List of Major League Baseball managers with most career wins

Connie Mack in 1916. 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 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 games of May 19 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.

Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader (2,117) 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 785–460 (.631), which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues.

Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Key
†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
*	Denote manager is active

Rank	Name	Wins	Losses	Ties^[a]	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*	2,117	2,125	0	.499	5/4
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*	1,540	1,450	0	.515	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	Bud Black*	1,140	1,300	0	.467	0
52	Tom Kelly	1,140	1,244	1	.478	2/2
54	Frankie Frisch^†	1,138	1,078	30	.514	1/1
55	Art Howe	1,129	1,137	0	.498	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

^ 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.

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	1,244	784	460
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
7	Billy Southworth^†	.597	1,770	1,044	704
9	Frank Chance^†	.593	1,622	946	648
10	Aaron Boone*	.590	917	541	376
11	John McGraw^†	.586	4,769	2,763	1,948
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
20	Ossie Vitt	.570	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
24	Brian Snitker*	.562	1,196	672	524
26	Pat Moran	.561	1,344	748	586
27	Steve O'Neill	.559	1,879	1,040	821
28	Walter Alston^†	.558	3,658	2,040	1,613
29	Bobby Cox^†	.556	4,508	2,504	2,001
29	Larry Dierker	.556	783	435	348
31	Miller Huggins^†	.555	2,570	1,413	1,134
	Patsy Tebeau		1,339	726	583
	Bill Terry^†		1,496	823	661
34	Buck Ewing^†	.554	903	489	395
	Billy Martin		2,267	1,253	1,013
	Felton Snow		512	279	225
37	Grady Little	.552	648	358	290
37	Mike Shildt*	.552	498	275	223
39	Walter Johnson^†	.550	966	529	432
39	Nap Lajoie^†	.550	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
45	Sam Mele	.546	963	524	436
47	Sparky Anderson^†	.545	4,030	2,194	1,834
	Kevin Cash*		1,403	764	639
	Joe Girardi		2,055	1,120	935
50	Dick Howser	.544	933	507	425
50	Willie Randolph	.544	555	302	253
52	Hughie Jennings^†	.543	2,203	1,184	995
52	Tris Speaker^†	.543	1,139	617	520
54	Dusty Baker	.540	4,046	2,183	1,862
	Alex Cora*		856	462	394
	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

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

Name	Win Pct.	Games	Wins	Losses
Stephen Vogt	.630	46	29	17
Rob Thomson	.588	320	188	132
John Schneider	.550	280	154	126

References

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

[2] 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.

[bbref-1] "MLB Managers". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Win percentage

See also

References