MLB

Coaching Succession

120 franchises, 1254 managerial tenures, and the win-share change across every handover. The last column is the difference between a manager and the predecessor at that franchise — descriptive, not causal: rosters, schedules and eras move alongside a hire. It is withheld entirely when either tenure ran under two seasons, because differencing two noisy numbers produces a confident-looking figure built from nothing.

ALT

1 managers · 1884

1884Ed Curtis6–19.240—

ATH

31 managers · 1901–2026

1901–1950Connie Mack3582–3814–70.484—
1937–1939Earle Mack45–77–3.372-11.3
1951–1953Jimmy Dykes208–254–4.451+7.9
1954Eddie Joost51–103–2.333—
1955–1957Lou Boudreau151–260–2.368—
1957–1959Harry Craft162–196–2.453+8.5
1960Bob Elliott58–96–1.377—
1961–1969Hank Bauer187–226.453—
1961Joe Gordon26–33–1.442—
1963–1964Eddie Lopat90–124.421—
1964–1965Mel McGaha45–91–1.332-8.8
1965Haywood Sullivan54–82.397—
1966–1975Al Dark314–291.519—
1967Luke Appling10–30.250—
1968Bob Kennedy82–80–1.506—
1969–1970John McNamara97–78.554—
1971–1973Dick Williams288–190.603+4.8
1976Chuck Tanner87–74.540—
1977–1978Bobby Winkles61–86.415—
1977–1978Jack McKeon71–105.403-1.2
1979Jim Marshall54–108.333—
1980–1982Billy Martin215–218.497—
1983–1984Steve Boros94–112.456-4.0
1984–1986Jackie Moore163–190.462+0.5
1986Jeff Newman2–8.200—
1986–1995Tony La Russa798–673.542—
1996–2002Art Howe600–533.530-1.3
2003–2006Ken Macha368–280.568+3.8
2007–2011Bob Geren334–376.470-9.8
2011–2021Bob Melvin853–764.528+5.7
2022–2026Mark Kotsay319–491.394-13.4

ATH-NL

1 managers · 1876

1876Al Wright14–45–1.242—

ATL

49 managers · 1876–2026

1876–1881Harry Wright254–187–3.575—
1882–1888John Morrill335–296–14.530-4.5
1883Jack Burdock30–24.556—
1887King Kelly49–43–3.532—
1889Jim Hart

AZ

10 managers · 1998–2026

1998–2000Buck Showalter250–236.514—
2001–2004Bob Brenly303–262.536+2.2
2004Al Pedrique22–61.265—
2005–2009Bob Melvin337–340.498—
2009–2010A.J. Hinch

BAL

45 managers · 1901–2026

1901Hugh Duffy48–89–2.353—
1902–1909Jimmy McAleer551–632–26.467—
1910Jack O'Connor47–107–4.310—
1911–1912Bobby Wallace57–134–1.299—
1912–1913

BFB

2 managers · 1890

1890Jack Rowe27–72–1.275—
1890Jay Faatz9–24–1.279—

BFL

3 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915Larry Schlafly93–99–5.485—
1915Harry Lord60–49–1.550—
1915Walter Blair1–1.500—

BLC

5 managers · 1872–1874

1872Bill Craver27–13–1.671—
1872Everett Mills8–6–3.559—
1873Cal McVey20–13.606—
1873Tom Carey14–9–1.604—
1874Warren White

BLO

6 managers · 1882–1899

1882Henry Myers19–54–1.264—
1883–1891Billy Barnie470–548–32.463—
1892George Van Haltren1–10.091—
1892John Waltz2–6.250—
1892–1898Ned Hanlon

BLT

1 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915Otto Knabe131–177–7.427—

BLU

1 managers · 1884

1884Bill Henderson58–47–1.552—

BNA

1 managers · 1871–1875

1871–1875Harry Wright225–60–7.783—

BOS

49 managers · 1901–2026

1901–1906Jimmy Collins455–376–11.547—
1906Chick Stahl14–26.350—
1907Bob Unglaub9–20.310—
1907Cy Young3–3.500—
1907–1908Deacon McGuire

BRA

3 managers · 1872–1875

1872–1874Bob Ferguson48–98–2.331—
1875Bill Boyd0–2.000—
1875Charlie Pabor2–40.048—

