List of Major League Baseball managers by wins

Last updated April 23, 2024

This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins and a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 450 games (slightly less than three full seasons).^[1] Both lists are current through the games of April 21 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.

Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader (2,105) and is tenth in overall wins. Vic Harris, who was a manager in the segregated Negro leagues, has the highest percentage at 547–278 (.663). Dave Roberts is the active leader in winning percentage at 766–454 (.628), which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues.

Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Key
†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
*	Denote manager is active

Rank	Name	Wins	Losses	Ties^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Pct.	Pennants/ WS Won
1	Connie Mack ^†	3,731	3,948	76	.486	9/5
2	Tony La Russa ^†	2,884	2,499	4	.536	6/3
3	John McGraw ^†	2,763	1,948	58	.586	10/3
4	Bobby Cox ^†	2,504	2,001	3	.556	5/1
5	Joe Torre ^†	2,326	1,997	6	.538	6/4
6	Sparky Anderson ^†	2,194	1,834	2	.545	5/3
7	Dusty Baker	2,183	1,862	1	.540	3/1
8	Bucky Harris ^†	2,158	2,219	33	.493	3/2
9	Joe McCarthy ^†	2,125	1,333	29	.615	9/7
10	Bruce Bochy *	2,105	2,112	0	.499	5/4
11	Walter Alston ^†	2,040	1,613	5	.558	7/4
12	Leo Durocher ^†	2,008	1,709	22	.540	3/1
13	Terry Francona	1,950	1,672	0	.538	3/2
14	Casey Stengel ^†	1,905	1,842	19	.508	10/7
15	Gene Mauch	1,902	2,037	3	.483	0
16	Bill McKechnie ^†	1,896	1,723	28	.524	4/2
17	Lou Piniella	1,835	1,713	0	.517	1/1
18	Jim Leyland ^†	1,769	1,728	2	.506	3/1
19	Buck Showalter	1,726	1,665	1	.509	0
20	Mike Scioscia	1,650	1,428	0	.536	1/1
21	Ralph Houk	1,619	1,531	7	.514	3/2
22	Fred Clarke ^†	1,602	1,181	43	.576	4/1
23	Tommy Lasorda ^†	1,599	1,439	2	.526	4/2
24	Dick Williams ^†	1,571	1,451	1	.520	4/2
25	Bob Melvin *	1,527	1,438	0	.515	0
26	Clark Griffith ^†	1,491	1,367	59	.522	1/0
27	Earl Weaver ^†	1,480	1,060	1	.583	4/1
28	Miller Huggins ^†	1,413	1,134	23	.555	6/3
29	Al Lopez ^†	1,410	1,004	11	.584	2/0
30	Jimmy Dykes	1,406	1,541	15	.477	0
31	Wilbert Robinson ^†	1,399	1,398	21	.500	2/0
32	Joe Maddon	1,382	1,216	1	.532	2/1
33	Davey Johnson	1,372	1,071	2	.562	1/1
34	Chuck Tanner	1,352	1,381	5	.495	1/1
35	Ned Hanlon ^†	1,313	1,164	53	.530	5/0
36	Cap Anson ^†	1,295	947	46	.578	5/0
37	Charlie Grimm	1,287	1,067	14	.547	3/0
38	Frank Selee ^†	1,284	862	34	.598	5/0
39	Whitey Herzog ^†	1,281	1,125	3	.532	3/1
40	Clint Hurdle	1,269	1,345	1	.485	1/0
41	Billy Martin	1,253	1,013	1	.553	2/1
42	Bill Rigney	1,239	1,321	1	.484	0
43	Joe Cronin ^†	1,236	1,055	24	.540	2/0
44	Harry Wright ^†	1,225	885	35	.581	6/0
45	Ned Yost	1,203	1,341	0	.473	2/1
46	Ron Gardenhire	1,200	1,280	0	.484	0
47	Mike Hargrove	1,188	1,173	2	.503	2/0
48	Bobby Valentine	1,186	1,165	0	.504	1/0
49	Hughie Jennings ^†	1,184	995	23	.543	3/0
50	Lou Boudreau ^†	1,162	1,224	18	.487	1/1
51	John McNamara	1,160	1,233	2	.485	1/0
52	Tom Kelly	1,140	1,244	1	.478	2/2
53	Frankie Frisch ^†	1,138	1,078	30	.514	1/1
54	Bud Black *	1,130	1,286	0	.468	0
55	Art Howe	1,129	1,137	0	.498	0
56	Joe Girardi	1,120	935	0	.545	1/1
57	Danny Murtaugh	1,115	950	3	.540	2/2
58	Frank Robinson ^†	1,065	1,176	0	.475	0
59	Jack McKeon	1,051	990	1	.515	1/1
60	Billy Southworth ^†	1,044	704	22	.597	4/2
61	Red Schoendienst ^†	1,041	955	3	.522	2/1
62	Steve O'Neill	1,040	821	18	.559	1/1
63	Felipe Alou	1,033	1,021	1	.503	0
64	Jim Fregosi	1,028	1,095	0	.484	1/0
65	Chuck Dressen	1,008	973	9	.509	2/0
66	Charlie Manuel	1,000	826	0	.548	2/1

