List of Major League Baseball managers by wins

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

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.

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 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, he 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	872	542	330
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 *	.601	546	328	218
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	Alex Cora *	.5844	486	284	202
13	Al Lopez	.5841	2,425	1,410	1,004
14	Earl Weaver	.583	2,541	1,480	1,060
15	Mickey Cochrane	.582	600	348	250
16	Harry Wright	.581	2,185	1,225	885
17	Pants Rowland	.5785	591	339	247
18	Eddie Dyer	.57847	777	446	325
19	Cap Anson	.5776	2,288	1,295	947
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	Joe Girardi *	.5479	2,004	1,098	906
42	Bill Shettsline	.5478	677	367	303
43	Charlie Manuel	.5476	1,826	1,000	826
44	Jimmy Collins	.5475	842	455	376
45	Charlie Grimm	.547	2,368	1,287	1,067
46	A. J. Hinch *	.546	1,184	647	537
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	.544	933	507	425
52	Gabe Kapler *	.54395	546	297	249
53	Hughie Jennings	.5434	2,203	1,184	995
54	Tris Speaker	.5427	1,139	617	520
55	Terry Francona *	.5403	3,298	1,782	1,516
56	Leo Durocher	.5402	3,739	2,008	1,709
57	Ken Macha	.5401	972	525	447

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.

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)

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