List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers

There have been a total of four managers in the history of the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise of the National League. The Diamondbacks franchise was formed in the 1998 Major League Baseball season as a member of the National League. [citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/|title=Arizona Diamondbacks History & Encyclopedia|accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=baseball-reference.com] Buck Showalter was hired as the first Diamondbacks manager. Showalter served for three (1998-2000) seasons before being replaced after the 2000 season. In terms of tenure, Bob Melvin has managed more games and seasons than any other coach in the Diamondbacks franchise history. He has managed the Diamondbacks to one playoff berth, in 2007, in which he led the team to the National League Championship Series (NLCS). [citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2007_NLDS1.shtml|title=2007 NL Division Series (3-0): Arizona Diamondbacks (90-72) over Chicago Cubs (85-77)|accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=baseball-reference.com] [citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2007_NLCS.shtml|title=2007 NL Championship Series (4-0): Colorado Rockies (90-73) over Arizona Diamondbacks (90-72)|accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=baseball-reference.com] Al Pedrique is the only manager in the Diamondbacks history to not lead a team into the playoffs, as Pedrique was the interim manager for Bob Brenly. [citeweb|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E0DE1F38F930A35754C0A9629C8B63|title=Diamondbacks Fire Brenly as Manager |accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=The New York Times]

In the 2000 baseball season, the Diamondbacks decided to release Buck Showalter, soon then to be replaced my manager Bob Brenly. [citeweb|url=http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/buck-showalter/|title=Buck Showalter Biography |accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=spiritus-temporis.com] The following year, Brenly led the Diamondbacks to win the 2001 World Series. [citeweb|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/2001_WS.shtml|title=2001 World Series (4-3): Arizona Diamondbacks (92-70) over New York Yankees (95-65) |accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=baseball-reference.com] However, after a poor 2003 and start of the 2004 season, Brenly was also released and was replaced with Al Pedrique, the third base coach for the Diamondbacks at the time. At the end of that season, the Diamondbacks originally hired Wally Backman as their new manager for the team. Though, after allegations of Backman driving under the influence, the Diamondbacks decided to instead hire Bob Melvin as their new manager instead of hiring Backman. [citeweb|url=http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20041105&content_id=910511&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null|title=Diamondbacks hire Melvin |accessdate=2008-09-21 |publisher=mlb.com] Melvin, the current Diamondbacks manager, has led the Diamondbacks since the 2005 season of baseball.

Key

"Statistics are accurate through the 2007 MLB season."

Managers

Notes

*note label|Note1|A|A A running total of the number of managers of the Diamondbacks. Thus any manager who has had two or more terms as manager is only counted once.

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