List of Providence Grays managers

The Providence Grays were a Major League Baseball team that played in Providence, Rhode Island. They played in the National League from 1878 through 1885.^[1] During their time as a Major League team, the Grays employed eight different managers.^[2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[3][4]

The Grays' first manager was

Bancroft managed the most games in Grays' history, 224, and his 137 wins and 85 losses are also the most in Grays' history.[2] George Wright has the highest winning percentage of any Grays' manager, with .702.^[2] Three Grays' managers, Ward and the Wright brothers, were elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.^[15]

Table key

Managers

#	Image	Manager	Seasons	G	W	L	WPct	PA	PW	PL	LC	WS	Ref
1		Tom York	1878	62	33	27	.550	—	—	—	—	—	[5]
2		George Wright†	1879	85	59	25	.702	—	—	—	1	—	[6]
3		Mike McGeary	1880	16	8	7	.533	—	—	—	—	—	[16]
4		John Montgomery Ward†	1880	32	18	13	.581	—	—	—	—	—	[8]
5		Mike Dorgan	1880	39	26	12	.684	—	—	—	—	—	[17]
6		Jack Farrell	1881	51	24	27	.471	—	—	—	—	—	[18]
—		Tom York	1881	34	23	10	.697	—	—	—	—	—	[5]
7		Harry Wright†	1883	182	110	72	.604	—	—	—	—	—	[7]
8		Frank Bancroft	1885	224	137	85	.617	1	3	0	1	1[a]	[12][14]

Footnotes

• American Association. The Grays defeated the New York Metropolitans in the 1884 World Series winning all three games.^[12][13]