Boston Braves Managers

This is a comprehensive list of managers for the Boston Braves 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 Braves Managers
1941 - 1952

Managers & Finishes

Year Uniform # Manager(s) Wins Losses WP Finish GB
1941

32

Casey Stengel

62 92 .403 7th 38
1942

32

59 89 .399 7th 44
1943

32

47 60 .439 6th 36½

31

Bob Coleman

21 25 .457
1944

31

65 89 .422 6th 40
1945

31

42 51 .452 6th 30

33

Del Bissonette

25 34 .424
1946

30

Billy Southworth

81 72 .529 4th 15½
1947

30

86 68 .558 3rd 8
1948

30

91 62 .595 1st +6½
1949

30

75 79 .487 4th 22
1950

30

83 71 .539 4th 8
1951

30

28 31 .475 4th 20½

1

Tommy Holmes

48 47 .505
1952

1

13 22 .371 7th 32

40

Charlie Grimm

51 67 .432

Boston Braves 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

During the 1948 season the Boston Braves had their largest attendance when 1,455,439 fans attended games at Brave Field.

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