List of Houston Astros managers

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Bill Virdon is the all-time winningest manager in Astro history; he won 544 games while leading the Astros to their first postseason berth in 1980 and two division titles.

The

Reliant Astrodome (1965–1999), the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000.[1][2] The current manager is Joe Espada
.

There have been 25

Manager of the Year Award with the Astros, winning it in 1986 and 1998 respectively.[6] Grady Hatton
, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros.

Key

# Number of managers[a]
GM Regular-season games managed
W Regular-season wins
L Regular-season losses
Win% Regular-season winning percentage
PGM Playoff games managed
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
* Spent entire MLB managing career with the Colt .45s / Astros[3]
** Interim manager only[3]
*** Acting manager during manager's medical leave of absence
† Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager[4]
§ Number retired by the Colt .45s / Astros franchise[5]

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2023 season.

# Manager Years Games Wins Losses Pct. PA PW PWL Pct. Notes
1 Harry Craft 1962–1964 471 191 280 .406 — — — —
2
Luman Harris
 		1964–1965 175 70 105 .400 — — — —
3 Grady Hatton* 1966–1968 385 164 221 .426 — — — —
4 Harry Walker 1968–1972 708 355 353 .501 — — — —
5 Salty Parker** 1972 1 1 0 1.000 — — — —
6 Leo Durocher† 1972–1973 193 98 95 .508 — — — —
7 Preston Gómez 1974–1975 289 128 161 .443 — — — —
8 Bill Virdon 1975–1982 1,066 544 522 .510 10 4 6 .400
9 Bob Lillis 1982–1985 537 276 261 .514 — — — —
10 Hal Lanier* 1986–1988 486 254 232 .523 6 2 4 .333 1986
Manager of the Year[6]
11 Art Howe 1989–1993 810 392 418 .484 — — — —
12 Terry Collins 1994–1996 421 224 197 .532 — — — —
13 Larry Dierker*§ 1997–2001 810 448 362 .553 14 2 12 .143 1998
Manager of the Year[6]
14 Matt Galante*** 1999 27 13 14 .481 — — — —
15 Jimy Williams 2002–2004 412 215 197 .522 — — — —
16 Phil Garner 2004–2007 529 277 252 .524 26 13 13 .500 2005 NL championship
17 Cecil Cooper* 2007–2009 341 171 170 .501 — — — —
18 Dave Clark** 2009 13 4 9 .308 — — — —
19
Brad Mills
* 		2010–2012 445 171 274 .384 — — — —
20 Tony DeFrancesco** 2012 41 16 25 .390 — — — —
21 Bo Porter* 2013–2014 300 110 190 .367 — — — —
22 Tom Lawless** 2014 24 11 13 .458 — — — — —
23 A. J. Hinch 2015–2019 810 481 329 .594 50 28 22 .560 2017 World Series Champion
2019 AL championship
24 Dusty Baker 2020–2023 546 320 226 .586 53 34 19 .642 2022 World Series Champion
2021 AL championship
25 Joe Espada 2024–present - - - — — — — —
  • Art Howe was the manager of the Astros from 1989 to 1993
    Art Howe was the manager of the Astros from 1989 to 1993
  • Larry Dierker was the manager of the Astros from 1997 to 2001.
    Larry Dierker was the manager of the Astros from 1997 to 2001.
  • Jimy Williams was the manager of the Astros from 2002 to 2004.
    Jimy Williams was the manager of the Astros from 2002 to 2004.
  • Phil Garner was the manager of the Astros from 2004 to 2007
    Phil Garner was the manager of the Astros from 2004 to 2007
  • A. J. Hinch was the manager of the Astros from 2015 to January 2020.
    A. J. Hinch was the manager of the Astros from 2015 to January 2020.
  • Dusty Baker was the manager of the Astros from 2020 to 2023. He led the Astros to the 2021 and 2022 AL pennants - their first consecutive trips to the World Series in team history; he won the 2022 World Series with the team, their second title in five years.
    Dusty Baker was the manager of the Astros from 2020 to 2023. He led the Astros to the 2021 and 2022 AL pennants - their first consecutive trips to the World Series in team history; he won the 2022 World Series with the team, their second title in five years.

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of managers of the Colt .45s/Astros. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once.
  • b Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.

References

General
  • "Astros All-Time Managers". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  • "Astros Year-by-year Results". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  • "Houston Astros History & Encyclopedia".
    Baseball-Reference
    . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
Specific
  1. ^ "Astros History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ^ "Front Office". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. ^
    Baseball-Reference
    . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  4. ^ a b "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction". BaseballHallofFame.com. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  5. ^ a b c "Astros Retired Numbers". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  6. ^
    Baseball-Reference
    . Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.

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