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List of Major League Baseball managerial wins and winning percentage leaders

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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 list of managers who have regular season win percentages greater than .540. Both lists are current through the close of the 2015 Major League Baseball season.

Connie Mack, who managed 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.

Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader with 1,702 managed wins. The active manager closest to surpassing 1,000 wins is Clint Hurdle, who has 965 wins and 1,004 losses for a .490 winning percentage. The only managers with 1,000 losses but not 1,000 wins are Hurdle and 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
* Denote manager is active
Rank Name Wins Losses Pct.
1 Connie Mack† 3,731 3,948 .486
2 John McGraw† 2,763 1,948 .586
3 Tony La Russa† 2,728 2,365 .536
4 Bobby Cox† 2,504 2,001 .556
5 Joe Torre† 2,326 1,997 .538
6 Sparky Anderson† 2,194 1,834 .545
7 Bucky Harris† 2,158 2,219 .493
8 Joe McCarthy† 2,125 1,333 .615
9 Walter Alston† 2,040 1,613 .558
10 Leo Durocher† 2,008 1,709 .540
11 Casey Stengel† 1,905 1,842 .508
12 Gene Mauch 1,902 2,037 .483
13 Bill McKechnie† 1,896 1,723 .524
14 Lou Piniella 1,835 1,713 .517
15 Jim Leyland 1,769 1,728 .506
16 Bruce Bochy * 1,702 1,682 .503
17 Dusty Baker * 1,671 1,504 .526
18 Ralph Houk 1,619 1,531 .514
19 Fred Clarke† 1,602 1,181 .576
20 Tommy Lasorda† 1,599 1,439 .526
21 Dick Williams† 1,571 1,451 .520
22 Clark Griffith† 1,493 1,376 .520
23 Earl Weaver† 1,480 1,060 .583
24 Mike Scioscia * 1,416 1,176 .546
25 Miller Huggins† 1,413 1,134 .555
26 Al Lopez† 1,410 1,004 .584
27 Jimmy Dykes 1,406 1,541 .477
28 Wilbert Robinson† 1,399 1,398 .500
29 Davey Johnson 1,372 1,071 .562
30 Chuck Tanner 1,352 1,381 .495
31 Buck Showalter * 1,340 1,242 .519
32 Ned Hanlon† 1,313 1,164 .530
33 Cap Anson† 1,295 947 .578
34= Terry Francona * 1,287 1,142 .530
34= Charlie Grimm 1,287 1,067 .547
36 Frank Selee† 1,284 862 .598
37 Whitey Herzog† 1,281 1,125 .532
38 Billy Martin 1,253 1,013 .553
39 Bill Rigney 1,239 1,321 .484
40 Joe Cronin† 1,236 1,055 .540
41 Harry Wright† 1,225 885 .581
42 Mike Hargrove 1,188 1,173 .503
43 Bobby Valentine 1,186 1,165 .504
44 Hughie Jennings† 1,184 995 .543
45 Lou Boudreau† 1,162 1,224 .487
46 John McNamara 1,160 1,233 .485
47 Tom Kelly 1,140 1,244 .478
48 Frankie Frisch† 1,138 1,078 .514
49 Art Howe 1,129 1,137 .498
50 Danny Murtaugh 1,115 950 .540
51 Ron Gardenhire 1,068 1,039 .507
52 Frank Robinson† 1,065 1,176 .475
53 Jack McKeon 1,051 990 .515
54 Billy Southworth† 1,044 704 .597
55 Red Schoendienst† 1,041 955 .522
56 Steve O'Neill 1,040 821 .559
57 Felipe Alou 1,033 1,021 .503
58 Jim Fregosi 1,028 1,095 .484
59 Chuck Dressen 1,008 973 .509
60 Charlie Manuel 1,000 826 .548

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 500 games, a group including 239 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.

Of the active managers with less than 500 managed games, one manager has a winning percentage high enough for this list: Jeff Banister with a .543 record (88-74) in 162 games. The closest active manager to the end of this list is Terry Francona with a .530 record (1,287-1,142) in 2,429 games.

Rank Name Win Pct. Games
1 Joe McCarthy† .615 3,487
2 Jim Mutrie .611 1,114
3 Charles Comiskey† .608 1,410
4 Frank Selee† .598 2,180
5 Billy Southworth† .597 1,770
6 Frank Chance† .593 1,622
7 John McGraw† .586 4,769
8 Al Lopez† .584 2,425
9 Earl Weaver† .583 2,541
10 Mickey Cochrane† .582 600
11 Harry Wright† .581 2,185
12 Mike Matheny * .579 648
13= Eddie Dyer .578 777
13= Cap Anson† .578 2,288
13= Pants Rowland .578 591
16 Fred Clarke† .576 2,829
17 Bill McGunnigle .569 586
18 Monte Ward† .563 751
19 Davey Johnson .562 2,445
20 Pat Moran .561 1,344
21 Steve O'Neill .559 1,879
22= Walter Alston† .558 3,658
22= Joe Girardi * .558 1,458
24= Bobby Cox† .556 4,508
24= Larry Dierker .556 783
26= Miller Huggins† .555 2,570
26= Patsy Tebeau .555 1,339
26= Bill Terry .555 1,496
29= Buck Ewing† .553 903
29= Billy Martin .553 2,267
31 Grady Little .552 648
32 Don Mattingly * .551 809
33= Walter Johnson† .550 966
33= Nap Lajoie† .550 700
35= Charlie Manuel .548 1,826
35= Bill Shettsline .548 677
35= Jimmy Collins† .548 842
38 Charlie Grimm .547 2,368
39= Sam Mele .546 963
39= George Gibson .546 759
39= Mike Scioscia * .546 2,592
42 Sparky Anderson† .545 4,030
43= Dick Howser .544 933
43= Willie Randolph .544 555
45= Hughie Jennings† .543 2,203
45= Tris Speaker† .543 1,139
47= Leo Durocher† .540 3,739
47= Ken Macha .540 972
47= Danny Murtaugh .540 2,068
47= Fielder Jones .540 1,297
47= Joe Cronin† .540 2,315

See also

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