Chicago Cubs Managers (1902 - 2012) by Baseball Almanac

Chicago Cubs Managers

This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Chicago Cubs organization. Win / loss statistics, winning percentage, position in division, and games behind the leader are also shown for each manager. Links include a Year; which leads to the American League season in review; the Manager(s) name, which leads to his career statistics; and a roster, which leads to a list of every player on the team during the year.

"Give me some scratching, diving, hungry ballplayers who come to kill you." - Chicago Cubs Manager (1966-1972) Leo Durocher

Chicago Cubs Managers 1902 - 2012 Managers & Finishes
Year	Uniform #	Manager(s)	Wins	Losses	WP	Finish	GB	Roster
1902	n/a	Frank Selee	68	69	.496	5^th	34	1902
1903	n/a	Frank Selee	82	56	.594	3^rd	8	1903
1904	n/a	Frank Selee	93	60	.608	2^nd	13	1904
1905	n/a	Frank Selee	37	28	.569	3^rd	13	1905
1905	n/a	Frank Chance	55	33	.625	3^rd	13	1905
1906	n/a	Frank Chance	116	36	.763	1^st	+20	1906
1907	n/a	Frank Chance	107	45	.704	1^st	+17	1907
1908	n/a	Frank Chance	99	55	.643	1^st	+1	1908
1909	n/a	Frank Chance	104	49	.680	2^nd	6½	1909
1910	n/a	Frank Chance	104	50	.675	1^st	+13	1910
1911	n/a	Frank Chance	92	62	.597	2^nd	7½	1910
1912	n/a	Frank Chance	91	59	.607	3^rd	11½	1912
1913	n/a	Johnny Evers	88	65	.575	3^rd	13½	1913
1914	n/a	Hank O'Day	78	76	.506	4^th	16½	1914
1915	n/a	Roger Bresnahan	73	80	.477	4^th	17½	1915
1916	n/a	Joe Tinker	67	86	.438	5^th	26½	1916
1917	n/a	Fred Mitchell	74	80	.481	5^th	24	1917
1918	n/a	Fred Mitchell	84	45	.651	1^st	+10½	1918
1919	n/a	Fred Mitchell	75	65	.536	3^rd	21	1919
1920	n/a	Fred Mitchell	75	79	.487	5^th	18	1920
1921	n/a	Johnny Evers	41	55	.427	7^th	30	1921
1921	n/a	Bill Killefer	23	34	.404	7^th	30	1921
1922	n/a	Bill Killefer	80	74	.519	5^th	13	1922
1923	n/a	Bill Killefer	83	71	.539	4^th	12½	1923
1924	n/a	Bill Killefer	81	72	.529	5^th	12	1924
1925	n/a	Bill Killefer	33	42	.440	8^th	27½	1925
	n/a	Rabbit Maranville	23	30	.434
	n/a	George Gibson	12	14	.462
1926	n/a	Joe McCarthy	82	72	.532	4^th	7	1926
1927	n/a	Joe McCarthy	85	68	.556	4^th	8½	1927
1928	n/a	Joe McCarthy	91	63	.591	3^rd	4	1928
1929	n/a	Joe McCarthy	98	54	.645	1^st	+10½	1929
1930	n/a	Joe McCarthy	86	64	.573	2^nd	2	1930
1930	n/a	Rogers Hornsby	4	0	1.000	2^nd	2	1930
1931	n/a	Rogers Hornsby	84	70	.545	3^rd	17	1931
1932	9	Rogers Hornsby	53	46	.535	1^st	+4	1932
1932	6	Charlie Grimm	37	18	.673	1^st	+4	1932
1933	7	Charlie Grimm	86	68	.558	3^rd	6	1933
1934	7	Charlie Grimm	86	65	.570	3^rd	8	1934
1935	8	Charlie Grimm	100	54	.649	1^st	+4	1935
1936	7	Charlie Grimm	87	67	.565	2^nd	5	1936
1937	1	Charlie Grimm	93	61	.604	2^nd	3	1937
1938	1	Charlie Grimm	45	36	.556	1^st	+2	1938
