List of Washington Nationals managers

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The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball franchise based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the National League (NL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team began playing in 1969 as an expansion team in Montreal, Quebec, then known as the Montreal Expos. There have been 18 different managers in the franchise's history. The team has played its home games at the Nationals Park since 2008. [1] The Nationals are owned by Ted Lerner, with Mike Rizzo as their general manager. [2]

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The Expos' first manager was Gene Mauch, who managed for six seasons. [3] Felipe Alou is the franchise's all-time leader in regular season games managed (1,408) and regular season game wins (691). Jim Fanning is the only Expos manager to have gone into the post-season. Buck Rodgers and Alou are the only managers to have won the NL Manager of the Year Award with the Expos, in 1987 and 1994 respectively. [4] Karl Kuehl, Jim Fanning, and Tom Runnells have all spent their entire MLB managing careers with the Expos/Nationals. [5] [6] [7] After Manny Acta was fired during the 2009 season, Jim Riggleman, the bench coach, was named interim manager to replace him, and was promoted to the position full-time for the 2010 season. [8] After Riggleman resigned during the 2011 season and John McLaren ran the team for three games as an interim manager, the team hired veteran manager Davey Johnson, who had previously served as an advisor to Rizzo. Johnson led the team to the 2012 National League East title and the franchise's first playoff berth since moving to Washington and was 2012's NL Manager of the Year, but the team did not advance past the 2012 National League Division Series. Johnson retired after the 2013 season. Matt Williams took over in 2014, leading the team to another National League East title that season, and was 2014 NL Manager of the Year, but the team did not advance past the 2014 NLDS, and Williams was fired after an unsuccessful second year in 2015. Dusty Baker managed the team in 2016 and 2017, leading Washington to consecutive National League East titles, but the team did not advance beyond the NLDS in either season and Baker's contract was not renewed after the 2017 season. The Nationals hired Dave Martinez in October 2017 to take the helm in 2018; along with leading the team to its first World Series championship, Martinez has the most victories as a manager since the team moved to Washington.

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#Number of managers [a]
GMRegular season games managed
WRegular season wins
LRegular season losses
Win% Winning percentage
PGMPlayoff games managed
PWPlayoff wins
PLPlayoff losses
*Spent entire MLB managing career with the Expos/Nationals

Managers

Notes: Managers from 1969 through 2004 are of the Montreal Expos; those from 2005 to the present are of the Washington Nationals. Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023 Major League Baseball season.

#ImageNameTermGMWLWin%PGMPWPLAchievementsReference
1 Gene Mauch 1961.jpg Gene Mauch 1969–1975 1126499627.443——— [3]
2 1981 Minnesota Twins Postcards Karl Kuehl.jpg Karl Kuehl * 1976 1284385.336——— [5]
3 Charlie Fox Giants.jpg Charlie Fox 1976 341222.353——— [9]
4 Dick Williams 1969.jpg Dick Williams 1977–1981 727380347.523——— [10]
5 Jim Fanning 54-57.JPG Jim Fanning * 1981–1982 18910287.5401055Won 1981 NLDS, first postseason series win in franchise history [6] [11]
6 Bill Virdon (manager) - Houston Astros - 1976.jpg Bill Virdon 1983–1984 293146147.497——— [12]
— Jim Fanning 54-57.JPG Jim Fanning * 1984 301416.467——— [6]
7 Buck Rodgers 1985–1991 1019520499.510——— 1987 NL Manager of the Year [4] [13]
8 Tom Runnells (manager) - Chattanooga Lookouts - 1988.jpg Tom Runnells * 1991–1992 1496881.456——— [7]
9 Felipe Alou 1963.png Felipe Alou 1992–2001 1408691717.491——— 1994 NL Manager of the Year [4] [14]
10 Jeff Torborg Yankees postcard (cropped).jpg Jeff Torborg 2001 1094762.431——— [15]
11 Frank Robinson.jpg Frank Robinson [b] 2002–2006 810385425.475——— [16]
12 Manny Acta (7291506942).jpg Manny Acta 2007–2009 410158252.385——— [17]
13 Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman.jpg Jim Riggleman 2009–2011 312140172.449——— [18]
14 John McLaren 2011.jpg John McLaren 2011 321.667——— [19]
15 Davey Johnson Nationals 2.jpg Davey Johnson 2011–2013 407224183.550523Won NL East 2012; 2012 NL Manager of the Year [4] [20]
16 Matt Williams (19613632042) (cropped).jpg Matt Williams * 2014–2015 324179145.552413Won NL East 2014; 2014 NL Manager of the Year [4] [21]
17 Dusty Baker in 2017 (33735309423) (cropped).jpg Dusty Baker 2016–2017 324192132.5931046Won NL East 2016, 2017 [22]
18 Dave Martinez (cropped).jpg Dave Martinez * 2018–present870392478.45117125Won NLDS, NLCS 2019, World Series 2019 [23]

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