↑ Ties are very uncommon in modern baseball, and are not counted in official standings, but all statistics accumulated in the game are counted. In normal play, ties should not occur in baseball, as the rules state that extra innings are played until one of the two teams wins the game. In modern baseball, tied games can only occur if such a game is the last scheduled between the two teams that season and has no bearing on the postseason. In all other cases, the game is merely suspended and completed at the first opportunity. Tied games were more common in the early days of baseball before the introduction of floodlights in MLB ballparks when darkness would halt games on occasion. The few ties that still occur are usually caused by bad weather.

Win percentage

Managers included have managed at least 450 games –slightly less than three full seasons and a group including 298 managers –and regular season win percentages of at least .540. Note that the total number of games listed for each manager in this table includes tie games though ties are not included in "decided game" statistics. The lowest winning percentage for a qualifying manager is Doc Prothro: .301 (138–320–2) in 460 games.

Rank	Name	Win Pct.	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Vic Harris	.663	845	547	278
2	Rube Foster ^†	.633	542	336	195
3	Dave Roberts *	.628	1,220	766	454
4	Joe McCarthy ^†	.615	3,487	2,125	1,333
5	Jim Mutrie	.611	1,114	658	419
6	Charles Comiskey ^†	.608	1,408	839	540
7	Frank Selee ^†	.597	2,180	1,284	862
7	Billy Southworth ^†	.597	1,770	1,044	704
9	Frank Chance ^†	.593	1,622	946	648
10	Aaron Boone *	.587	892	524	368
11	John McGraw ^†	.586	4,769	2,763	1,948
12	Al Lopez ^†	.584	2,425	1,410	1,004
13	Earl Weaver ^†	.583	2,541	1,480	1,060
14	Mickey Cochrane ^†	.582	600	348	250
15	Harry Wright ^†	.581	2,185	1,225	885
16	Cap Anson ^†	.578	2,288	1,295	947
	Eddie Dyer		777	446	325
	Pants Rowland		590	339	247
19	Fred Clarke ^†	.576	2,826	1,602	1,181
20	Frank Duncan	.570	500	281	212
20	Ossie Vitt	.570	462	262	198
22	Bill McGunnigle	.569	586	327	248
23	John Montgomery Ward ^†	.563	751	412	320
24	Davey Johnson	.562	2,445	1,372	1,071
24	Brian Snitker *	.562	1,175	660	515
26	Pat Moran	.561	1,344	748	586
27	Steve O'Neill	.559	1,879	1,040	821
28	Walter Alston ^†	.558	3,658	2,040	1,613
29	Bobby Cox ^†	.556	4,508	2,504	2,001
	Larry Dierker		783	435	348
	Mike Shildt *		475	264	211
32	Miller Huggins ^†	.555	2,570	1,413	1,134
	Patsy Tebeau		1,339	726	583
	Bill Terry ^†		1,496	823	661
35	Buck Ewing ^†	.554	903	489	395
	Billy Martin		2,267	1,253	1,013
	Felton Snow		512	279	225
38	Grady Little	.552	648	358	290
39	Walter Johnson ^†	.550	966	529	432
39	Nap Lajoie ^†	.550	700	377	309
41	Jimmy Collins ^†	.548	677	367	303
	Charlie Manuel		1,826	1,000	826
	Bill Shettsline		842	455	376
44	Charlie Grimm	.547	2,368	1,287	1,067
45	George Gibson	.546	759	413	344
45	Sam Mele	.546	963	524	436
47	Sparky Anderson ^†	.545	4,030	2,194	1,834
	Kevin Cash *		1,379	751	628
	Joe Girardi		2,055	1,120	935
50	Alex Cora *	.544	833	453	380
	Dick Howser		933	507	425
	Willie Randolph		555	302	253
53	Hughie Jennings ^†	.543	2,203	1,184	995
53	Tris Speaker ^†	.543	1,139	617	520
55	Dusty Baker	.540	4,046	2,183	1,862
	Joe Cronin ^†		2,315	1,236	1,055
	Leo Durocher ^†		3,739	2,008	1,709
	Fielder Jones		1,297	683	582
	Ken Macha		972	525	447
	Danny Murtaugh		2,068	1,115	950

Four active managers have winning percentages above .540 but have not reached 450 managed games.

