List of Philadelphia Phillies managers

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In its 138-year history, the

player-managers";[1] specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.[3]

The Phillies posted their franchise record for

win a World Series: Green in the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in the 2008 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.[5] Gene Mauch is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,332 games of service in parts of nine seasons (1960–1968).[6] Manuel surpassed Mauch for the most victories as a manager in franchise history on September 28, 2011, with a 13-inning defeat of the Atlanta Braves
; it was the team's final victory in their franchise-record 102-win season.

The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Arthur Irwin, whose .575 winning percentage is fourth on the all-time wins list for Phillies managers.[1] Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a season in franchise history is .160 by the inaugural season's second manager Blondie Purcell, who posted a 13–68 record during the 1883 season.[7]

Table key

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
WS World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
or Elected to the
National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[8]
§ Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame


Managers

#[a] Manager Years Wins Losses Ties WPct PA PW PL WS Ref
1 Bob Ferguson
1883
4 13 0 .235 [9]
2 Blondie Purcell
1883
13 68 1 .160 [7]
3 Harry Wright
1890
409 374 0 .522 [10]
4 Jack Clements
1890
13 6 0 .684 [11]
5 Al Reach
1890
4 7 0 .364 [12]
6 Bob Allen
1890
25 10 0 .714 [13]
Harry Wright
1893
227 192 0 .542 [10]
7 Arthur Irwin
1895
149 110 0 .575 [14]
8 Billy Nash
1896
62 68 0 .477 [15]
9 George Stallings
1898
74 104 0 .416 [16]
10 Bill Shettsline
1898–1902
367 303 0 .548 [17]
11 Chief Zimmer 1903 49 86 0 .363 [18]
12 Hugh Duffy 19041906 206 251 0 .451 [19]
13 Billy Murray 19071909 240 214 0 .529 [20]
14 Red Dooin 19101914 392 370 0 .514 [21]
15
Pat Moran
19151918 323 257 0 .557 1 1 4 0 [22][23]
16 Jack Coombs§ 1919 18 44 0 .290 [24]
17 Gavvy Cravath§ 19191920 91 137 0 .399 [25]
18
Bill Donovan
1921 25 62 0 .287 [26]
19 Kaiser Wilhelm 19211922 83 137 0 .377 [27]
20 Art Fletcher 19231926 231 378 0 .379 [28]
21 Stuffy McInnis 1927 51 103 0 .331 [29]
22 Burt Shotton 19281933 370 549 0 .403 [30]
23 Jimmie Wilson 19341938 280 477 0 .370 [31]
24 Hans Lobert 1938 0 2 0 .000 [32]
25 Doc Prothro 19391941 138 320 0 .301 [33]
Hans Lobert 1942 42 109 0 .278 [32]
26 Bucky Harris 1943 38 52 0 .422 [34]
27 Freddie Fitzsimmons 19431945 105 181 0 .367 [35]
28 Ben Chapman 19451948 196 276 0 .415 [36]
29 Dusty Cooke 1948 6 6 0 .500 [37]
30 Eddie Sawyer 19481952 296 292 0 .504 1 0 4 0 [38][39]
31 Steve O'Neill 19521954 182 140 0 .565 [40]
32 Terry Moore 1954 35 42 0 .455 [41]
33 Mayo Smith 19551958 264 282 0 .484 [42]
Eddie Sawyer 19581960 94 131 0 .418 [38]
34 Andy Cohen 1960 1 0 0 1.000 [43]
35 Gene Mauch 19601968 646 684 0 .486 [6]
36 Bob Skinner 19681969 92 123 0 .428 [44]
37 George Myatt 1969 20 35 0 .364 [45]
38 Frank Lucchesi 19701972 166 233 0 .416 [46]
39 Paul Owens§ 1972 33 47 0 .413 [47]
40 Danny Ozark 19731979 594 510 0 .538 3 2 9 0 [48][49]
[50][51]
41 Dallas Green§ 19791981 169 130 0 .565 2 9 7 1 [52][53]
[54]
42 Pat Corrales 19821983 132 115 0 .534 [55]
Paul Owens§ 19831984 128 111 0 .536 1 4 5 0 [47][56]
43 John Felske 19851987 190 194 0 .495 [57]
44 Lee Elia 19871988 111 142 0 .439 [58]
45 John Vukovich§ 1988 5 4 0 .555 [59]
46 Nick Leyva 19891991 148 189 0 .439 [60]
47 Jim Fregosi 19911996 431 463 0 .482 1 6 6 0 [61][62]
48 Terry Francona 19972000 285 363 0 .440 [63]
49 Larry Bowa§[b] 20012004 337 308 0 .522 [64]
50 Gary Varsho 2004 1 1 0 .500 [65]
51 Charlie Manuel§ 20052013 780 636 0 .551 5 27 18 1 [66][67]
[68][69]
52 Ryne Sandberg 20132015 119 159 0 .428 [70]
53 Pete Mackanin 20152017 174 238 0 .422
54 Gabe Kapler 20182019 161 163 0 .497
55 Joe Girardi 20202022 132 141 0 .484
56 Rob Thomson 2022–present 155 118 0 .568 2 16 7 0

Statistics current through October 13th, 2023

Footnotes

  • a #: A running total of the number of Phillies' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
  • Manager of the Year Award in 2001.[71]

See also

References

General references
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  2. "Phillies All-Time Managers". Philadelphia Phillies. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
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