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 and a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 450 games (slightly less than three full seasons).[1] Both lists are current through the close of the 2023 Major League Baseball season.

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

Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader (2,093) and is tenth in overall wins. Vic Harris, who was a manager in the segregated Negro leagues, has the highest percentage at 547–278 (.663). Dave Roberts is the active leader in winning percentage at 753–443 (.630), which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues.

Managers with 1,000 or more wins
Bruce Bochy is the active leader in manager wins, and is tenth overall.
Key
†
 Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
* Denote manager is active
Rank Name Wins Losses Ties[lower-alpha 1] Pct. Pennants/
WS Won
1 Connie Mack† 3,731 3,948 76 .486 9/5
2 Tony La Russa† 2,884 2,499 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 Dusty Baker 2,183 1,862 1 .540 3/1
8 Bucky Harris† 2,158 2,219 33 .493 3/2
9 Joe McCarthy† 2,125 1,333 29 .615 9/7
10 Bruce Bochy * 2,093 2,101 0 .499 5/3
11 Walter Alston† 2,040 1,613 5 .558 7/4
12 Leo Durocher† 2,008 1,709 22 .540 3/1
13 Terry Francona 1,950 1,672 0 .538 3/2
14 Casey Stengel† 1,905 1,842 19 .508 10/7
15 Gene Mauch 1,902 2,037 3 .483 0
16 Bill McKechnie† 1,896 1,723 28 .524 4/2
17 Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 0 .517 1/1
18 Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 2 .506 3/1
19 Buck Showalter 1,726 1,665 1 .509 0
20 Mike Scioscia 1,650 1,428 0 .536 1/1
21 Ralph Houk 1,619 1,531 7 .514 3/2
22 Fred Clarke† 1,602 1,181 43 .576 4/1
23 Tommy Lasorda† 1,599 1,439 2 .526 4/2
24 Dick Williams† 1,571 1,451 1 .520 4/2
25 Bob Melvin * 1,517 1,425 0 .516 0
26 Clark Griffith† 1,491 1,367 59 .522 1/0
27 Earl Weaver† 1,480 1,060 1 .583 4/1
28 Miller Huggins† 1,413 1,134 23 .555 6/3
29 Al Lopez† 1,410 1,004 11 .584 2/0
30 Jimmy Dykes 1,406 1,541 15 .477 0
31 Wilbert Robinson† 1,399 1,398 21 .500 2/0
32 Joe Maddon 1,382 1,216 1 .532 2/1
33 Davey Johnson 1,372 1,071 2 .562 1/1
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 Bud Black * 1,125 1,269 0 .470 0
56 Joe Girardi 1,120 935 0 .545 1/1
57 Danny Murtaugh 1,115 950 3 .540 2/2
58 Frank Robinson† 1,065 1,176 0 .475 0
59 Jack McKeon 1,051 990 1 .515 1/1
60 Billy Southworth† 1,044 704 22 .597 4/2
61 Red Schoendienst† 1,041 955 3 .522 2/1
62 Steve O'Neill 1,040 821 18 .559 1/1
63 Felipe Alou 1,033 1,021 1 .503 0
64 Jim Fregosi 1,028 1,095 0 .484 1/0
65 Chuck Dressen 1,008 973 9 .509 2/0
66 Charlie Manuel 1,000 826 0 .548 2/1
  1. Ties are very uncommon in modern baseball, and are not counted in official standings, but all statistics accumulated in the game are counted. In normal play, ties should not occur in baseball, as the rules state that extra innings are played until one of the two teams wins the game. In modern baseball, tied games can only occur if such a game is the last scheduled between the two teams that season and has no bearing on the postseason. In all other cases, the game is merely suspended and completed at the first opportunity. Tied games were more common in the early days of baseball, before the introduction of floodlights in MLB ballparks, when darkness would halt games on occasion. The few ties that still occur are usually caused by bad weather.

Win percentage

Managers included have managed at least 450 games – slightly less than three full seasons and a group including 298 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 seven Negro National League pennants and one Negro World Series title in eleven seasons 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 wins 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 * .630 1,196 753 443
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 Frank Selee† .597 2,180 1,284 862
Billy Southworth† 1,770 1,044 704
9 Frank Chance† .593 1,622 946 648
10 John McGraw† .586 4,769 2,763 1,948
11 Aaron Boone * .585 870 509 361
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 Cap Anson† .578 2,288 1,295 947
Eddie Dyer 777 446 325
Pants Rowland 590 339 247
19 Fred Clarke† .576 2,826 1,602 1,181
20 Frank Duncan .570 500 281 212
Ossie Vitt 462 262 198
22 Bill McGunnigle .569 586 327 248
23 John Montgomery Ward† .563 751 412 320
24 Davey Johnson .562 2,445 1,372 1,071
25 Pat Moran .561 1,344 748 586
26 Steve O'Neill .559 1,879 1,040 821
Mike Shildt 451 252 199
Brian Snitker * 1,155 646 509
29 Walter Alston† .558 3,658 2,040 1,613
30 Bobby Cox† .556 4,508 2,504 2,001
Larry Dierker 783 435 348
32 Miller Huggins† .555 2,570 1,413 1,134
Patsy Tebeau 1,339 726 583
Bill Terry† 1,496 823 661
35 Buck Ewing† .554 903 489 395
Billy Martin 2,267 1,253 1,013
Felton Snow 512 279 225
38 Grady Little .552 648 358 290
39 Walter Johnson† .550 966 529 432
Nap Lajoie† 700 377 309
41 Jimmy Collins† .548 677 367 303
Charlie Manuel 1,826 1,000 826
Bill Shettsline 842 455 376
44 Charlie Grimm .547 2,368 1,287 1,067
45 George Gibson .546 759 413 344
Sam Mele 963 524 436
47 Sparky Anderson† .545 4,030 2,194 1,834
Kevin Cash * 1,356 739 617
Joe Girardi 2,055 1,120 935
50 Dick Howser .544 933 507 425
Willie Randolph 555 302 253
52 Alex Cora * .543 810 440 370
53 Hughie Jennings† .542 2,203 1,184 995
Tris Speaker† 1,139 617 520
55 Dusty Baker .540 4,046 2,183 1,862
Joe Cronin† 2,315 1,236 1,055
Leo Durocher† 3,739 2,008 1,709
Fielder Jones 1,297 683 582
Ken Macha 972 525 447
Danny Murtaugh 2,068 1,115 950

The following active managers have winning percentages above .540 but have not reached 450 managed games.

Name Win Pct. Games Wins Losses
John Schneider .572 236 135 101
Rob Thomson .568 273 155 118

See also

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