Boston Bees Managers

This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Boston Bees organization. Win / loss statistics, winning percentage, position in division, and games behind the leader are also shown for each manager.

"Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits." - Casey Stengel
Boston Bees Managers
1936 - 1940

Managers & Finishes

Year Uniform # Manager(s) Wins Losses WP Finish GB
1936

33

Bill McKechnie

71 83 .461 6th 21
1937

33

79 73 .520 5th 16
1938

31

Casey Stengel

77 75 .507 5th 12
1939

31

63 89 .417 7th 32½
1940

32

65 87 .428 7th 34½

Boston Bees Managers & Finishes



The Braves franchise began in 1876 in Boston, moved to a Milwaukee in 1953, and came to a stop in Atlanta in 1966. Over the course of a century-plus they have seen three cities and many different official names. All their stats, schedules, uniform numbers, and history can be found on the Atlanta Braves team page and posted below is a chart with links to their managerial pages:

Boston Red Caps

1876-1882

Boston Beaneaters

1883-1906

Boston Doves

1907-1910

Boston Rustlers

1911-1911

Boston Braves

1912-1935

Boston Bees

1936-1940

Boston Braves

1941-1952

Milwaukee Braves

1953-1965

Atlanta Braves

1966-Today

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The Boston Bees were not the first modern Braves franchise to wear uniform numbers. That honor does belong to Bill McKechnie (who also appears above), but occurred when he was managing the Boston Braves.