BRD

1 managers · 1884

1884Tim Murnane58–51–2.532—

BRG

1 managers · 1890

1890Jim Kennedy26–72–2.270—

BRS

2 managers · 1890–1891

1890King Kelly81–48–4.624—
1891Arthur Irwin93–42–4.683—

BTT

3 managers · 1914–1915

1914Bill Bradley77–77–3.500—
1915John Ganzel17–18.486—
1915Lee Magee53–64–1.453—

BUF

5 managers · 1879–1885

1879John Clapp46–32–1.589—
1880Sam Crane24–58–2.298—
1881–1884Jim O'Rourke206–169–5.549—
1885Jack Chapman31–57.352—
1885Pud Galvin

BWW

1 managers · 1890

1890John Ward76–56–1.575—

CBK

2 managers · 1883–1884

1883Horace Phillips32–65.330—
1884Gus Schmelz69–39–2.636—

CBL

6 managers · 1879–1884

1879–1882Jim McCormick74–96–1.436—
1881John Clapp32–41–1.439—
1881Mike McGeary4–7.364—
1882Fred Dunlap42–36–2.537—
1883Frank Bancroft

CEN

1 managers · 1875

1875Bill Craver2–12.143—

CFC

3 managers · 1871–1872

1871Charlie Pabor10–19.345—
1872Deacon White0–2.000—
1872Scott Hastings6–14.300—

CHC

62 managers · 1876–2026

1876–1877Al Spalding78–47–1.623—
1878Bob Ferguson30–30–1.500—
1879–1897Cap Anson1282–932–44.578—
1879Silver Flint5–12–2.316—
1898–1899Tom Burns

CHH

1 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915Joe Tinker173–133–8.564—

CHP

1 managers · 1890

1890Charlie Comiskey75–62–1.547—

CIN

64 managers · 1882–2026

1882–1884Pop Snyder140–76–2.647—
1884Will White44–27–1.618—
1885–1886Ollie Caylor128–122–3.512—
1887–1889Gus Schmelz237–171–6.580+6.8
1890–1891Tom Loftus

CKK

1 managers · 1891

1891King Kelly43–57–2.431—

CLE

48 managers · 1901–2026

1901Jimmy McAleer54–82–2.399—
1902–1904Bill Armour232–195–4.543—
1905Bill Bradley20–21.488—
1905–1909Nap Lajoie377–309–14.549—
1909–1911

CLI

2 managers · 1890

1890Henry Larkin34–45.430—
1890Patsy Tebeau21–30–1.413—

CLS

3 managers · 1889–1891

1889–1890Al Buckenberger99–119–2.455—
1890–1891Gus Schmelz99–89–7.526+7.1
1890Pat Sullivan2–1.667—

CLV

7 managers · 1887–1899

1887–1888Jimmy Williams59–136–2.305—
1888–1889Tom Loftus91–110–6.454+14.9
1890–1891Bob Leadley57–67–2.460+0.6
1890Gus Schmelz21–55–2.282—
1891–1898Patsy Tebeau

CNA

2 managers · 1871–1875

1871–1875Jimmy Wood59–59–2.500—
1874Fergy Malone18–18.500—

CNR

7 managers · 1876–1880

1876Charlie Gould9–56.138—
1877Bob Addy5–19.208—
1877Jack Manning7–12–1.375—
1877Lip Pike3–11.214—
1878–1879Cal McVey

COL

9 managers · 1993–2026

1993–1998Don Baylor440–469–1.484—
1999Jim Leyland72–90.444—
2000–2002Buddy Bell161–185.465—
2002–2009Clint Hurdle534–625.461-0.5
2009–2012Jim Tracy

COR

2 managers · 1884

1884Dan O'Leary20–15.571—
1884Sam Crane49–21.700—

CPI

3 managers · 1884

1884Ed Hengel34–39–1.466—
1884Joe Battin1–5.167—
1884Joe Ellick6–6–1.500—

CWS

45 managers · 1901–2026

1901–1902Clark Griffith157–113–5.580—
1903–1914Jimmy Callahan309–329–10.485-9.5
1904–1908Fielder Jones426–293–20.590+10.5
1909Billy Sullivan78–74–7.513—
1910–1911Hugh Duffy

DET

41 managers · 1901–2026

1901George Stallings74–61–1.548—
1902Frank Dwyer52–83–2.387—
1903–1904Ed Barrow97–117–7.455—
1904Bobby Lowe30–44–4.410—
1905–1906Bill Armour

