List of Boston Red Sox managers

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). There have been 47 different managers in their franchise history; four during the era of the Boston Americans (1901–1907) and the rest under the Boston Red Sox (1908–present). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Since 1912, the Red Sox have played their home games at Fenway Park.[1]

Alex Cora is the recently fired manager of the Red Sox. Terminated on January 14, 2020, amidst allegations of sign stealing during the 2018 season

Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Americans and managed from 1901 to 1906. Joe Cronin managed the most games with 1,987 and wins with 1,071 with the Red Sox. Terry Francona, a recent manager of the Red Sox, managed the most playoff games with 42 and wins with 28. Bill Carrigan and Francona have each won two World Series championships. Carrigan won his two championships in 1915 and 1916, while Francona won his two championships in 2004 and 2007.[2] John McNamara and Jimy Williams are the only two Red Sox managers to win the AL Manager of the Year Award, in 1986 and 1999 respectively.[3] On October 22, 2017 the Red Sox named Alex Cora their manager after firing John Farrell on October 11, 2017. Cora was fired on January 14, 2020 after being implicated in a sign stealing scandal while he was a bench coach for the Houston Astros.

Key
# Number of managers[a]
GM Regular-season games managed
W Regular-season wins
L Regular-season losses
Win% Winning percentage
PGM Playoff games managed
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PT Playoff ties
* Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2018 season.

# Name Term GM W L Win % PGM PW PL PT Achievements
1 Jimmy Collins* 1901–1906 841 455 376 .541 8 5 3 — 1 World Series Championship (1903)
2 Chick Stahl 1906 40 14 26 .350 — — — —
3 Cy Young* 1907 6 3 3 .500 — — — —
4 George Huff 1907 8 2 6 .250 — — — —
5 Bob Unglaub 1907 29 9 20 .310 — — — —
6 Deacon McGuire 1907–1908 221 98 123 .443 — — — —
7 Fred Lake 1908–1909 190 110 80 .579 — — — —
8 Patsy Donovan 1910–1911 306 159 147 .520 — — — —
9 Jake Stahl 1912–1913 232 144 88 .621 8 4 3 1 1 World Series Championship (1912)
10 Bill Carrigan 1913–1916 538 322 216 .599 10 8 2 — 2 World Series Championships (1915, 1916)
11 Jack Barry 1917 152 90 62 .592 — — — —
12 Ed Barrow* 1918–1920 416 213 203 .512 6 4 2 — 1 World Series Championship (1918)
13 Hugh Duffy* 1921–1922 308 136 172 .442 — — — —
14 Frank Chance* 1923 152 61 91 .401 — — — —
15 Lee Fohl 1924–1926 459 160 299 .349 — — — —
— Bill Carrigan 1927–1929 451 167 284 .370 — — — —
16 Heinie Wagner 1930 154 52 102 .338 — — — —
17 Shano Collins 1931–1932 207 73 134 .353 — — — —
18 Marty McManus 1932–1933 248 95 153 .383 — — — —
19 Bucky Harris* 1934 152 76 76 .500 — — — —
20 Joe Cronin* 1935–1947 1,987 1,071 916 .539 7 3 4 — 1946 American League pennant
21 Joe McCarthy* 1948–1950 368 223 145 .606 — — — —
22 Steve O'Neill 1950–1951 249 150 99 .602 — — — —
23 Lou Boudreau* 1952–1954 461 229 232 .497 — — — —
24 Pinky Higgins 1955–1959 691 360 329 .521 — — — —
25 Rudy York 1959 1 0 1 .000 — — — —
26 Billy Jurges 1959–1960 122 59 63 .484 — — — —
27 Del Baker 1960 7 2 5 .286 — — — —
— Pinky Higgins 1960–1962 427 200 227 .467 — — — —
28 Johnny Pesky 1963–1964 326 147 179 .455 — — — —
29 Billy Herman* 1964–1966 310 128 182 .413 — — — —
30 Pete Runnels 1966 16 8 8 .500 — — — —
31 Dick Williams* 1967–1969 477 260 217 .545 7 3 4 — 1967 American League pennant
32 Eddie Popowski 1969 9 5 4 .555 — — — —
33 Eddie Kasko 1970–1973 640 345 295 .539 — — — —
34 Darrell Johnson 1974–1976 408 220 188 .539 10 6 4 — 1975 American League pennant
35 Don Zimmer 1976–1980 715 411 304 .575 — — — —
— Johnny Pesky 1980 5 1 4 .200 — — — —
36 Ralph Houk 1981–1984 594 312 282 .525 — — — —
37 John McNamara 1985–1988 570 297 273 .521 14 7 7 — 1986 AL Manager of the Year[3]
1986 American League pennant
38 Joe Morgan 1988–1991 563 301 262 .535 8 0 8 —
39 Butch Hobson 1992–1994 439 207 232 .472 — — — —
40 Kevin Kennedy 1995–1996 306 171 135 .559 3 0 3 —
41 Jimy Williams 1997–2001 766 414 352 .540 14 5 9 — 1999 AL Manager of the Year[3]
42 Joe Kerrigan 2001 43 17 26 .395 — — — —
43 Grady Little 2002–2003 324 188 136 .580 12 6 6 —
44 Terry Francona 2004–2011 1,296 744 552 .574 45 28 17 — 2 World Series Championships (2004, 2007)
45 Bobby Valentine 2012 162 69 93 .426 — — — —
46 John Farrell 2013–2017 810 432 378 .533 19 12 11 — 1 World Series Championship (2013)
47 Alex Cora 2018–2020 324 192 132 .593 14 11 3 — 1 World Series Championship (2018)
  • Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Boston Americans, and is still fifth in wins.
  • Joe Cronin managed the team from 1935 to 1947, and is the all-time wins leader among Red Sox managers.
  • Joe Morgan led the Red Sox to two American League East titles in four seasons as manager.
  • Terry Francona led the team to two World Series championships. He is second only to Joe Cronin in games and wins among Red Sox managers, and tied with Bill Carrigan for titles won.
  • Bobby Valentine led the team to its worst season in 47 years.
  • John Farrell led the team to one World Series championship and was the first Red Sox manager to lead the team to back-to-back division titles.

Notes
  • a A running total of the number of managers of the Red Sox. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is counted only once.

References
General
  • "Red Sox All-Time Managers". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  • "Red Sox Year-by-year Results". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  • "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction". BaseballHallofFame.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  • "Red Sox Postseason Results". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-30.
Specific
  1. "Red Sox History". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  2. "World Series Overview". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  3. "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.

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