List of Boston Red Sox Managers

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 44 different managers in their franchise history; four during the crackeo rapin 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, the most 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 20, 2012 the Red Sox named John Farrell their manager after firing Bobby Valentine on October 4, 2012.

1 Key
2 Managers
3 Notes
4 References

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 2013 season.

#	Name	Term	GM	W	L	Win %	PGM^[4]	PW^[4]	PL^[4]	PT^[4]	Achievements
01 !1	Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins*	1901–1906	841	455	376	.541	08 !8	05 !5	03 !3	-01 !—	1 World Series Championship (1903)
02 !2	Stahl, ChickChick Stahl	1906	40	14	26	.350	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
03 !3	Huff, GeorgeGeorge Huff	1907	8	2	6	.250	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
04 !4	Unglaub, BobBob Unglaub	1907.1 !1907	29	9	20	.310	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
05 !5	McGuire, DeaconDeacon McGuire	1907.2 !1907–1908	221	98	123	.443	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
06 !6	Lake, FredFred Lake	1908–1909	190	110	80	.579	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
07 !7	Donovan, PatsyPatsy Donovan	1910–1911	306	159	147	.520	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
08 !8	Stahl, JakeJake Stahl	1912–1913	232	144	88	.621	08 !8	04 !4	03 !3	01 !1	1 World Series Championship (1912)
09 !9	Carrigan, BillBill Carrigan	1913–1916	538	322	216	.599	10	08 !8	02 !2	-01 !—	2 World Series Championships (1915, 1916)
10	Barry, JackJack Barry	1917	152	90	62	.592	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
11	Barrow, EdEd Barrow*	1918–1920	416	213	203	.512	07 !6	04 !4	03 !2	-01 !—	1 World Series Championship (1918)
12	Duffy, HughHugh Duffy*	1921–1922	308	136	172	.442	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
13	Chance, FrankFrank Chance*	1923	152	61	91	.401	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
14	Fohl, LeeLee Fohl	1924–1926	459	160	299	.349	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
09.1 !—	Carrigan, BillBill Carrigan	1927–1929	451	167	284	.370	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
15	Wagner, HeinieHeinie Wagner	1930	154	52	102	.338	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
16	Collins, ShanoShano Collins	1931–1932	207	73	134	.353	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
17	McManus, MartyMarty McManus	1932–1933	248	95	153	.383	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
18	Harris, BuckyBucky Harris*	1934	152	76	76	.500	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
19	Cronin, JoeJoe Cronin*	1935–1947	1,987	1,071	916	.539	07 !7	03 !3	04 !4	-01 !—	1946 American League pennant
20	McCarthy, JoeJoe McCarthy*	1948–1950	368	223	145	.606	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
21	O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill	1950–1951	249	150	99	.602	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
22	Boudreau, LouLou Boudreau*	1952–1954	461	229	232	.497	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
23	Higgins, PinkyPinky Higgins	1955–1959	691	360	329	.521	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
24	York, RudyRudy York	1959	1	0	1	.000	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
25	Jurges, BillyBilly Jurges	1959–1960	122	59	63	.484	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
26	Baker, DelDel Baker	1960	7	2	5	.286	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
23.1 !—	Higgins, PinkyPinky Higgins	1960–1962	427	200	227	.467	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
27	Pesky, JohnnyJohnny Pesky	1963–1964	326	147	179	.455	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
28	Herman, BillyBilly Herman*	1964–1966	310	128	182	.413	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
29	Runnels, PetePete Runnels	1966	16	8	8	.500	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
30	Williams, DickDick Williams*	1967–1969	477	260	217	.545	07 !7	03 !3	04 !4	-01 !—	1967 American League pennant
31	Popowski, EddieEddie Popowski	1969	9	5	4	.555	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
32	Kasko, EddieEddie Kasko	1970–1973	640	345	295	.539	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
33	Johnson, DarrellDarrell Johnson	1974–1976	408	220	188	.539	10	06 !6	04 !4	-01 !—	1975 American League pennant
34	Zimmer, DonDon Zimmer	1976–1980	715	411	304	.575	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
27 !—	Pesky, JohnnyJohnny Pesky	1980	5	1	4	.200	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
35	Houk, RalphRalph Houk	1981–1984	594	312	282	.525	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
36	McNamara, JohnJohn McNamara	1985–1988	570	297	273	.521	14	07 !7	07 !7	-01 !—	1986 AL Manager of the Year^[3] 1986 American League pennant
37	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan	1988–1991	563	301	262	.535	08 !8	00 !0	08 !8	—
38	Hobson, ButchButch Hobson	1992–1994	439	207	232	.472	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
39	Kennedy, KevinKevin Kennedy	1995–1996	306	171	135	.559	03 !3	00 !0	03 !3	-01 !—
40	Williams, JimyJimy Williams	1997–2001	766	414	352	.540	14	05 !5	09 !9	-01 !—	1999 AL Manager of the Year^[3]
41	Kerrigan, JoeJoe Kerrigan	2001	43	17	26	.395	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—	-01 !—
42	Little, GradyGrady Little	2002–2003	324	188	136	.580	12	06 !6	06 !6	-01 !—
43	Francona, TerryTerry Francona	2004–2011	1,296	744	552	.574	45	28	17	-01 !—	2 World Series Championships (2004, 2007)
44	Valentine, BobbyBobby Valentine	2012	162	69	93	.426	0	0	0	-01 !—
45	Farrell, JohnJohn Farrell	2013–present	162	97	65	.599	16	11	5	-01 !—	1 World Series Championship (2013)

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 only counted once.

References

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American League
East Division Buck Showalter (Baltimore Orioles) John Farrell (Boston Red Sox) Joe Girardi (New York Yankees) Joe Maddon (Tampa Bay Rays) John Gibbons (Toronto Blue Jays)	Central Division Robin Ventura (Chicago White Sox) Terry Francona (Cleveland Indians) Brad Ausmus (Detroit Tigers) Ned Yost (Kansas City Royals) Ron Gardenhire (Minnesota Twins)	West Division Bo Porter (Houston Astros) Mike Scioscia (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) Bob Melvin (Oakland Athletics) TBD (Seattle Mariners) Ron Washington (Texas Rangers)
National League
East Division Fredi González (Atlanta Braves) Mike Redmond (Miami Marlins) Terry Collins (New York Mets) Ryne Sandberg (Philadelphia Phillies) Matt Williams (Washington Nationals)	Central Division TBD (Chicago Cubs) Bryan Price (Cincinnati Reds) Ron Roenicke (Milwaukee Brewers) Clint Hurdle (Pittsburgh Pirates) Mike Matheny (St. Louis Cardinals)	West Division Kirk Gibson (Arizona Diamondbacks) Walt Weiss (Colorado Rockies) Don Mattingly (Los Angeles Dodgers) Bud Black (San Diego Padres) Bruce Bochy (San Francisco Giants)
Defunct teams
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