DTN

5 managers · 1881–1888

1881–1882Frank Bancroft83–84–3.497—
1883–1884Jack Chapman68–142–5.328-16.9
1885–1888Bill Watkins249–161–7.606+27.8
1885Charlie Morton7–31.184—
1888Bob Leadley

ECK

2 managers · 1872

1872Jim Clinton0–11.000—
1872Jimmy Wood3–15.167—

HAR

1 managers · 1876–1877

1876–1877Bob Ferguson78–48–3.616—

HNA

2 managers · 1874–1875

1874Lip Pike16–37.302—
1875Bob Ferguson54–28–4.651—

HOU

25 managers · 1962–2026

1962–1964Harry Craft191–280–2.406—
1964–1965Lum Harris70–105.400-0.6
1966–1968Grady Hatton164–221–1.426+2.6
1968–1972Harry Walker355–353.501+7.5
1972–1973Leo Durocher

IBL

1 managers · 1878

1878John Clapp24–36–3.405—

IHO

2 managers · 1884

1884Bill Watkins4–18–1.196—
1884Jim Gifford25–60–2.299—

IND

6 managers · 1887–1889

1887Fred Thomas11–18.379—
1887Horace Fogel20–49–1.293—
1887Watch Burnham6–22.214—
1888Harry Spence50–85–1.371—
1889Frank Bancroft

KC

21 managers · 1969–2026

1969Joe Gordon69–93–1.426—
1970–1972Bob Lemon207–218.487—
1970Charlie Metro19–33.365—
1973–1975Jack McKeon215–205.512—
1975–1979Whitey Herzog

KCC

3 managers · 1888–1889

1888–1889Bill Watkins63–99–2.390—
1888Dave Rowe14–36.280—
1888Sam Barkley21–36–1.371—

KCN

1 managers · 1886

1886Dave Rowe30–91–5.258—

KCP

1 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915George Stovall148–156–3.487—

KCU

3 managers · 1884

1884Harry Wheeler0–4.000—
1884Matthew Porter3–13.188—
1884Ted Sullivan13–46–3.234—

KEK

2 managers · 1871

1871Bill Lennon5–9.357—
1871Harry Deane2–3.400—

LAA

25 managers · 1961–2026

1961–1969Bill Rigney625–707–1.469—
1969–1971Lefty Phillips222–225–1.497+2.7
1972Del Rice75–80.484—
1973–1974Bobby Winkles109–127–1.462—
1974–1976Dick Williams

LAD

32 managers · 1884–2026

1884George Taylor40–64–5.390—
1885–1887Charlie Byrne174–172–8.503—
1885Charlie Hackett15–22.405—
1888–1890Bill McGunnigle267–139–6.655—
1891–1892

LGR

1 managers · 1876–1877

1876–1877Jack Chapman65–61–4.515—

LOU

17 managers · 1882–1899

1882Denny Mack42–38.525—
1883Joe Gerhardt52–45–1.536—
1884Mike Walsh68–40–2.627—
1885–1886Jim Hart119–129–2.480—
1887–1888John Kelly

MAN

1 managers · 1872

1872John Clapp5–19.208—

MAR

1 managers · 1873

1873Bill Smith0–6.000—

MIA

17 managers · 1993–2026

1993–1996Rene Lachemann221–285.437—
1996Cookie Rojas1–01.000—
1996–2001John Boles205–241.460—
1997–1998Jim Leyland146–178.451-0.9
2001Tony Perez

MIL

20 managers · 1969–2026

1969Joe Schultz64–98–1.396—
1970–1972Dave Bristol144–209–1.408—
1972–1975Del Crandall271–338.445+3.7
1972Roy McMillan1–1.500—
1975–1983Harvey Kuenn

MIN

32 managers · 1901–2026

1901Jim Manning61–72–5.460—
1902–1903Tom Loftus104–169–5.383—
1904Malachi Kittridge1–16–1.083—
1904Patsy Donovan37–97–5.284—
1905–1906

MLA

1 managers · 1891

1891Charlie Cushman21–15.583—

MLG

1 managers · 1878

1878Jack Chapman15–45–1.254—

MLU

1 managers · 1884

1884Tom Loftus8–4.667—

NAT

1 managers · 1872

1872Joe Miller0–11.000—

NEW

2 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915Bill Phillips114–92–4.552—
1915Bill McKechnie54–45–3.544—

