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 through the close of the 2011 regular season, as well as a list of the managers who have win percentages greater than .540 and have managed at least 600 games.

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

Connie Mack, who managed the Philadelphia Athletics for 50 years, is by far 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.

The active manager closest to making the 1,000 win list is Buck Showalter, with 984 wins and 949 losses (.509). The only manager with 1,000 losses but not 1,000 wins is Phil Garner who has a 985-1,054 record (.483).

Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Key

	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Italics	Denote manager is active

Rank	Name	Wins	Losses	Pct.
1	Mack, ConnieConnie Mack	3,731	3,948	.486
2	McGraw, JohnJohn McGraw	2,763	1,948	.586
3	La Russa, TonyTony La Russa	2,728	2,365	.536
4	Cox, BobbyBobby Cox	2,504	2,001	.556
5	Torre, JoeJoe Torre	2,326	1,997	.538
6	Anderson, SparkySparky Anderson	2,194	1,834	.545
7	Harris, BuckyBucky Harris	2,158	2,219	.493
8	McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy	2,125	1,333	.615
9	Alston, WalterWalter Alston	2,040	1,613	.558
10	Durocher, LeoLeo Durocher	2,008	1,709	.540
11	Stengel, CaseyCasey Stengel	1,905	1,842	.508
12	Mauch, GeneGene Mauch	1,902	2,037	.483
13	McKechnie, BillBill McKechnie	1,896	1,723	.524
14	Piniella, LouLou Piniella	1,835	1,713	.517
15	Houk, RalphRalph Houk	1,619	1,531	.514
16	Clarke, FredFred Clarke	1,602	1,181	.576
17	Lasorda, TommyTommy Lasorda	1,599	1,439	.526
18	Leyland, JimJim Leyland	1,588	1,585	.500
19	Williams, DickDick Williams	1,571	1,451	.520
20	Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith	1,491	1,367	.522
21	Baker, DustyDusty Baker	1,484	1,367	.521
22	Weaver, EarlEarl Weaver	1,480	1,060	.583
23	Huggins, MillerMiller Huggins	1,413	1,134	.555
24	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	1,410	1,004	.584
25	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	1,406	1,541	.477
26	Robinson, WilbertWilbert Robinson	1,399	1,398	.500
27	Bochy, BruceBruce Bochy	1,360	1,376	.497
28	Tanner, ChuckChuck Tanner	1,352	1,381	.495
29	Hanlon, NedNed Hanlon	1,313	1,164	.530
30	Anson, CapCap Anson	1,295	947	.578
31	Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	1,287	1,067	.547
32	Selee, FrankFrank Selee	1,284	862	.598
33	Herzog, WhiteyWhitey Herzog	1,281	1,125	.532
34	Martin, BillyBilly Martin	1,253	1,013	.553
35	Rigney, BillBill Rigney	1,239	1,321	.484
36	Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin	1,236	1,055	.540
37	Wright, HarryHarry Wright	1,225	885	.581
38	Hargrove, MikeMike Hargrove	1,188	1,173	.503
38	Johnson, DaveyDavey Johnson	1,188	931	.561
40	Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings	1,184	995	.543
41	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau	1,162	1,224	.487
42	McNamara, JohnJohn McNamara	1,160	1,233	.485
43	Kelly, TomTom Kelly	1,140	1,244	.478
44	Frisch, FrankieFrankie Frisch	1,138	1,078	.514
45	Howe, ArtArt Howe	1,129	1,137	.498
46	Valentine, BobbyBobby Valentine	1,117	1,072	.510
47	Murtaugh, DannyDanny Murtaugh	1,115	950	.540
48	Scioscia, MikeMike Scioscia	1,066	878	.548
49	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson	1,065	1,176	.475
50	McKeon, JackJack McKeon	1,051	990	.515
51	Southworth, BillyBilly Southworth	1,044	704	.597
52	Schoendienst, RedRed Schoendienst	1,041	955	.522
53	O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill	1,040	821	.559
54	Alou, FelipeFelipe Alou	1,033	1,021	.503
55	Francona, TerryTerry Francona	1,029	915	.529
56	Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	1,028	1,095	.484
57	Dressen, ChuckChuck Dressen	1,008	973	.509

Win percentage

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 in Major League Baseball.

Managers included have managed at least 600 games, a group including 213 managers. 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.

Rank	Name	Win Pct.	Games
1	McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy	.615	3,487
2	Mutrie, JimJim Mutrie	.611	1,114
3	Comiskey, CharlesCharles Comiskey	.608	1,410
4	Selee, FrankFrank Selee	.598	2,180
5	Southworth, BillyBilly Southworth	.597	1,770
6	Chance, FrankFrank Chance	.593	1,622
7	McGraw, JohnJohn McGraw	.586	4,769
8	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	.584	2,425
9	Weaver, EarlEarl Weaver	.583	2,541
10	Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane	.582	600
11	Wright, HarryHarry Wright	.581	2,185
12	Dyer, EddieEddie Dyer	.578	777
13	Anson, CapCap Anson	.578	2,288
14	Clarke, FredFred Clarke	.576	2,829
15	Girardi, JoeJoe Girardi	.570	810
16	Ward, MonteMonte Ward	.563	751
17	Manuel, CharlieCharlie Manuel	.561	1,544
18	Moran, PatPat Moran	.561	1,344
19	Johnson, DaveyDavey Johnson	.561	2,121
20	O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill	.559	1,879
21	Alston, WalterWalter Alston	.558	3,658
22	Cox, BobbyBobby Cox	.556	4,508
23	Dierker, LarryLarry Dierker	.556	783
24	Huggins, MillerMiller Huggins	.555	2,570
25	Tebeau, PatsyPatsy Tebeau	.555	1,339
26	Terry, BillBill Terry	.555	1,496
27	Ewing, BuckBuck Ewing	.553	903
28	Martin, BillyBilly Martin	.553	2,267
29	Little, GradyGrady Little	.552	648
30	Johnson, WalterWalter Johnson	.550	966
31	Lajoie, NapNap Lajoie	.550	700
32	Scioscia, MikeMike Scioscia	.548	1,944
33	Shettsline, BillBill Shettsline	.548	677
34	Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins	.548	842
35	Grimm, CharlieCharlie Grimm	.547	2,368
36	Mele, SamSam Mele	.546	963
37	Gibson, GeorgeGeorge Gibson	.546	759
38	Anderson, SparkySparky Anderson	.545	4,030
39	Howser, DickDick Howser	.544	933
40	Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings	.543	2,203
41	Speaker, TrisTris Speaker	.543	1,139
42	Durocher, LeoLeo Durocher	.540	3,739
43	Macha, KenKen Macha	.540	972
44	Murtaugh, DannyDanny Murtaugh	.540	2,068
45	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	.540	1,297
46	Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin	.540	2,315

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)

External links

• Baseball-Reference.com - career managing record and playing statistics
• Major League Baseball Standings