List of Los Angeles Dodgers managers

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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]

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Table key

#
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

Managers

# [a] NameTermWinsLossesWPctPAPWPLLCWSRef
1 George Taylor 1884 4064.384 [4]
2 Charlie Hackett 1885 1522.405 [5]
3 Charlie Byrne 18851887 174172.503 [6]
4 Bill McGunnigle 18881890 268138.6602692 [7]
5 John Montgomery Ward 18911892 156135.536 [8]
6 Dave Foutz 18931896 264257.507 [9]
7 Billy Barnie 18971898 7691.455 [10]
8 Mike Griffin 1898 13.250 [11]
9 Charles Ebbets 1898 3868.358 [12]
10 Ned Hanlon 18991905 511488.5122 [13]
11 Patsy Donovan 19061908 184270.405 [14]
12 Harry Lumley 1909 5598.360 [15]
13 Bill Dahlen 19101913 251355.428 [16]
14 Wilbert Robinson 19141931 1,3751,341.5062392 [17]
15 Max Carey 19321933 146161.476 [18]
16 Casey Stengel 19341936 208251.461 [19]
17 Burleigh Grimes 19371938 131171.434 [20]
18 Leo Durocher 19391946 703528.5711141 [21]
19 Clyde Sukeforth 1947 201.000 [22]
20 Burt Shotton 1947 9260.6051341 [23]
Leo Durocher 1948 3537.486 [21]
21 Ray Blades 1948 101.000 [24]
Burt Shotton 19481950 234155.6011141 [23]
22 Chuck Dressen 19511953 298166.6422582 [25]
23 Walter Alston 19541976 2,0401,613.5587232174 [26]
24 Tommy Lasorda [b] 19761996 1,5991,439.5267313042 [27]
25 Bill Russell 19961998 173149.53713 [28]
26 Glenn Hoffman 1998 4741.534 [29]
27 Davey Johnson 19992000 163161.503 [30]
28 Jim Tracy 20012005 427383.527113 [31]
29 Grady Little 20062007 170154.52513 [32]
30 Joe Torre 20082010 259227.533288 [33]
31 Don Mattingly 20112015 446363.5513811 [34]
32 Dave Roberts 2016–present753442.6308453631 [35]

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