the Hall of Fame as managers. [8] [17] Boudreau, Gordon and Appling were inducted as players. [18] [19] [20]

Key

#A running total of the number of Athletics managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
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
LCLeague championships: number of league championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WSWorld Series championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
RefReference
†Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a manager
*Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a player

Managers

Statistics current through October 1, 2023
#ImageManagerSeasonsGWLWin%PAPWPLLCWSRef(s)
1 ConnieMackIn1938.jpg Connie Mack † 1901–1950 7,4663,5823,814.4848241995 [8] [21]
2 Earle Mack.jpg Earle Mack [a] 1937 341517.469————— [10]
— Earle Mack [a] 1939 913060.333————— [10]
3 Jimmy Dykes.jpg Jimmy Dykes 1951–1953 466208254.450————— [22]
4 Eddie Joost 1954.png Eddie Joost 1954 15651103.331————— [23]
5 LouBoudreau1953bowman.jpg Lou Boudreau * 1955–1957 413151260.367————— [18]
6 Harry Craft Reds.jpg Harry Craft 1957–1959 360162196.453————— [24]
7 Bob Elliott 1948.jpeg Bob Elliott 1960 1555896.377————— [25]
8 Joe Gordon 1961.jpg Joe Gordon * 1961 602633.441————— [19]
9 Hank Bauer - New York Yankees - 1957.jpg Hank Bauer 1961–1962 264107157.405————— [12]
10 Eddie Lopat 1963.png Eddie Lopat 1963–1964 21490124.421————— [26]
11 Mel McGaha 1965.jpg Mel McGaha 1964–1965 1374591.331————— [27]
12 Haywood Sullivan 1961.jpg Haywood Sullivan 1965 1365482.397————— [28]
13 Al Dark - St. Louis Cardinals - 1957.jpg Alvin Dark 1966–1967 281126155.448————— [13]
14 Luke Appling 1942.jpg Luke Appling * 1967 401030.250————— [20]
15 Bob Kennedy.png Bob Kennedy 1968 1638280.506————— [29]
— Hank Bauer - New York Yankees - 1957.jpg Hank Bauer 1969 1498069.537————— [12]
16 Boston Red Sox John McNamara (cropped).jpg John McNamara 1969–1970 1759778.554————— [30]
17 Dick Williams 1969.jpg Dick Williams † 1971–1973 478288190.6033141322 [17] [31]
— Al Dark - St. Louis Cardinals - 1957.jpg Alvin Dark 1974–1975 324188136.58027511 [13] [32]
18 Chuck Tanner 1971.jpg Chuck Tanner 1976 1618774.540————— [33]
19 Jack McKeon Padres.jpg Jack McKeon 1977 532627.491————— [14]
20 Bobby Winkles 1977–1978 1476186.415————— [34]
— Jack McKeon Padres.jpg Jack McKeon 1978 1234578.366————— [14]
21 1984 Nashville Jim Marshall.jpg Jim Marshall 1979 16254108.333————— [35]
22 Billy Martin 1974.jpg Billy Martin 1980–1982 433215218.49713300 [36] [37]
23 Steve Boros 1983–1984 20694112.456————— [38]
24 Jackie Moore (coach) - Texas Rangers - 1974.jpg Jackie Moore 1984–1986 353163190.462————— [39]
25 Jeff Newman (manager) - Modesto A's - 1988.jpg Jeff Newman 1986 1028.200————— [40]
26 Tony La Russa 1989.jpg Tony La Russa † 1986–1995 1,471798673.5424191331 [41] [42]
27 Art Howe speaks at Union Station Houston in 2014.jpg Art Howe 1996–2002 1,133600533.53036900 [43] [44]
28 Ken Macha 2003–2006 648368280.56825700 [45] [46]
29 Bob Geren on June 6, 2011.jpg Bob Geren 2007–2011 710334376.470————— [47]
30 Bob Melvin by Gage Skidmore.jpg Bob Melvin 2011–2021 1,680880800.524671300 [48]
31 Mark Kotsay Baserunner.jpg Mark Kotsay 2022–present324179307.368————— [49]

Managers with multiples tenures

#ManagerSeasonsGWLWPctPAPWPLLCWSRef
2 [a] Earle Mack 1937, 1939 1254577.369————— [10]
8 Hank Bauer 1961–1962, 1969 413187226.453————— [12]
12 Alvin Dark 1966–1967
1974–1975 		605314291.51927511 [13] [32]
18 Jack McKeon 1977, 1978 17671105.403————— [14]

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