1938	2	Gabby Hartnett	44	27	.620	1^st	+2	1938
1939	2	Gabby Hartnett	84	70	.545	4^th	13	1939
1940	2	Gabby Hartnett	75	79	.487	5^th	25½	1940
1941	1	Jimmie Wilson	70	84	.455	6^th	30	1941
1942	1	Jimmie Wilson	68	86	.442	6^th	38	1942
1943	40	Jimmie Wilson	74	79	.484	5^th	30½	1943
1944	40	Jimmie Wilson	1	9	.100	4^th	30	1944
	uk	Roy Johnson⁽¹⁾	0	1	.000
	40	Charlie Grimm	74	69	.517
1945	40	Charlie Grimm	98	56	.636	1^st	+3	1945
1946	40	Charlie Grimm	82	71	.536	3^rd	14½	1946
1947	40	Charlie Grimm	69	85	.448	6^th	25	1947
1948	40	Charlie Grimm	64	90	.416	8^th	27½	1948
1949	40	Charlie Grimm	19	31	.380	8^th	36	1949
1949	3	Frankie Frisch	42	62	.404	8^th	36	1949
1950	3	Frankie Frisch	64	89	.418	7^th	26½	1950
1951	3	Frankie Frisch	35	45	.438	8^th	34½	1951
1951	44	Phil Cavarretta	27	47	.365	8^th	34½	1951
1952	44	Phil Cavarretta	77	77	.500	5^th	19½	1952
1953	44	Phil Cavarretta	65	89	.422	7^th	40	1953
1954	6	Stan Hack	64	90	.416	7^th	33	1954
1955	6	Stan Hack	72	81	.471	6^th	26	1955
1956	6	Stan Hack	60	94	.390	8^th	33	1956
1957	25	Bob Scheffing	62	92	.403	7^th	33	1957
1958	25	Bob Scheffing	72	82	.468	5^th	20	1958
1959	25	Bob Scheffing	74	80	.481	5^th	13	1959
1960	50	Charlie Grimm	6	11	.353	7^th	35	1960
1960	5	Lou Boudreau	54	83	.394	7^th	35	1960
1961	54	Vedie Himsl⁽²⁾	5	6	.455	7^th	29	1961
	53	Harry Craft⁽²⁾	4	8	.333
	52	El Tappe⁽²⁾	2	0	1.000
	60	Lou Klein⁽²⁾	5	6	.455
	54	Vedie Himsl⁽²⁾	5	12	.294
	53	Harry Craft⁽²⁾	3	1	.750
	52	El Tappe⁽²⁾	35	43	.449
	54	Vedie Himsl⁽²⁾	0	3	.000
	52	El Tappe⁽²⁾	5	11	.313
1962	63	Charlie Metro	43	69	.384	9^th	42½	1962
	52	El Tappe	4	16	.200
	60	Lou Klein	12	18	.400
1963	61	Bob Kennedy	82	80	.506	7^th	17	1963
1964	61	Bob Kennedy	76	86	.469	8^th	17	1964
1965	61	Bob Kennedy	24	32	.429	8^th	25	1965
1965	60	Lou Klein	48	58	.453	8^th	25	1965
1966	2	Leo Durocher	59	103	.364	10^th	36	1966
1967	2	Leo Durocher	87	74	.540	3^rd	14	1967
1968	2	Leo Durocher	84	78	.519	3^rd	13	1968
1969	2	Leo Durocher	92	70	.568	2^nd	8	1969
1970	2	Leo Durocher	84	78	.519	2^nd	5	1970
1971	2	Leo Durocher	83	79	.512	3^rd	14	1971
1972	2	Leo Durocher	46	44	.511	2^nd	11	1972
1972	16	Whitey Lockman	39	26	.600	2^nd	11	1972
1973	16	Whitey Lockman	77	84	.478	5^th	5	1973
1974	16	Whitey Lockman	41	52	.441	6^th	22	1974
1974	25	Jim Marshall	25	44	.362	6^th	22	1974
1975	25	Jim Marshall	75	87	.463	5^th	17½	1975
1976	25	Jim Marshall	75	87	.463	4^th	26	1976
1977	3	Herman Franks	81	81	.500	4^th	20	1977
1978	3	Herman Franks	79	83	.488	3^rd	11	1978
1979	3	Herman Franks	78	77	.503	5^th	18	1979
1979	5	Joey Amalfitano⁽¹⁾	2	5	.286	5^th	18	1979
1980	18	Preston Gomez	38	52	.422	6^th	27	1980
1980	5	Joey Amalfitano	26	46	.361	6^th	27	1980
1981	5	Joey Amalfitano	38	65	.369	6^th / 5^th	21½	1981
1982	4	Lee Elia	73	89	.451	5^th	19	1982
