Manager Wins Top 100 Chart

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top 100 all-time career leaders in Major League games won by managers. Notes: A bold faced entry denotes that the manager was active during the previous Major League season, an italic entry denotes a Hall of Fame manager, and a grayed-out entry denotes a manager with no Major League experience as a player.

"What bothers me is a first-year guy, a guy that hasn't played one day in the big leagues, makes more than I made in ten years." - Frank Robinson (65th Overall Managerial Wins Leader)
Managerial Wins
All-Time Leaders

'Top 100'

Rank

Manager

Wins

1.

Connie Mack

3,731

2.

John McGraw

2,763

3.

Tony LaRussa

2,297

4.

Sparky Anderson

2,194

5.

Bobby Cox

2,171

6.

Bucky Harris

2,157

7.

Joe McCarthy

2,125

8.

Walter Alston

2,040

9.

Leo Durocher

2,008

10.

Joe Torre

1,973

11.

Casey Stengel

1,905

12.

Gene Mauch

1,902

13.

Bill McKechnie

1,896

14.

Ralph Houk

1,619

15.

Fred Clarke

1,602

16.

Tom Lasorda

1,599

17.

Dick Williams

1,571

18.

Lou Piniella

1,519

19.

Clark Griffith

1,491

20.

Earl Weaver

1,480

21.

Miller Huggins

1,413

22.

Al Lopez

1,410

23.

Jimmy Dykes

1,406

24.

Wilbert Robinson

1,399

25.

Chuck Tanner

1,352

26.

Ned Hanlon

1,313

27.

Cap Anson

1,296

28.

Charlie Grimm

1,287

29.

Frank Selee

1,284

30.

Whitey Herzog

1,281

31.

Billy Martin

1,253

32.

Bill Rigney

1,239

33.

Joe Cronin

1,236

34.

Harry Wright

1,225

35.

Hughie Jennings

1,184

36.

Jim Leyland

1,164

37.

Dusty Baker

1,162

 

Lou Boudreau

1,162

39.

John McNamara

1,160

40.

Davey Johnson

1,148

41.

Mike Hargrove

1,143

42.

Tom Kelly

1,140

43.

Frankie Frisch

1,138

44.

Art Howe

1,129

45.

Bobby Valentine

1,117

46.

Danny Murtaugh

1,115

47.

Frank Robinson

1,065

48.

Billy Southworth

1,044

49.

Red Schoendienst

1,041

50.

Steve O'Neill

1,040

51.

Felipe Alou

1,033

52.

Jim Fregosi

1,028

53.

Chuck Dressen

1,008

54.

Bill Virdon

995

55.

Alvin Dark

994

56.

Bruce Bochy

951

57.

Frank Chance

946

58.

Phil Garner

927

59.

Paul Richards

923

60.

Jimy Williams

910

61.

Don Zimmer

885

62.

Buck Showalter

882

63.

George Stallings

879

64.

Charlie Comiskey

839

65.

Fred Hutchinson

830

66.

Bill Terry

823

67.

Johnny Oates

797

68.

Buck Rodgers

784

69.

Jack McKeon

770

70.

Pat Moran

748

 

Birdie Tebbetts

748

72.

Roger Craig

738

73.

Jimmy McAleer

735

74.

Patsy Tebeau

726

75.

Lee Fohl

713

76.

Rogers Hornsby

701

77.

Burt Shotton

697

78.

Patsy Donovan

684

79.

Cito Gaston

683

 

Fielder Jones

683

81.

Mayo Smith

662

82.

Gil Hodges

660

83.

Jim Mutrie

658

84.

Dave Bristol

657

85.

Jeff Torborg

634

86.

Billy Barnie

632

87.

Harry Walker

630

88.

Fred Haney

629

89.

Don Baylor

627

90.

Gus Schmelz

624

91.

Danny Ozark

618

92.

Tris Speaker

617

93.

Mike Scioscia

609

94.

Luke Sewell

606

95.

Herman Franks

605

96.

Branch Rickey

597

97.

Hank Bauer

594

98.

Pat Corrales

572

99.

Terry Francona

564

100.

Pinky Higgins

560

Current Through 2007



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This top 100 chart can be used to answer many different trivia questions including; Who is the manager who never played Major League Baseball with the most wins? Which Hall of Fame skipper has the least number of wins? Which three active managers are in the top twenty?

Did you know that one Hall of Fame manager does not even appear on this list? That skipper is Rube Foster of the Negro Leagues who began managing in 1907 (went 110-10 with the Chicago Leland Giants), formed the modern Negro National League, and won the first three consecutive (1920-1922) pennants?