- List of Major League Baseball managers by wins
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This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular-season wins through the close of the 2011 regular season, as well as a list of the managers who have win percentages greater than .540 and have managed at least 600 games.
Connie Mack baseball card, 1910. Connie Mack is the all time leader in career wins by a manager.
Connie Mack, who managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, is by far the all-time leader in both wins and losses. Due to their length of service, seven of the top ten managers (in wins) also appear in the top ten in losses.
The active manager closest to making the 1,000 win list is Buck Showalter, with 984 wins and 949 losses (.509). The only manager with 1,000 losses but not 1,000 wins is Phil Garner who has a 985-1,054 record (.483).
Contents
Managers with 1,000 or more wins
Key 
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Italics Denote manager is active Rank Name Wins Losses Pct. 1 Connie Mack 3,731 3,948 .486 2 John McGraw 2,763 1,948 .586 3 Tony La Russa 2,728 2,365 .536 4 Bobby Cox 2,504 2,001 .556 5 Joe Torre 2,326 1,997 .538 6 Sparky Anderson 2,194 1,834 .545 7 Bucky Harris 2,158 2,219 .493 8 Joe McCarthy 2,125 1,333 .615 9 Walter Alston 2,040 1,613 .558 10 Leo Durocher 2,008 1,709 .540 11 Casey Stengel 1,905 1,842 .508 12 Gene Mauch 1,902 2,037 .483 13 Bill McKechnie 1,896 1,723 .524 14 Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 .517 15 Ralph Houk 1,619 1,531 .514 16 Fred Clarke 1,602 1,181 .576 17 Tommy Lasorda 1,599 1,439 .526 18 Jim Leyland 1,588 1,585 .500 19 Dick Williams 1,571 1,451 .520 20 Clark Griffith 1,491 1,367 .522 21 Dusty Baker 1,484 1,367 .521 22 Earl Weaver 1,480 1,060 .583 23 Miller Huggins 1,413 1,134 .555 24 Al Lopez 1,410 1,004 .584 25 Jimmy Dykes 1,406 1,541 .477 26 Wilbert Robinson 1,399 1,398 .500 27 Bruce Bochy 1,360 1,376 .497 28 Chuck Tanner 1,352 1,381 .495 29 Ned Hanlon 1,313 1,164 .530 30 Cap Anson 1,295 947 .578 31 Charlie Grimm 1,287 1,067 .547 32 Frank Selee 1,284 862 .598 33 Whitey Herzog 1,281 1,125 .532 34 Billy Martin 1,253 1,013 .553 35 Bill Rigney 1,239 1,321 .484 36 Joe Cronin 1,236 1,055 .540 37 Harry Wright 1,225 885 .581 38 Mike Hargrove 1,188 1,173 .503 38 Davey Johnson 1,188 931 .561 40 Hughie Jennings 1,184 995 .543 41 Lou Boudreau 1,162 1,224 .487 42 John McNamara 1,160 1,233 .485 43 Tom Kelly 1,140 1,244 .478 44 Frankie Frisch 1,138 1,078 .514 45 Art Howe 1,129 1,137 .498 46 Bobby Valentine 1,117 1,072 .510 47 Danny Murtaugh 1,115 950 .540 48 Mike Scioscia 1,066 878 .548 49 Frank Robinson 1,065 1,176 .475 50 Jack McKeon 1,051 990 .515 51 Billy Southworth 1,044 704 .597 52 Red Schoendienst 1,041 955 .522 53 Steve O'Neill 1,040 821 .559 54 Felipe Alou 1,033 1,021 .503 55 Terry Francona 1,029 915 .529 56 Jim Fregosi 1,028 1,095 .484 57 Chuck Dressen 1,008 973 .509 Win percentage
Known as "Marse Joe," McCarthy guided the New York Yankees to eight pennants in 16 seasons. McCarthy is the all time leader in winning percentage by a manager in Major League Baseball.Managers included have managed at least 600 games, a group including 213 managers. 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.
