List of San Francisco Giants managers

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The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the National League Western Division. Since their inception as the New York Gothams in 1883, the Giants have employed 37 managers.[1] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[2][3]

The franchise's first manager was John Clapp, who managed the team for one year before being replaced in 1884 by Jim Price.[1] The New York Giants won two World Series championships during the 19th century, in 1888 and 1889, with Jim Mutrie as their manager both years.[a][1][4][5] John McGraw became the Giants' manager during the 1902 season, beginning a streak of 54 consecutive years in which the Giants were managed by a Baseball Hall of Famer. McGraw managed for the better course of 30 years (he missed parts of the 1924, 1925, and 1927 seasons due to illness; Hughie Jennings took over for the former two while Rogers Hornsby served as player-manager for the latter), doing so until the middle of the 1932 season, the longest managerial tenure in Giants history. McGraw won 2,583 games as the Giants manager, the most in Giants history. While managing the Giants, the team won the National League championship 10 times—in 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924. They played in the World Series nine times (no World Series was played in 1904)[6] and won three, in 1905, 1921 and 1922.[1][7]

McGraw's successor was Hall of Famer Bill Terry, who managed the team from the middle of the 1932 season until 1941. He won 823 games as the Giants' manager, fourth-most in Giants history, and won three National League championships, in 1933, 1936 and 1937, winning the World Series in 1933.[8] Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Leo Durocher managed the team from 1942 through 1955. Durocher was the manager for the Giants' World Series championship in 1954.[9]

The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958, with Bill Rigney as their manager.[10][11] They won their first National League championship in San Francisco under Alvin Dark in 1962 but lost the World Series that year.[12] In their first 28 years in San Francisco, they had 14 managers (including two terms by Rigney).[1] Since 1985, the Giants' managerial situation has been more stable. Roger Craig managed the team for more than seven seasons, from the middle of the 1985 season until 1992, including a National League championship in 1989. His successor, Dusty Baker, managed the team for ten years from 1993 through 2002, winning the National League championship in 2002. Baker has the third-highest win total of any Giants manager with 840.[1] Felipe Alou replaced Baker in 2003 and managed the team until 2006. Bruce Bochy managed the team from the 2007 season through 2019, winning World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014, and has the second-most wins among all Giants managers.[1][13]

Jim Mutrie has the highest winning percentage of any Giants manager, with .605. Heinie Smith has the lowest, with .156, although he managed just 32 games. The lowest winning percentage of any Giants manager who managed at least 100 games is .389, by Jim Davenport in 1985.[1]

Table key[edit]

#
A running total of the number of Giants managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
G
Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W
Number of regular season wins in games managed
L
Number of regular season losses in games managed
WPct
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC
League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers[edit]

#[b] Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref
1 John Clapp 1883 98 46 50 .479 [14]
2 Jim Price 1884 100 56 42 .571 [15]
3 John Montgomery Ward 1884 14 6 8 .429 [16]
4 Jim Mutrie 18851891 905 529 345 .605 2 12 7 2 2[a] [4][5][17]
5 Pat Powers 1892 153 71 80 .470 [18]
John Montgomery Ward 18931894 275 156 108 .591 [16]
6 George Davis 1895 33 16 17 .485 [19]
7 Jack Doyle 1895 64 32 31 .508 [20]
8 Harvey Watkins 1895 35 18 17 .514 [21]
9 Arthur Irwin 1896 90 36 53 .404 [22]
10 Bill Joyce 18961898 316 179 122 .595 [23]
11 Cap Anson 1898 22 9 13 .409 [24]
12 John B. Day 1899 66 29 35 .453 [25]
13 Fred Hoey 1899 87 31 55 .360 [26]
14 Buck Ewing 1900 63 21 41 .339 [27]
George Davis 19001901 291 91 122 .427 [19]
15 Horace Fogel 1902 44 18 23 .439 [28]
16 Heinie Smith 1902 32 5 27 .156 [29]
17 John McGraw 19021932 4,424 2,583 1,790 .591 9 26 28 10 3 [7][30][31]
[32][33][34]
[35][36][37]
[38]
18 Hughie Jennings (interim) 1924, 1925 76 53 23 .697 [39]
19 Rogers Hornsby (interim) 1927 33 22 10 .688 [40]
20 Bill Terry 19321941 1,496 823 661 .555 3 7 9 3 1 [8][41][42]
[43]
21 Mel Ott 19421948 1,004 464 530 .467 [44]
22 Leo Durocher 19481955 1,163 637 523 .549 2 6 4 2 1 [9][45][46]
23 Bill Rigney 19561960 674 332 342 .493 [47]
24 Tom Sheehan 1960 98 46 50 .479 [48]
25 Alvin Dark 19611964 644 366 277 .569 1 3 4 1 0 [12][49]
26 Herman Franks 19651968 649 367 280 .567 [50]
27 Clyde King 19691970 204 109 95 .534 [51]
28 Charlie Fox 19701974 675 348 327 .478 1 1 3 0 0 [52][53]
29 Wes Westrum 19741975 247 118 129 .516 [54]
Bill Rigney 1976 162 74 88 .457 [47]
30 Joe Altobelli 19771979 464 225 239 .485 [55]
31 Dave Bristol 19791980 183 85 98 .464 [56]
32 Frank Robinson 19811984 541 264 277 .488 [57]
33 Danny Ozark 1984 56 24 32 .429 [58]
34 Jim Davenport 1985 144 56 88 .389 [59]
35 Roger Craig 19851992 1,152 586 566 .509 2 7 9 1 0 [60][61][62]
36 Dusty Baker[c] 19932002 1,556 840 715 .540 3 11 13 1 0 [63][64][65]
[66]
37 Felipe Alou 20032006 646 342 304 .529 1 1 3 0 0 [67][68]
38 Bruce Bochy 20072019 2,106 1052 1054 .500 4 36 17 3 3 [13][69]
39 Gabe Kapler 20202023 543 295 248 .543 1 2 3 [70]
40 Kai Correa (interim) 2023 3 1 2 .333 0 0 0
41 Bob Melvin 2024–present

Statistics current through 2023 season.

Managers with multiple tenures[edit]

#[a] Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref
3 John Montgomery Ward 1884, 18931894 291 162 116 .583 [16]
6 George Davis 1895, 19001901 252 107 139 .435 [19]
21 Bill Rigney 19561960, 1976 836 406 430 .486 [47]

Footnotes[edit]

  • a Although the Giants won the tournament called the World Series twice before 1900, the 19th century World Series was a very different event from the current World Series, which began to be played in 1903. The 19th century World Series was considered an exhibition contest between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association.[4][5][71]
  • b #: A running total of the number of Giants' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
  • c Dusty Baker won the Manager of the Year Award in 1993, 1997 and 2000.[72]

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