The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the National League Western Division. The Dodgers began play in 1884 as the Brooklyn Atlantics and have been known by seven nicknames since (including the Grays, Grooms, Superbas, and Robins), before adopting the Dodgers name for good in 1932. [1] They played in Brooklyn, New York until their move to Los Angeles in 1958. During the team's existence, they have employed 32 different managers. [2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. [3]
# | A running total of the number of Dodgers managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once. |
G | Number of postseason games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games |
W | Number of regular season wins in games managed |
L | Number of regular season losses in games managed |
WPct | Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed |
PA | Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs |
PW | Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
PL | Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs |
LC | League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager |
WS | World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager |
† | Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
# [a] | Name | Term | Wins | Losses | WPct | PA | PW | PL | LC | WS | Ref |
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1 | George Taylor | 1884 | 40 | 64 | .384 | — | — | — | — | — | [4] |
2 | Charlie Hackett | 1885 | 15 | 22 | .405 | — | — | — | — | — | [5] |
3 | Charlie Byrne | 1885–1887 | 174 | 172 | .503 | — | — | — | — | — | [6] |
4 | Bill McGunnigle | 1888–1890 | 268 | 138 | .660 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | — | [7] |
5 | John Montgomery Ward † | 1891–1892 | 156 | 135 | .536 | — | — | — | — | — | [8] |
6 | Dave Foutz | 1893–1896 | 264 | 257 | .507 | — | — | — | — | — | [9] |
7 | Billy Barnie | 1897–1898 | 76 | 91 | .455 | — | — | — | — | — | [10] |
8 | Mike Griffin | 1898 | 1 | 3 | .250 | — | — | — | — | — | [11] |
9 | Charles Ebbets | 1898 | 38 | 68 | .358 | — | — | — | — | — | [12] |
10 | Ned Hanlon † | 1899–1905 | 511 | 488 | .512 | — | — | — | 2 | — | [13] |
11 | Patsy Donovan | 1906–1908 | 184 | 270 | .405 | — | — | — | — | — | [14] |
12 | Harry Lumley | 1909 | 55 | 98 | .360 | — | — | — | — | — | [15] |
13 | Bill Dahlen | 1910–1913 | 251 | 355 | .428 | — | — | — | — | — | [16] |
14 | Wilbert Robinson † | 1914–1931 | 1,375 | 1,341 | .506 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | — | [17] |
15 | Max Carey † | 1932–1933 | 146 | 161 | .476 | — | — | — | — | — | [18] |
16 | Casey Stengel † | 1934–1936 | 208 | 251 | .461 | — | — | — | — | — | [19] |
17 | Burleigh Grimes † | 1937–1938 | 131 | 171 | .434 | — | — | — | — | — | [20] |
18 | Leo Durocher † | 1939–1946 | 703 | 528 | .571 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | [21] |
19 | Clyde Sukeforth | 1947 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | [22] |
20 | Burt Shotton | 1947 | 92 | 60 | .605 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | [23] |
— | Leo Durocher † | 1948 | 35 | 37 | .486 | — | — | — | — | — | [21] |
21 | Ray Blades | 1948 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | — | [24] |
— | Burt Shotton | 1948–1950 | 234 | 155 | .601 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | [23] |
22 | Chuck Dressen | 1951–1953 | 298 | 166 | .642 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | — | [25] |
23 | Walter Alston † | 1954–1976 | 2,040 | 1,613 | .558 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 4 | [26] |
24 | Tommy Lasorda † [b] | 1976–1996 | 1,599 | 1,439 | .526 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 4 | 2 | [27] |
25 | Bill Russell | 1996–1998 | 173 | 149 | .537 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | [28] |
26 | Glenn Hoffman | 1998 | 47 | 41 | .534 | — | — | — | — | — | [29] |
27 | Davey Johnson | 1999–2000 | 163 | 161 | .503 | — | — | — | — | — | [30] |
28 | Jim Tracy | 2001–2005 | 427 | 383 | .527 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | [31] |
29 | Grady Little | 2006–2007 | 170 | 154 | .525 | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | [32] |
30 | Joe Torre † | 2008–2010 | 259 | 227 | .533 | 2 | 8 | 8 | — | — | [33] |
31 | Don Mattingly | 2011–2015 | 446 | 363 | .551 | 3 | 8 | 11 | — | — | [34] |
32 | Dave Roberts | 2016–present | 753 | 442 | .630 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 3 | 1 | [35] |
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