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 end of the 2021 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. 65 managers have won 1,000 games, while eleven 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 2,821 managed wins. The active manager closest to surpassing 1,000 wins is Bud Black, who has a record of 998–1072 (.482). The only managers with over 1,000 losses but fewer than 1,000 wins are Black, 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* 2,821 2,434 4 .537 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 * 1,987 1,734 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 * 1,782 1,516 0 .540 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 1,551 1,517 1 .506 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 * 1,355 1,187 1 .533 2/1
33 Chuck Tanner 1,352 1,381 5 .495 1/1
34 Bob Melvin * 1,346 1,272 0 .514 0
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 * 1,098 906 0 .548 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 Chuck Dressen 1,008 973 9 .509 2/0
65 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 276 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.

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", 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 Dave Roberts * .622 872 542 330
2 Joe McCarthy .615 3,487 2,125 1,333
3 Jim Mutrie .611 1,114 658 419
4 Charles Comiskey .608 1,410 839 541
5 Aaron Boone * .601 546 328 218
6 Frank Selee .598 2,180 1,284 862
7 Billy Southworth .597 1,770 1,044 704
8 Frank Chance .593 1,622 946 648
9 John McGraw .586 4,769 2,763 1,948
10 Alex Cora * .584 486 284 202
Al Lopez 2,425 1,410 1,004
12 Earl Weaver .583 2,541 1,480 1,060
13 Mickey Cochrane .582 600 348 250
14 Harry Wright .581 2,185 1,225 885
15 Cap Anson .578 2,288 1,295 947
Eddie Dyer 777 446 325
Pants Rowland 591 339 247
18 Fred Clarke .576 2,829 1,602 1,181
19 Ossie Vitt .570 462 262 198
20 Bill McGunnigle .569 586 327 248
21 John Montgomery Ward .563 751 412 320
22 Davey Johnson .562 2,445 1,372 1,071
23 Pat Moran .561 1,344 748 586
24 Steve O'Neill .559 1,879 1,040 821
Mike Shildt 451 252 199
26 Walter Alston .558 3,658 2,040 1,613
27 Bobby Cox .556 4,508 2,504 2,001
Larry Dierker 783 435 348
29 Miller Huggins .555 2,570 1,413 1,134
Patsy Tebeau 1,339 726 583
Bill Terry 1,496 823 661
32 Buck Ewing .553 903 489 395
Billy Martin 2,267 1,253 1,013
33 Grady Little .552 648 358 290
35 Walter Johnson .550 966 529 432
Nap Lajoie 700 377 309
37 Jimmy Collins .548 842 455 376
Joe Girardi * 2,004 1,098 906
Charlie Manuel 1,826 1,000 826
Bill Shettsline 677 367 303
41 Charlie Grimm .547 2,368 1,287 1,067
42 George Gibson .546 759 413 344
A. J. Hinch * 1,184 647 537
Sam Mele 963 524 436
45 Sparky Anderson .545 4,030 2,194 1,834
46 Dick Howser .544 933 507 425
Gabe Kapler * 546 297 249
Willie Randolph 555 302 253
49 Hughie Jennings .543 2,203 1,184 995
Tris Speaker 1,139 617 520
51 Joe Cronin .540 2,315 1,236 1,055
Leo Durocher 3,739 2,008 1,709
Terry Francona * 3,298 1,782 1,516
Fielder Jones 1,297 683 582
Ken Macha 972 525 447
Danny Murtaugh 2,068 1,115 950

The closest active qualifying manager to the end of this list is Mike Matheny with a .537 record (691–596 in 1,287 games). The following active managers have higher winning percentages than Matheny, but have not reached 450 managed games.

Name Win Pct. Games Wins Losses
Rocco Baldelli .547 384 210 174

See also
  •  Baseball portal

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