NHV

3 managers · 1875

1875Charlie Gould2–21.087—
1875Charlie Pabor1–5.167—
1875Jumbo Latham4–14.222—

NNA

7 managers · 1871–1875

1871Bob Ferguson16–17.485—
1872Dickey Pearce10–6.625—
1872–1873John Hatfield35–31–2.529—
1873Joe Start18–7.720—
1874Dick Higham

NYI

1 managers · 1890

1890Buck Ewing74–57–1.564—

NYM

25 managers · 1962–2026

1962–1965Casey Stengel175–404–3.303—
1965–1967Wes Westrum142–237–1.375+7.2
1967Salty Parker4–7.364—
1968–1971Gil Hodges339–309–1.523—
1972–1975Yogi Berra

NYP

5 managers · 1883–1887

1883–1884Jim Mutrie129–74–6.632—
1885–1886Jim Gifford49–76.392-24.0
1886–1887Bob Ferguson54–94–2.367-2.5
1887Dave Orr3–5.375—
1887Ollie Caylor

NYU

1 managers · 1876

1876Bill Craver21–35–1.377—

NYY

35 managers · 1901–2026

1901–1902John McGraw94–96–3.495—
1902Wilbert Robinson24–57–2.301—
1903–1908Clark Griffith419–370–18.530—
1908Kid Elberfeld27–71.276—
1909–1910

OLY

1 managers · 1871–1872

1871–1872Nick Young17–22–2.439—

PBB

1 managers · 1890

1890Ned Hanlon60–68–3.469—

PBS

2 managers · 1914–1915

1914Doc Gessler3–8.273—
1914–1915Rebel Oakes147–145–7.503—

PHA

7 managers · 1882–1890

1882Jumbo Latham41–34.547—
1883–1884Lon Knight127–78–2.618—
1885Harry Stovey55–57–1.491—
1886–1890Bill Sharsig232–205–11.530—
1886Lew Simmons

PHI

57 managers · 1883–2026

1883Blondie Purcell13–68–1.165—
1883Bob Ferguson4–13.235—
1884–1893Harry Wright636–566–25.529—
1890Al Reach4–7.364—
1890Bob Allen

PHK

1 managers · 1884

1884Fergy Malone21–46.313—

PHQ

4 managers · 1890–1891

1890Charlie Buffinton61–54–1.530—
1890Jim Fogarty7–9.438—
1891Bill Sharsig6–11–1.361—
1891George Wood67–55–3.548—

PIT

48 managers · 1882–2026

1882–1883Al Pratt51–59–1.464—
1883–1884Joe Battin8–18.308-15.6
1883Ormond Butler17–36.321—
1884Bob Ferguson11–31.262—
1884Denny McKnight

PNA

2 managers · 1871–1875

1871–1875Dick McBride161–84–6.653—
1875Cap Anson4–2–2.625—

PRO

8 managers · 1878–1885

1878–1881Tom York56–37–3.599—
1879George Wright59–25–1.700—
1880John Ward18–13–1.578—
1880Mike Dorgan26–12–1.679—
1880Mike McGeary

PWS

5 managers · 1873–1875

1873Fergy Malone8–2.800—
1873Jimmy Wood28–15.651—
1874Bill Craver29–29.500—
1875Bob Addy3–4.429—
1875Mike McGeary

RES

1 managers · 1873

1873Doug Allison2–21.087—

RIC

1 managers · 1884

1884Felix Moses12–30–4.304—

ROC

1 managers · 1890

1890Pat Powers63–63–7.500—

ROK

1 managers · 1871

1871Scott Hastings4–21.160—

SBS

2 managers · 1876–1877

1876–1877George McManus34–34.500—
1876Mase Graffen39–17.696—

SD

24 managers · 1969–2026

1969–1972Preston Gomez180–316.363—
1972–1973Don Zimmer114–190.375+1.2
1974–1977John McNamara224–310.419+4.5
1977Al Dark48–65.425—
1977Bob Skinner

SEA

21 managers · 1977–2026

1977–1980Darrell Johnson226–362–1.385—
1980–1981Maury Wills26–56–1.319-6.5
1981–1983Rene Lachemann140–180.438+11.8
1983–1984Del Crandall93–131.415-2.2
1984–1986Chuck Cottier

