List of Cincinnati Reds managers

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The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division in Major League Baseball. In chronological order, the Reds have played their home games in the Bank Street Grounds, League Park, the Palace of the Fans, Redland Field (later known as Crosley Field), and Riverfront Stadium (later known as Cinergy Field). [1] Since 2003, the Reds have played their home games at Great American Ball Park. [2]

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There have been sixty-two different managers in the team's franchise history: four while it was known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889), four while it was known as the Cincinnati Redlegs (1953–1958) and the other fifty-three under the Cincinnati Reds (1882 – 1952, 1959–present). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Pop Snyder was the first manager of the Reds and managed from 1882 to 1884. Sparky Anderson is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games managed (1,450) and regular-season game wins (863). He is followed by Bill McKechnie in both categories with 1,386 and 744, respectively. Anderson is the only Reds manager to have won the World Series twice, in 1975 and 1976. Pat Moran, Lou Piniella, and McKechnie have one World Series victory each; Moran was the manager during the Black Sox Scandal, which refers to the events that took place in the 1919 World Series. [3] [4] McKechnie led the team to the championship in 1940, while Piniella led the team to it in 1990. [4] Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Reds, which he won in 1999. [5] The current manager of the Reds is Freddie Benavides, who is serving as the interim manager following the firing of David Bell. The current owner is Robert Castellini.

The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Pop Snyder, with a winning percentage of .648. [6] Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a full season or more in franchise history is .382 by Donie Bush, who posted a 58–94 record during the 1933 season. [7]

Key

#Number of managers
GMRegular-season games managed
WRegular-season wins
LRegular-season losses
Win% Winning percentage
PGMPlayoff games managed
PWPlayoff wins
PLPlayoff losses
PWin%Playoff winning percentage
† or ‡Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager) [8]

Note: Linked years link to the corresponding Major League Baseball season or year in baseball.

Managers

#NameTerm [a] GMWLWin%PGMPWPLPWin%Achievements
1 Pop Snyder 1882 – 1884 21814076.648———— 1882 American Association Champion [9]
2 Will White 1884 724427.620————
3 O. P. Caylor 1885 – 1886 253128122.512————
4 Gus Schmelz 1887 – 1889 414237171.581————
5 Tom Loftus 1890 – 1891 272133136.494————
6 Charles Comiskey † 1892 – 1894 420202206.495————
7 Buck Ewing † 1895 – 1899 708394297.570————
8 Bob Allen 1900 1446277.446————
9 Bid McPhee † 1901 – 1902 20779124.389————
10 Frank Bancroft 1902 1697.563————
11 Joe Kelley † 1902 – 1905 513275230.545————
12 Ned Hanlon ‡ 1906 – 1907 311130174.428————
13 John Ganzel 1908 1557381.474————
14 Clark Griffith † 1909 – 1911 472222238.483————
15 Hank O'Day 1912 1557578.460————
16 Joe Tinker † 1913 1566489.418————
17 Buck Herzog 1914 – 1916 401165226.422————
18 Ivey Wingo 1916 211.500————
19 Christy Mathewson † 1916 – 1918 346164176.482————
20 Heinie Groh 1918 1073.700————
21 Pat Moran 1919 – 1923 757425329.564853.625World Series Champion (1919) [10]
22 Jack Hendricks 1924 – 1929 924469450.510————
23 Dan Howley 1930 – 1932 463177285.383————
24 Donie Bush 1933 1535894.382————
25 Bob O'Farrell 1934 913060.333————
26 Burt Shotton 1934 1101.000————
27 Chuck Dressen 1934 – 1937 498214282.431————
28 Bobby Wallace † 1937 25520.200————
29 Bill McKechnie ‡ 1938 – 1946 1,386744636.5391147.364National League Champion (1939)

World Series Champion (1940) [10]

30 Hank Gowdy 1946 431.750————
31 Johnny Neun 1947 – 1948 254117137.461————
32 Bucky Walters 1948 – 1949 20681123.397————
33 Luke Sewell 1949 – 1952 409174234.426————
34 Earle Brucker, Sr. 1952 532.600————
35 Rogers Hornsby † 1952 – 1953 19891106.462————
36 Buster Mills 1953 844.500————
37 Birdie Tebbetts 1954 – 1958 730372357.510————
38 Jimmy Dykes 1958 412417.585————
39 Mayo Smith 1959 803545.438————
40 Fred Hutchinson 1959 – 1964 816443372.544514.200National League Champion (1961)
41 Dick Sisler 1964 – 1965 21512194.563————
42 Don Heffner 1966 833746.446————
43 Dave Bristol 1966 – 1969 565298265.529————
44 Sparky Anderson ‡ 1970 – 1978 1,450863586.596422616.619National League Champion (1970, 1972)

World Series Champion (1975, 1976) [10]

45 John McNamara 1979 – 1982 524279244.533303.000
46 Russ Nixon 1982 – 1983 232101131.435————
47 Vern Rapp 1984 1215170.421————
48 Pete Rose 1984 – 1989 786412373.525————
49 Tommy Helms 1988 (acting),
1989 		642836.438————
50 Lou Piniella 1990 – 1992 486255231.5361082.800World Series Champion (1990) [10]
51 Tony Pérez † 1993 442024.455————
52 Davey Johnson 1993 – 1995 377204172.543734.426
53 Ray Knight 1996 – 1997,
2003 (acting)		262125137.477————
54 Jack McKeon 1997 – 2000 551291259.529———— BBWAA Manager of the Year Award (1999) [5]
55 Bob Boone 2001 – 2003 428190238.444————
56 Dave Miley 2003 – 2005 289125164.433————
57 Jerry Narron 2005 – 2007 337157179.467————
58 Pete Mackanin 2007 804139.513————
59 Dusty Baker 2008 – 2013 972509463.524826.250
60 Bryan Price 2014 – 2018 666279387.419————
61 Jim Riggleman 2018 1446480.444————
62 David Bell 2019 – 2024 865409456.4732—2—
63 Freddie Benavides 2024 514.200————
64 Terry Francona 2025- Present

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