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List of Houston Astros managers
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The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League (AL) West in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt .45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. The team won their first NL Championship in 2005. Having first played in Colt Stadium (1962–1964), and later in The Astrodome, now known as the Reliant Astrodome (1965–1999), the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000.[1] The franchise is owned by Jim Crane.[2] The current manager is Dusty Baker.
There have been 23 managers for the Astros franchise.[3] The team's first manager was Harry Craft, who managed for three seasons. Bill Virdon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed (1066), and the most regular-season game wins (544); A. J. Hinch holds the record for most all-time playoff games managed (50) and wins (28) while Baker leads in playoff winning percentage (.586). Salty Parker is the Astros' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games (one season), Hinch has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .594. Hinch is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage.[3][4] Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.[5] Garner, Hinch, and Baker are the only managers to have won league pennants with the franchise, Garner winning one in the National League in 2005, Hinch winning two in the American League in 2017 and 2019, and Baker winning one in 2021.[4] Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002.[6] Dierker is also the sixth manager in MLB history to win a division championship in his first season for the Astros in 1997.[6] Lanier and Dierker are the only managers to have won a Manager of the Year Award with the Astros, winning it in 1986 and 1998 respectively.[7] Grady Hatton, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros.
Key[]
# | Number of managers[a] |
GM | Regular-season games managed |
W | Regular-season wins |
L | Regular-season losses |
Win% | Regular-season winning percentage |
PGM | Playoff games managed |
PW | Playoff wins |
PL | Playoff losses |
PWin% | Playoff winning percentage |
* | Spent entire MLB managing career with the Colt .45s / Astros[3] |
** | Interim manager only[3] |
*** | Acting manager during manager's medical leave of absence |
† | Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager[5] |
§ | Number retired by the Colt .45s / Astros franchise[6] |
Managers[]
Note: Statistics are correct as of November 2, 2021.
#[a] | Name | Term[b] | GM | W | L | Win% | PGM[4][8] | PW[4][8] | PL[4][8] | PWin%[4][8] | Achievements |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Craft | 1962–1964 | 471 | 191 | 280 | .406 | — | — | — | — | |
2 | Luman Harris | 1964–1965 | 175 | 70 | 105 | .400 | — | — | — | — | |
3 | Grady Hatton* | 1966–1968 | 385 | 164 | 221 | .426 | — | — | — | — | |
4 | Harry Walker | 1968–1972 | 708 | 355 | 353 | .501 | — | — | — | — | |
5 | Salty Parker** | 1972 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | |
6 | Leo Durocher† | 1972–1973 | 193 | 98 | 95 | .508 | — | — | — | — | |
7 | Preston Gómez | 1974–1975 | 289 | 128 | 161 | .443 | — | — | — | — | |
8 | Bill Virdon | 1975–1982 | 1,066 | 544 | 522 | .510 | 10 | 4 | 6 | .400 | |
9 | Bob Lillis | 1982–1985 | 537 | 276 | 261 | .514 | — | — | — | — | |
10 | Hal Lanier* | 1986–1988 | 486 | 254 | 232 | .523 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1986 NL Manager of the Year[7] |
11 | Art Howe | 1989–1993 | 810 | 392 | 418 | .484 | — | — | — | — | |
12 | Terry Collins | 1994–1996 | 421 | 224 | 197 | .532 | — | — | — | — | |
13 | Larry Dierker*§ | 1997–2001 | 810 | 448 | 362 | .553 | 14 | 2 | 12 | .143 | 1998 NL Manager of the Year[7] |
14 | Matt Galante*** | 1999 | 27 | 13 | 14 | .481 | — | — | — | — | |
15 | Jimy Williams | 2002–2004 | 412 | 215 | 197 | .522 | — | — | — | — | |
16 | Phil Garner | 2004–2007 | 529 | 277 | 252 | .524 | 26 | 13 | 13 | .500 | 2005 NL championship[4][8] |
17 | Cecil Cooper* | 2007–2009 | 341 | 171 | 170 | .501 | — | — | — | — | |
18 | Dave Clark** | 2009 | 13 | 4 | 9 | .308 | — | — | — | — | |
19 | Brad Mills* | 2010–2012 | 445 | 171 | 274 | .384 | — | — | — | — | |
20 | Tony DeFrancesco** | 2012 | 41 | 16 | 25 | .390 | — | — | — | — | |
21 | Bo Porter* | 2013–2014 | 300 | 110 | 190 | .367 | — | — | — | — | |
22 | Tom Lawless** | 2014 | 24 | 11 | 13 | .458 | — | — | — | — | — |
23 | A. J. Hinch | 2015–2019 | 810 | 481 | 329 | .594 | 50 | 28 | 22 | .560 | 2017 World Series Champion |
24 | Dusty Baker | 2020–present | 222 | 124 | 98 | .559 | 29 | 17 | 12 | .586 | 2021 AL championship |
Dusty Baker, the current manager; led the Astros to the 2021 AL pennant, their third since 2017
Art Howe was the manager of the Astros from 1989 to 1993
Larry Dierker was the manager of the Astros from 1997 to 2001.
Jimy Williams was the manager of the Astros from 2002 to 2004.
Phil Garner was the manager of the Astros from 2004 to 2007
A. J. Hinch was the manager of the Astros from 2015 to January 2020.
Notes[]
- a A running total of the number of managers of the Colt .45s/Astros. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once.
- b Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.
References[]
- General
- "Astros All-Time Managers". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- "Astros Year-by-year Results". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- "Houston Astros History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- Specific
- ^ "Astros History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ "Front Office". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
- ^ a b c d "Houston Astros Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Astros Postseason Results". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction". BaseballHallofFame.com. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b c "Astros Retired Numbers". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b c "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ a b c d e "2005 Houston Astros". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
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