List of Major League Baseball managers by wins

This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular-season wins, as well as a second list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 and managed at least 450 games, equivalent to slightly under three full seasons.[1] Both lists are current through the games of April 28 of the 2022 regular season. Connie Mack, who managed the Pittsburgh Pirates for three years, and the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, is 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. 66 managers have won 1,000 games, while 11 have won 2,000.

Connie Mack baseball card, 1910. Connie Mack is the all-time leader in career wins and losses by a manager.

Tony La Russa is the active wins leader with 2,828 managed wins. The active manager closest to 1,000 wins is Don Mattingly, who has a record of 830–865 (.490). The only managers with over 1,000 losses but fewer than 1,000 wins are Terry Collins, who is 995–1017 (.495) and Phil Garner, who is 985–1054 (.483).

Managers with 1,000 or more wins
Tony La Russa is the active manager with the most wins, and has guided his teams to three World Series titles.
Key
Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Denote manager is active
Rank Name Wins Losses Ties Pct. Pennants/
WS Won
1 Connie Mack 3,731 3,948 76 .486 9/5
2 Tony La Russa* 2,828 2,445 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 Bucky Harris 2,158 2,219 33 .493 3/2
8 Joe McCarthy 2,125 1,333 29 .615 9/7
9 Walter Alston 2,040 1,613 5 .558 7/4
10 Leo Durocher 2,008 1,709 22 .540 3/1
11 Bruce Bochy 2,003 2,029 0 .497 4/3
12 Dusty Baker * 1,997 1,743 1 .534 2/0
13 Casey Stengel 1,905 1,842 19 .508 10/7
14 Gene Mauch 1,902 2,037 3 .483 0
15 Bill McKechnie 1,896 1,723 28 .524 4/2
16 Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 0 .517 1/1
17 Terry Francona * 1,789 1,528 0 .539 3/2
18 Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 2 .506 3/1
19 Mike Scioscia 1,650 1,428 0 .536 1/1
20 Ralph Houk 1,619 1,531 7 .514 3/2
21 Fred Clarke 1,602 1,181 43 .576 4/1
22 Tommy Lasorda 1,599 1,439 2 .526 4/2
23 Dick Williams 1,571 1,451 1 .520 4/2
24

Buck Showalter *

 1,565 1,523 1 .507 0
25 Clark Griffith 1,491 1,367 59 .522 1/0
26 Earl Weaver 1,480 1,060 1 .583 4/1
27 Miller Huggins 1,413 1,134 23 .555 6/3
28 Al Lopez 1,410 1,004 11 .584 2/0
29 Jimmy Dykes 1,406 1,541 15 .477 0
30 Wilbert Robinson 1,399 1,398 21 .500 2/0
31 Davey Johnson 1,372 1,071 2 .562 1/1
32 Joe Maddon * 1,368 1,194 1 .534 2/1
33 Bob Melvin * 1,359 1,279 0 .515 0
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 Art Howe 1,129 1,137 0 .498 0
55 Danny Murtaugh 1,115 950 3 .540 2/2
56 Joe Girardi * 1,108 916 0 .547 1/1
57 Frank Robinson 1,065 1,176 0 .475 0
58 Jack McKeon 1,051 990 1 .515 1/1
59 Billy Southworth 1,044 704 22 .597 4/2
60 Red Schoendienst 1,041 955 3 .522 2/1
61 Steve O'Neill 1,040 821 18 .559 1/1
62 Felipe Alou 1,033 1,021 1 .503 0
63 Jim Fregosi 1,028 1,095 0 .484 1/0
64 Bud Black * 1,008 1,081 0 .483 0
65 Chuck Dressen 1,008 973 9 .509 2/0
66 Charlie Manuel 1,000 826 0 .548 2/1

Win percentage

Managers included have managed at least 450 games – slightly less than three full seasons and a group including 291 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.

Vic Harris has the highest winning percentage of all time. Harris managed the Homestead Grays to three Negro World Series in 11 years as manager.
Dave Roberts is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning the 2020 World Series. Roberts is the leader in winning percentage by an active manager.
Known as "Marse Joe", 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 with more than 1,000 games in Major League Baseball.
Rank Name Win Pct. Games Wins Losses
1 Vic Harris .663 845 547 278
2

Rube Foster

 .633 542 336 195
3 Dave Roberts * .622 890 554 336
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 Aaron Boone * .604 565 341 224
8 Frank Selee .598 2,180 1,284 862
9 Billy Southworth .597 1,770 1,044 704
10 Frank Chance .593 1,622 946 648
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 Pants Rowland .57850 590 339 247
17 Eddie Dyer .57846 777 446 325
18 Cap Anson .5776 2,288 1,295 947
19 Alex Cora * .577 506 292 214
20 Fred Clarke .576 2,829 1,602 1,181
21 Frank Duncan .570 500 281 212
22 Ossie Vitt .5696 462 262 198
23 Bill McGunnigle .569 586 327 248
24 John Montgomery Ward .563 751 412 320
25 Davey Johnson .562 2,445 1,372 1,071
26 Pat Moran .561 1,344 748 586
27 Steve O'Neill .55884 1,879 1,040 821
28 Mike Shildt .55876 451 252 199
29 Walter Alston .558 3,658 2,040 1,613
30 Bobby Cox .5558 4,508 2,504 2,001
31 Larry Dierker .5556 783 435 348
32 Miller Huggins .5548 2,570 1,413 1,134
33 Patsy Tebeau .55462 1,339 726 583
34 Bill Terry .55458 1,496 823 661
35 Felton Snow .554 512 279 225
36 Buck Ewing .5532 903 489 395
37 Billy Martin .553 2,267 1,253 1,013
38 Grady Little .552 648 358 290
39 Walter Johnson .5504 966 529 432
40 Nap Lajoie .550 700 377 309
41 Gabe Kapler * .549 565 310 255
42 Bill Shettsline .5478 677 367 303
43 Charlie Manuel .5476 1,826 1,000 826
44 Jimmy Collins .5475 842 455 376
45 Joe Girardi * .5474 2,024 1,108 916
46 Charlie Grimm .5467 2,368 1,287 1,067
47 Sam Mele .5458 963 524 436
48 George Gibson .5456 759 413 344
49 Sparky Anderson .545 4,030 2,194 1,834
50 Willie Randolph .5441 555 302 253
51 Dick Howser .5440 933 507 425
52 Hughie Jennings .5434 2,203 1,184 995
53 A. J. Hinch * .5433 1,202 653 549
54 Tris Speaker .5427 1,139 617 520
55 Leo Durocher .5402 3,739 2,008 1,709
56 Ken Macha .5401 972 525 447

The closest active qualifying manager to the end of this list is Terry Francona with a .5393 record (1,789–1,528 in 3,317 games). The following active managers have higher winning percentages than Francona, but have not reached 450 managed games.

Name Win Pct. Games Wins Losses
Oliver Marmol .611 18 11 7
Rocco Baldelli .548 403 221 182

See also

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