List of Boston Red Sox managers
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The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). There have been 47 different managers in their franchise history; four during the era of the Boston Americans (1901–1907) and the rest under the Boston Red Sox (1908–present). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Since 1912, the Red Sox have played their home games at Fenway Park.[1]
Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Americans and managed from 1901 to 1906. Joe Cronin managed the most games with 1,987 and wins with 1,071 with the Red Sox. Terry Francona, a recent manager of the Red Sox, managed the most playoff games with 42 and wins with 28. Bill Carrigan and Francona have each won two World Series championships. Carrigan won his two championships in 1915 and 1916, while Francona won his two championships in 2004 and 2007.[2] John McNamara and Jimy Williams are the only two Red Sox managers to win the AL Manager of the Year Award, in 1986 and 1999 respectively.[3] On October 22, 2017 the Red Sox named Alex Cora their manager after firing John Farrell on October 11, 2017. Cora was fired on January 14, 2020 after being implicated in a sign stealing scandal while he was a bench coach for the Houston Astros.
Key
| # | Number of managers[a] |
| GM | Regular-season games managed |
| W | Regular-season wins |
| L | Regular-season losses |
| Win% | Winning percentage |
| PGM | Playoff games managed |
| PW | Playoff wins |
| PL | Playoff losses |
| PT | Playoff ties |
| * | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame |
Managers
Note: Statistics are correct through the 2019 season.
| # | Name | Term | GM | W | L | Win % | PGM | PW | PL | PT | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Collins* | 1901–1906 | 841 | 455 | 376 | .541 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 World Series Championship (1903) |
| 2 | Chick Stahl | 1906 | 40 | 14 | 26 | .350 | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Cy Young* | 1907 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | George Huff | 1907 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Bob Unglaub | 1907 | 29 | 9 | 20 | .310 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Deacon McGuire | 1907–1908 | 221 | 98 | 123 | .443 | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Fred Lake | 1908–1909 | 190 | 110 | 80 | .579 | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Patsy Donovan | 1910–1911 | 306 | 159 | 147 | .520 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | Jake Stahl | 1912–1913 | 232 | 144 | 88 | .621 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 World Series Championship (1912) |
| 10 | Bill Carrigan | 1913–1916 | 538 | 322 | 216 | .599 | 10 | 8 | 2 | — | 2 World Series Championships (1915, 1916) |
| 11 | Jack Barry | 1917 | 152 | 90 | 62 | .592 | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Ed Barrow* | 1918–1920 | 416 | 213 | 203 | .512 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 World Series Championship (1918) |
| 13 | Hugh Duffy* | 1921–1922 | 308 | 136 | 172 | .442 | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Frank Chance* | 1923 | 152 | 61 | 91 | .401 | — | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Lee Fohl | 1924–1926 | 459 | 160 | 299 | .349 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Bill Carrigan | 1927–1929 | 451 | 167 | 284 | .370 | — | — | — | — | |
| 16 | Heinie Wagner | 1930 | 154 | 52 | 102 | .338 | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Shano Collins | 1931–1932 | 207 | 73 | 134 | .353 | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | Marty McManus | 1932–1933 | 248 | 95 | 153 | .383 | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Bucky Harris* | 1934 | 152 | 76 | 76 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Joe Cronin* | 1935–1947 | 1,987 | 1,071 | 916 | .539 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 1946 American League pennant |
| 21 | Joe McCarthy* | 1948–1950 | 368 | 223 | 145 | .606 | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Steve O'Neill | 1950–1951 | 249 | 150 | 99 | .602 | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Lou Boudreau* | 1952–1954 | 461 | 229 | 232 | .497 | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Pinky Higgins | 1955–1959 | 691 | 360 | 329 | .521 | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Rudy York | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | Billy Jurges | 1959–1960 | 122 | 59 | 63 | .484 | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Del Baker | 1960 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Pinky Higgins | 1960–1962 | 427 | 200 | 227 | .467 | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Johnny Pesky | 1963–1964 | 326 | 147 | 179 | .455 | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Billy Herman* | 1964–1966 | 310 | 128 | 182 | .413 | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Pete Runnels | 1966 | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 31 | Dick Williams* | 1967–1969 | 477 | 260 | 217 | .545 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — | 1967 American League pennant |
| 32 | Eddie Popowski | 1969 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .555 | — | — | — | — | |
| 33 | Eddie Kasko | 1970–1973 | 640 | 345 | 295 | .539 | — | — | — | — | |
| 34 | Darrell Johnson | 1974–1976 | 408 | 220 | 188 | .539 | 10 | 6 | 4 | — | 1975 American League pennant |
| 35 | Don Zimmer | 1976–1980 | 715 | 411 | 304 | .575 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Johnny Pesky | 1980 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | — | — | — | — | |
| 36 | Ralph Houk | 1981–1984 | 594 | 312 | 282 | .525 | — | — | — | — | |
| 37 | John McNamara | 1985–1988 | 570 | 297 | 273 | .521 | 14 | 7 | 7 | — | 1986 AL Manager of the Year[3] 1986 American League pennant |
| 38 | Joe Morgan | 1988–1991 | 563 | 301 | 262 | .535 | 8 | 0 | 8 | — | |
| 39 | Butch Hobson | 1992–1994 | 439 | 207 | 232 | .472 | — | — | — | — | |
| 40 | Kevin Kennedy | 1995–1996 | 306 | 171 | 135 | .559 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | |
| 41 | Jimy Williams | 1997–2001 | 766 | 414 | 352 | .540 | 14 | 5 | 9 | — | 1999 AL Manager of the Year[3] |
| 42 | Joe Kerrigan | 2001 | 43 | 17 | 26 | .395 | — | — | — | — | |
| 43 | Grady Little | 2002–2003 | 324 | 188 | 136 | .580 | 12 | 6 | 6 | — | |
| 44 | Terry Francona | 2004–2011 | 1,296 | 744 | 552 | .574 | 45 | 28 | 17 | — | 2 World Series Championships (2004, 2007) |
| 45 | Bobby Valentine | 2012 | 162 | 69 | 93 | .426 | — | — | — | — | |
| 46 | John Farrell | 2013–2017 | 810 | 432 | 378 | .533 | 19 | 12 | 11 | — | 1 World Series Championship (2013) |
| 47 | Alex Cora | 2018–2020 | 324 | 192 | 132 | .593 | 14 | 11 | 3 | — | 1 World Series Championship (2018) |
| 48 | Ron Roenicke | 2020 | 60 | — | — | — | — |
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Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Boston Americans, and is still fifth in wins. -
Joe Cronin managed the team from 1935 to 1947, and is the all-time wins leader among Red Sox managers. -
Joe Morgan led the Red Sox to two American League East titles in four seasons as manager. -
Terry Francona led the team to two World Series championships. He is second only to Joe Cronin in games and wins among Red Sox managers, and tied with Bill Carrigan for titles won. -
Bobby Valentine led the team to its worst season in 47 years. -
John Farrell led the team to one World Series championship and was the first Red Sox manager to lead the team to back-to-back division titles.
Notes
- a A running total of the number of managers of the Red Sox. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is counted only once.
References
- General
- "Red Sox All-Time Managers". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- "Red Sox Year-by-year Results". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction". BaseballHallofFame.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- "Red Sox Postseason Results". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
- Specific
- ^ "Red Sox History". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ "World Series Overview". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
- ^ a b c "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