1983	4	Lee Elia	54	69	.439	5^th	19	1983
1983	4	Charlie Fox	17	22	.436	5^th	19	1983
1984	8	Jim Frey	96	65	.596	1^st	+6½	1984
1985	8	Jim Frey	77	84	.478	4^th	23½	1985
1986	8	Jim Frey	23	33	.411	5^th	37	1986
	2	John Vukovich⁽¹⁾	1	1	.500
	4	Gene Michael	46	56	.451
1987	4	Gene Michael	68	68	.500	6^th	18½	1987
1987	53	Frank Lucchesi⁽¹⁾	8	17	.320	6^th	18½	1987
1988	4	Don Zimmer	77	85	.475	4^th	24	1988
1989	4	Don Zimmer	93	69	.574	1^st	+6	1989
1990	4	Don Zimmer	77	85	.475	4^th	18	1990
1991	4	Don Zimmer	18	19	.486	4^th	20	1991
	6	Joe Altobelli⁽¹⁾	0	1	.000
	41	Jim Essian	59	63	.484
1992	5	Jim Lefebvre	78	84	.481	4^th	18	1992
1993	5	Jim Lefebvre	84	78	.519	4^th	13	1993
1994	41	Tom Trebelhorn	49	64	.434	5^th	16½	1994
1995	5	Jim Riggleman	73	71	.507	3^rd	12	1995
1996	5	Jim Riggleman	76	86	.469	4^th	12	1996
1997	5	Jim Riggleman	68	94	.420	5^th	16	1997
1998	5	Jim Riggleman	90	73	.552	2^nd	12½	1998
1999	5	Jim Riggleman	67	95	.414	6^th	30	1999
2000	25	Don Baylor	65	97	.401	6^th	30	2000
2001	25	Don Baylor	88	74	.543	3^rd	5	2001
2002	25	Don Baylor	34	49	.410	5^th	30	2002
	uk	Rene Lachemann⁽¹⁾	0	1	.000
	10	Bruce Kimm⁽¹⁾	33	45	.423
2003	12	Dusty Baker	88	74	.543	1^st	+1	2003
2004	12	Dusty Baker	12	8	.600	3^rd	16	2004
	46	Dick Pole⁽¹⁾	1	0	1.000
	12	Dusty Baker	76	65	.539
2005	12	Dusty Baker	79	83	.488	4^th	21	2005
2006	12	Dusty Baker	66	96	.407	6^th	17½	2006
2007	41	Lou Piniella	22	31	.415	1^st	+2	2007
	6	Alan Trammell⁽³⁾	3	1	.750
	41	Lou Piniella	60	45	.571
2008	41	Lou Piniella	97	64	.602	1^st	+7½	2008
2009	41	Lou Piniella	83	78	.516	2^nd	7½	2009
2010	41	Lou Piniella	51	74	.408	5^th	16	2010
2010	8	Mike Quade⁽¹⁾	24	13	.649	5^th	16	2010
2011	8	Mike Quade	71	91	.438	5^th	25	2011
2012	33	Dale Sveum	--	--	--	--	--	2012
Year	Uniform #	Manager(s)	Wins	Losses	WP	Finish	GB	Roster
Chicago Cubs Managers & Finishes Key: ⁽¹⁾ = Interim Mgr ⁽²⁾ = College of Coaches ⁽³⁾ = Served During a Suspension

The Chicago Cubs have had more hall of fame players manage their team than any other team in Major League history; and, did you know that each member of the legendary Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance trio managed the club?

During the 2007 season the Chicago Cubs had their largest attendance when 3,252,462 fans attended games at Wrigley Field — nearly 98% capacity at every home game. Prior to 1902 the Cubs franchise was known by the following officially recognized names (with links to each of their managerial analysis pages):

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In 1961 the Chicago Cubs took part in Wrigley's "College of Coaches" in which members of the coaching staff each took turns at the helm thus becoming officially recognized managers.

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