Rank Name Win Pct. Games 1 Joe McCarthy .615 3,487 2 Jim Mutrie .611 1,114 3 Charles Comiskey .608 1,410 4 Frank Selee .598 2,180 5 Billy Southworth .597 1,770 6 Frank Chance .593 1,622 7 John McGraw .586 4,769 8 Al Lopez .584 2,425 9 Earl Weaver .583 2,541 10 Mickey Cochrane .582 600 11 Harry Wright .581 2,185 12 Eddie Dyer .578 777 13 Cap Anson .578 2,288 14 Fred Clarke .576 2,829 15 Joe Girardi .570 810 16 Monte Ward .563 751 17 Charlie Manuel .561 1,544 18 Pat Moran .561 1,344 19 Davey Johnson .561 2,121 20 Steve O'Neill .559 1,879 21 Walter Alston .558 3,658 22 Bobby Cox .556 4,508 23 Larry Dierker .556 783 24 Miller Huggins .555 2,570 25 Patsy Tebeau .555 1,339 26 Bill Terry .555 1,496 27 Buck Ewing .553 903 28 Billy Martin .553 2,267 29 Grady Little .552 648 30 Walter Johnson .550 966 31 Nap Lajoie .550 700 32 Mike Scioscia .548 1,944 33 Bill Shettsline .548 677 34 Jimmy Collins .548 842 35 Charlie Grimm .547 2,368 36 Sam Mele .546 963 37 George Gibson .546 759 38 Sparky Anderson .545 4,030 39 Dick Howser .544 933 40 Hughie Jennings .543 2,203 41 Tris Speaker .543 1,139 42 Leo Durocher .540 3,739 43 Ken Macha .540 972 44 Danny Murtaugh .540 2,068 45 Fielder Jones .540 1,297 46 Joe Cronin .540 2,315 See also
- MLB All-Time Manager (1997; BBWAA)
- Sporting News Manager of the Decade (2009)
- Sports Illustrated MLB Manager of the Decade (2009)
- Manager of the Year
- The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
- This Year in Baseball Awards (including manager)
External links
- Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record and playing statistics
- Major League Baseball Standings
Major League Baseball records Baseball statistics (types of records)General Record holders • Single-game records • Single-season records • Career records • Record breakers by season • Records considered unbreakable
Batting leaders CareerBatting average (.330+) • On-base% (.400+) • Slugging% (.500+) • On-base plus slugging (.900+) • OPS/OPS+ • 3,000 hit club • Hits (2,000+) • Doubles (400+) • Triples (100+) • Home runs (career) • Home runs (top 300) • 500 home run club • RBIs (1,000+) • Total bases (4,000+) • Walks drawn (top 100) • Strikeouts (Top 16 / 1,400+) • Hit records • Home run records • Doubles records • Triples records • RBI records • Consecutive games played • 2,500 games played • 10,000 at-bats
Single seasonTriples (20+) • Home runs (by year) • 50 home run club • RBI (by year) • Batting average (by year) • Single-season home run record
Baserunning leaders CareerRuns (1,000+) • Stolen bases • Stolen base records • Runs records
Single seasonPitching leaders CareerWins • 300 win club • Games started • Games finished • Innings pitched • Strikeouts (top 100) • 3,000 strikeout club • 300 save club • Shutouts • ERA (top 200) • WHIP (top 100) • Walks allowed (top 100) • Hit batsmen (top 100) • Wins records
Single seasonWins (by year) • Saves (by year) • Shutouts (by year) • Strikeouts (by year) • Earned run average (by year)
Managing records Wins and winning percentageSingle-game records Four home runs • Hitting for the cycle • No-hitter • Perfect game • Strikeouts • Unassisted triple play • Three strikeouts on nine pitches
Multiple stat clubs Triple Crown • 20–20–20 club • 30–30 club • 40–40 club
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