SF

43 managers · 1883–2026

1883John Clapp46–50–2.480—
1884Jim Price56–42–2.570—
1884–1894John Ward162–116–13.579—
1885–1891Jim Mutrie529–345–31.602+2.3
1892Pat Powers

SLI

2 managers · 1914–1915

1914–1915Fielder Jones99–93–7.515—
1914Mordecai Brown50–63–1.443—

SLM

4 managers · 1884–1886

1884–1885Fred Dunlap96–56–3.629—
1884Ted Sullivan28–3.903—
1885Alex McKinnon6–32–1.167—
1886Gus Schmelz43–79–4.357—

SLR

1 managers · 1875

1875Charlie Sweasy4–15.211—

SNA

1 managers · 1875

1875Dickey Pearce39–29–4.569—

STL

65 managers · 1882–2026

1882Ned Cuthbert37–43.463—
1883–1891Charlie Comiskey562–272–16.671—
1883Ted Sullivan53–26.671—
1884Jimmy Williams51–33–1.606—
1890

STP

1 managers · 1884

1884Andrew Thompson2–6–1.278—

SYR

3 managers · 1879

1879Bill Holbert0–1.000—
1879Jimmy Macullar5–21–1.204—
1879Mike Dorgan17–26.395—

SYS

2 managers · 1890

1890George Frazer51–65–1.440—
1890Wally Fessenden4–7.364—

TB

5 managers · 1998–2026

1998–2001Larry Rothschild205–294.411—
2001–2002Hal McRae113–196.366-4.5
2003–2005Lou Piniella200–285.412+4.7
2006–2014Joe Maddon754–705.517+10.4
2015–2026Kevin Cash

TEX

30 managers · 1961–2026

1961–1963Mickey Vernon135–227–1.373—
1963Eddie Yost0–1.000—
1963–1967Gil Hodges321–444.420—
1968Jim Lemon65–96.404—
1969–1972Ted Williams

TLM

1 managers · 1890

1890Charlie Morton68–64–2.515—

TOL

1 managers · 1884

1884Charlie Morton46–58–6.445—

TOR

15 managers · 1977–2026

1977–1979Roy Hartsfield166–318.343—
1980–1981Bobby Mattick104–164.388+4.5
1982–1985Bobby Cox355–292–1.549+16.1
1986–1989Jimy Williams281–241–1.538-1.0
1989–2010Cito Gaston

TRO

3 managers · 1871–1872

1871Bill Craver12–12–1.500—
1871Lip Pike1–3.250—
1872Jimmy Wood15–10.600—

TRT

2 managers · 1879–1882

1879–1882Bob Ferguson122–157–4.438—
1879Horace Phillips12–34–1.266—

WAS

12 managers · 1891–1899

1891Dan Shannon15–34–2.314—
1891Pop Snyder23–46–1.336—
1891Sam Trott4–7–1.375—
1891Sandy Griffin2–4.333—
1892–1899Arthur Irwin

WBL

1 managers · 1873

1873Nick Young8–31.205—

WES

1 managers · 1875

1875Joe Simmons1–12.077—

WIL

1 managers · 1884

1884Joe Simmons2–16.111—

WNA

1 managers · 1884

1884Mike Scanlon47–65–2.421—

WNL

6 managers · 1886–1889

1886–1887John Gaffney61–101–7.382—
1886Mike Scanlon13–67–2.171—
1888Ted Sullivan38–57–1.401—
1888Walter Hewett10–29–1.263—
1889Arthur Irwin

WNT

2 managers · 1875

1875Bill Parks1–7.125—
1875Holly Hollingshead4–16.200—

WOR

6 managers · 1880–1882

1880Frank Bancroft40–43–2.482—
1881Harry Stovey8–18–1.315—
1881Mike Dorgan24–32.429—
1882Freeman Brown9–32.220—
1882Jack Chapman

WSH

21 managers · 1969–2026

1969–1975Gene Mauch499–627–1.443—
1976Charlie Fox12–22.353—
1976Karl Kuehl43–85.336—
1977–1981Dick Williams380–347.523—
1981–1984Jim Fanning

WST

2 managers · 1884

1884Holly Hollingshead12–50.194—
1884John Bickerton0–1.000—

Derived from data/mlb/coach-careers.json, built 2026-10-06. 454 of 1254 handovers met the two-season floor. A tenure is every season a manager ran the franchise, including a later return.