Name	Win Pct.	Games	Wins	Losses
Stephen Vogt	.727	22	16	6
Rob Thomson	.573	295	169	126
Carlos Mendoza	.571	21	12	9
John Schneider	.570	258	147	111

Related Research Articles

In baseball, a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. Most commonly a pitcher earns a save by entering in the ninth inning of a game in which his team is winning by three or fewer runs and finishing the game by pitching one inning without losing the lead. The number of saves or percentage of save opportunities successfully converted are oft-cited statistics of relief pitchers, particularly those in the closer role. The save statistic was created by journalist Jerome Holtzman in 1959 to "measure the effectiveness of relief pitchers" and was adopted as an official Major League Baseball (MLB) statistic in 1969. The save has been retroactively tabulated for pitchers before that date. Mariano Rivera is MLB's all-time leader in regular-season saves with 652, while Francisco Rodríguez earned the most saves in a single season with 62 in 2008.

Wesley Cheek Ferrell was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1927 through 1941. Primarily a starting pitcher, Ferrell played for the Cleveland Indians (1927–33), Boston Red Sox (1934–37), Washington Senators (1937–38), New York Yankees (1938–39), Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Boston Braves (1941). He batted and threw right-handed.

Joseph Paul Torre is an American professional baseball executive, serving as a special assistant to the Commissioner of Baseball since 2020. He previously served in the capacity of Major League Baseball's (MLB) chief baseball officer from 2011 to 2020. He is also a former player, manager, and television color commentator. Torre ranks fifth all-time in MLB history with 2,326 wins as a manager. With 2,342 hits during his playing career, Torre is the only major leaguer to achieve both 2,000 hits as a player and 2,000 wins as a manager. From 1996 to 2007, he was the manager of the New York Yankees, and guided the team to six American League (AL) pennants and four World Series championships.

Alan Stuart Trammell is an American former professional baseball shortstop, manager and coach and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player. His entire 20-year playing career in Major League Baseball (MLB) was with the Detroit Tigers. Trammell has served as a special assistant to the General Manager of the Detroit Tigers since the 2014 season.

Craig John Counsell is an American former professional baseball player and current manager for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was previously the manager for the Milwaukee Brewers and holds the Brewers’ franchise record for managerial wins. He led the team to five of their nine all-time postseason appearances.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie Moyer</span> American baseball pitcher (born 1962)

Jamie Moyer is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Over his 25-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB), Moyer pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies, and Colorado Rockies.

In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings or rankings to compare teams or individuals. It is defined as wins divided by the total number of matches played. A draw counts as a 1⁄2 win.

In some North American sports, the phrase games behind or games back refers to a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division.

Ryan Joseph Braun is an American former professional baseball left fielder who played his entire career for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2007 to 2020. Braun also played right field and first base during his career, and was a third baseman during his rookie season.

The 1906 Chicago Cubs season was the 35th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 31st in the National League and the 14th at West Side Park. Skippered by player-manager Frank Chance, the Cubs won the National League pennant with a record of 116–36, a full 20 games ahead of the second-place New York Giants. The team's .763 winning percentage, with two ties in their 154-game season, is the highest in modern MLB history. The 2001 Seattle Mariners also won 116 games, but they did that in 162 games, resulting in a .716 winning percentage.

The 2009 American League Central tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 regular season, played between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins to determine the champion of the American League's (AL) Central Division. It was played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 6, 2009. The Twins won the game 6–5 in a thrilling 12-inning battle, and advanced to the 2009 AL Division Series where they were swept by the New York Yankees; the Tigers failed to qualify for the postseason.

Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures are used by Major League Baseball (MLB) to break ties between teams for qualification and seeding into the MLB postseason. The procedures in use since 2022, when a third wild card team and resulting Wild Card Series were added for both the American League and National League, are outlined below.

The 2017 Houston Astros season was the team's 56th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas, their 53rd as the Astros, fifth in both the American League and American League West, and 18th at Minute Maid Park. The Astros won the World Series in seven games over the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first World Series championship in franchise history.

The 2021 San Francisco Giants season was the 139th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, their 64th year in San Francisco, and their 22nd at Oracle Park. It was the Giants' second season under manager Gabe Kapler, who managed his first 162-game season with the club, and he led them to the best record in the league.

References

↑ "MLB Managers". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 13 April 2019.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[2] Ties are very uncommon in modern baseball, and are not counted in official standings, but all statistics accumulated in the game are counted. In normal play, ties should not occur in baseball, as the rules state that extra innings are played until one of the two teams wins the game. In modern baseball, tied games can only occur if such a game is the last scheduled between the two teams that season and has no bearing on the postseason. In all other cases, the game is merely suspended and completed at the first opportunity. Tied games were more common in the early days of baseball before the introduction of floodlights in MLB ballparks when darkness would halt games on occasion. The few ties that still occur are usually caused by bad weather.

[bbref-1] "MLB Managers". Baseball-Reference.com . Sports Reference . Retrieved 13 April 2019.

[1]

[lower-alpha 1]

List of Major League Baseball managers by wins

Contents

Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Win percentage

See also

Related Research Articles

References