List of Major League Baseball managers by wins explained

This article contains a list of all Major League Baseball managers with at least 1,000 career regular season wins and a list of managers who have regular season win percentages of at least .540 in at least 450 games (slightly less than three full seasons).^[1] Both lists are current through the games of August 19 of the 2024 Major League Baseball season.

Connie Mack is the all-time leader in wins (3,731) and losses (3,948). Bruce Bochy is the active wins leader (2,151) and is ninth in overall wins. Vic Harris, who was a manager in the segregated Negro leagues, has the highest percentage at . Dave Roberts is the active leader in winning percentage at, which is also the highest outside of the minority leagues.

Managers with 1,000 or more wins

Key

	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
	Denote manager is active

Rank	Name	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	Pennants/ WS Won
1		3,731	3,948	76	.486	9/5
2		2,884	2,499	4	.536	6/3
3		2,763	1,948	58	.586	10/3
4		2,504	2,001	3	.556	5/1
5		2,326	1,997	6	.538	6/4
6		2,194	1,834	2	.545	5/3
7		2,183	1,862	1	.540	3/1
8		2,158	2,219	33	.493	3/2
9		2,151	2,169	0	.498	5/4
10		2,125	1,333	29	.615	9/7
11		2,040	1,613	5	.558	7/4
12		2,008	1,709	22	.540	3/1
13		1,950	1,672	0	.538	3/2
14		1,905	1,842	19	.508	10/7
15		1,902	2,037	3	.483	0
16		1,896	1,723	28	.524	4/2
17		1,835	1,713	0	.517	1/1
18		1,769	1,728	2	.506	3/1
19		1,726	1,665	1	.509	0
20		1,650	1,428	0	.536	1/1
21		1,619	1,531	7	.514	3/2
22		1,602	1,181	43	.576	4/1
23		1,599	1,439	2	.526	4/2
24		1,581	1,488	0	.515	0
24		1,571	1,451	1	.520	4/2
26		1,491	1,367	59	.522	1/0
27		1,480	1,060	1	.583	4/1
28		1,413	1,134	23	.555	6/3
29		1,410	1,004	11	.584	2/0
30		1,406	1,541	15	.477	0
31		1,399	1,398	21	.500	2/0
32		1,382	1,216	1	.532	2/1
33		1,372	1,071	2	.562	1/1
34		1,352	1,381	5	.495	1/1
35		1,313	1,164	53	.530	5/0
36		1,295	947	46	.578	5/0
37		1,287	1,067	14	.547	3/0
38		1,284	862	34	.598	5/0
39		1,281	1,125	3	.532	3/1
40		1,269	1,345	1	.485	1/0
41		1,253	1,013	1	.553	2/1
42		1,239	1,321	1	.484	0
43		1,236	1,055	24	.540	2/0
44		1,225	885	35	.581	6/0
45		1,203	1,341	0	.473	2/1
46		1,200	1,280	0	.484	0
47		1,188	1,173	2	.503	2/0
48		1,186	1,165	0	.504	1/0
49		1,184	995	23	.543	3/0
50		1,171	1,348	0	.465	0
51		1,162	1,224	18	.487	1/1
52		1,160	1,233	2	.485	1/0
53		1,140	1,244	1	.478	2/2
54		1,138	1,078	30	.514	1/1
55		1,129	1,137	0	.498	0
56		1,120	935	0	.545	1/1
57		1,115	950	3	.540	2/2
58		1,065	1,176	0	.475	0
59		1,051	990	1	.515	1/1
60		1,044	704	22	.597	4/2
61		1,041	955	3	.522	2/1
62		1,040	821	18	.559	1/1
63		1,033	1,021	1	.503	0
64		1,028	1,095	0	.484	1/0
65		1,008	973	9	.509	2/0
66		1,000	826	0	.548	2/1

Win percentage

Managers included have managed at least 450 gamesslightly less than three full seasons and a group including 298 managersand regular season win percentages of at least .540. Note that the total number of games listed for each manager in this table includes tie games though ties are not included in "decided game" statistics. The lowest winning percentage for a qualifying manager is Doc Prothro: .301 (138–320–2) in 460 games.

Rank	Name	Win Pct.	Games	Wins	Losses
1		.663	845	547	278
2		.633	542	336	195
3		.626	1,322	827	495
4		.615	3,487	2,125	1,333
5		.611	1,114	658	419
6		.608	1,408	839	540
7		.597	2,180	1,284	862
			1,770	1,044	704
9		.593	1,622	946	648
10		.586	4,769	2,763	1,948
11		.585	995	582	413
12		.584	2,425	1,410	1,004
13		.583	2,541	1,480	1,060
14		.582	600	348	250
15		.581	2,185	1,225	885
16		.578	2,288	1,295	947
			777	446	325
			590	339	247
19		.576	2,826	1,602	1,181
20		.570	500	281	212
			462	262	198
22		.569	586	327	248
23		.563	751	412	320
24		.562	2,445	1,372	1,071
25		.561	1,344	748	586
26		.560	577	323	254
27		.559	1,879	1,040	821
28		.558	3,658	2,040	1,613
29		.557	1,279	712	567
30		.556	4,508	2,504	2,001
			783	435	348
32		.555	2,570	1,413	1,134
			1,339	726	583
			1,496	823	661
35		.554	903	489	395
			2,267	1,253	1,013
			512	279	225
38		.552	648	358	290
39		.550	966	529	432
			700	377	309
41		.548	677	367	303
			1,826	1,000	826
			842	455	376
44		.547	2,368	1,287	1,067
45		.546	759	413	344
			963	524	436
47		.545	4,030	2,194	1,834
			2,055	1,120	935
49		.544	933	507	425
			555	302	253
51		.543	2,203	1,184	995
			1,139	617	520
53		.541	1,480	801	679
			934	505	429
55		.540	4,046	2,183	1,862
			2,315	1,236	1,055
			3,739	2,008	1,709
			1,297	683	582
			972	525	447
			2,068	1,115	950

Three active managers have winning percentages above .540 but have not reached 450 managed games.

Name	Win Pct.	Games	Wins	Losses
	.581	124	72	52
	.574	397	228	169
	.548	124	68	56

See also

• MLB All-Time Manager (1997; BBWAA)
• Sporting News Manager of the Decade (2009)
• Sports Illustrated MLB Manager of the Decade (2009)
• Manager of the Year
• The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
• This Year in Baseball Awards (including manager)

Notes and References

1. Web site: MLB Managers . . . 13 April 2019 . en.