List of Cleveland Indians managers
The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio that formed in 1901. They are members of the Central division of Major League Baseball's American League.[1] The current manager of the Indians is Terry Francona, who replaced Manny Acta after the end of the 2012 season.
The Indians have had 46 managers in their history. Jimmy McAleer became the first manager of the then Cleveland Blues in 1901, serving for one season. In 1901, McAleer was replaced with Bill Armour. The Indians made their first playoff appearance under Tris Speaker in 1920. Out of the six managers that have led the Indians into the postseason, only Speaker and Lou Boudreau have led the Indians to World Series championships, doing so in 1920 and 1948, respectively. Al López (1954), Mike Hargrove (1995 and 1997) and Terry Francona (2016) have also appeared in World Series with the Indians. The highest winning percentage of any manager who managed at least one season was Lopez, with a percentage of .617. The lowest percentage was Johnny Lipon's .305 in 1971, although he managed for only 59 games. The lowest percentage of a manager with at least one season with the Indians was McAleer's .397 in 1901.
Armour became the first manager who held the title of manager for the Indians for more than one season. Boudreau has managed more games (1383) than any other Indians manager, closely followed by Hargrove (1364). Charlie Manuel, Eric Wedge, Speaker, Boudreau, Lopez, Hargrove and Francona are the only managers to have led the Indians into the playoffs. Speaker, Boudreau, Lopez, Walter Johnson, Joe Gordon, Nap Lajoie and Frank Robinson are the seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who are also former managers of this club. Of those seven, Lopez is the only one inducted as a manager.[2][3][4]
The highest win–loss total for an Indians manager is held by Boudreau, with 728 wins and 649 losses.[2] Wedge became the first Indians manager to win the Manager of the Year award, in 2007.[5]
Table key
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed | |
Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs | |
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs | |
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs | |
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by this manager | |
Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[6] |
Managers
Statistics current through November 3, 2019
- Jimmy McAleer became the first manager of the then Cleveland Blues in 1901.
- Nap Lajoie served as player-manager from 1905 to 1909.
- Tris Speaker led the Indians to a World Championship in 1920.
- Mike Hargrove (seen here as the manager of the Seattle Mariners) led the Indians to five playoff appearances in the 1990s.
- Terry Francona is the Indians current manager.
See also
- Cleveland Indians all-time roster
- List of Cleveland Indians owners and general managers
- List of Cleveland Indians seasons
Notes
- A A running total of the number of managers of the Indians. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
References
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- "Nap Lajoie Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Bill Bradley Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
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- "Bibb Falk Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
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- "Steve O'Neill Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Ossie Vitt Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Lou Boudreau Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
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- "Al López Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
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- "Kerby Farrell Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Bobby Bragan Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Joe Gordon Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Jo-Jo White Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- "Jimmy Dykes Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Mel Harder Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- "Mel McGaha Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Birdie Tebbetts Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "George Strickland Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Joe Adcock Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Alvin Dark Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Johnny Lipon Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Ken Aspromonte Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Frank Robinson Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Jeff Torborg Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Dave Garcia Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-17.
- "Mike Ferraro Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Pat Corrales Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Doc Edwards Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "John Hart Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "John McNamara Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Mike Hargrove Managerial Record". retrosheet.org. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- "Charlie Manuel Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "2001 Cleveland Indians season". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Joel Skinner Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Eric Wedge Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "2005 Cleveland Indians season". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
- "Manny Acta Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- "Sandy Alomar Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- "Terry Francona Managerial Record". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
External links
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