The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball franchise based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division in Major League Baseball. In chronological order, the Reds have played their home games in the Bank Street Grounds, League Park, the Palace of the Fans, Redland Field (later known as Crosley Field), and Riverfront Stadium (later known as Cinergy Field).[1] Since 2003, the Reds have played their home games at Great American Ball Park.[2]

There have been sixty-one different managers in the team's franchise history: four while it was known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889), four while it was known as the Cincinnati Redlegs (1953–1958) and the other fifty-three under the Cincinnati Reds (1882–1952, 1959–present). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Pop Snyder was the first manager of the Reds and managed from 1882 to 1884. Sparky Anderson is the franchise's all-time leader in regular-season games managed (1,450) and regular-season game wins (863). He is followed by Bill McKechnie in both categories with 1,386 and 744, respectively. Anderson is the only Reds manager to have won the World Series twice, in 1975 and 1976. Pat Moran, Lou Piniella, and McKechnie have one World Series victory each; Moran was the manager during the Black Sox Scandal, which refers to the events that took place in the 1919 World Series.[3][4] McKechnie led the team to the championship in 1940, while Piniella led the team to it in 1990.[4] Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Reds, which he won in 1999.[5] The most recent manager of the Reds is David Bell, and the current owner is Robert Castellini.

The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Pop Snyder, with a winning percentage of .648.[6] Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a full season or more in franchise history is .382 by Donie Bush, who posted a 58–94 record during the 1933 season.[7]

Key

# Number of managers
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
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
† or ‡ Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[8]

Note: Linked years link to the corresponding Major League Baseball season or year in baseball.

Managers

# Name Term[a] GM W L Win% PGM PW PL PWin% Achievements
1 Pop Snyder 1882–1884 218 140 76 .648 — — — — 1882 American Association Champion[9]
2 Will White 1884 72 44 27 .620 — — — —
3 O. P. Caylor 1885–1886 253 128 122 .512 — — — —
4 Gus Schmelz 1887–1889 414 237 171 .581 — — — —
5 Tom Loftus 1890–1891 272 133 136 .494 — — — —
6 Charles Comiskey† 1892–1894 420 202 206 .495 — — — —
7 Buck Ewing† 1895–1899 708 394 297 .570 — — — —
8 Bob Allen 1900 144 62 77 .446 — — — —
9 Bid McPhee† 1901–1902 207 79 124 .389 — — — —
10 Frank Bancroft 1902 16 9 7 .563 — — — —
11 Joe Kelley† 1902–1905 513 275 230 .545 — — — —
12 Ned Hanlon‡ 1906–1907 311 130 174 .428 — — — —
13 John Ganzel 1908 155 73 81 .474 — — — —
14 Clark Griffith† 1909–1911 472 222 238 .483 — — — —
15 Hank O'Day 1912 155 75 78 .460 — — — —
16 Joe Tinker† 1913 156 64 89 .418 — — — —
17 Buck Herzog 1914–1916 401 165 226 .422 — — — —
18 Ivey Wingo 1916 2 1 1 .500 — — — —
19 Christy Mathewson† 1916–1918 346 164 176 .482 — — — —
20 Heinie Groh 1918 10 7 3 .700 — — — —
21 Pat Moran 1919–1923 757 425 329 .564 8 5 3 .625 World Series Champion (1919)[10]
22 Jack Hendricks 1924–1929 924 469 450 .510 — — — —
23 Dan Howley 1930–1932 463 177 285 .383 — — — —
24 Donie Bush 1933 153 58 94 .382 — — — —
25 Bob O'Farrell 1934 91 30 60 .333 — — — —
26 Burt Shotton 1934 1 1 0 1.000 — — — —
27 Chuck Dressen 1934–1937 498 214 282 .431 — — — —
28 Bobby Wallace† 1937 25 5 20 .200 — — — —
29 Bill McKechnie‡ 1938–1946 1,386 744 636 .539 11 4 7 .364 National League Champion (1939)

World Series Champion (1940)[10]

30 Hank Gowdy 1946 4 3 1 .750 — — — —
31 Johnny Neun 1947–1948 254 117 137 .461 — — — —
32 Bucky Walters 1948–1949 206 81 123 .397 — — — —
33 Luke Sewell 1949–1952 409 174 234 .426 — — — —
34 Earle Brucker, Sr. 1952 5 3 2 .600 — — — —
35 Rogers Hornsby† 1952–1953 198 91 106 .462 — — — —
36 Buster Mills 1953 8 4 4 .500 — — — —
37 Birdie Tebbetts 1954–1958 730 372 357 .510 — — — —
38 Jimmy Dykes 1958 41 24 17 .585 — — — —
39 Mayo Smith 1959 80 35 45 .438 — — — —
40 Fred Hutchinson 1959–1964 816 443 372 .544 5 1 4 .200 National League Champion (1961)
41 Dick Sisler 1964–1965 215 121 94 .563 — — — —
42 Don Heffner 1966 83 37 46 .446 — — — —
43 Dave Bristol 1966–1969 565 298 265 .529 — — — —
44 Sparky Anderson‡ 1970–1978 1,450 863 586 .596 42 26 16 .619 National League Champion (1970, 1972)

World Series Champion (1975, 1976)[10]

45 John McNamara 1979–1982 524 279 244 .533 3 0 3 .000
46 Russ Nixon 1982–1983 232 101 131 .435 — — — —
47 Vern Rapp 1984 121 51 70 .421 — — — —
48 Pete Rose 1984–1989 786 412 373 .525 — — — —
49 Tommy Helms 1988 (acting),
1989		 64 28 36 .438 — — — —
50 Lou Piniella 1990–1992 486 255 231 .536 10 8 2 .800 World Series Champion (1990)[10]
51 Tony Pérez† 1993 44 20 24 .455 — — — —
52 Davey Johnson 1993–1995 377 204 172 .543 7 3 4 .426
53 Ray Knight 1996–1997,
2003 (acting)		 262 125 137 .477 — — — —
54 Jack McKeon 1997–2000 551 291 259 .529 — — — — BBWAA Manager of the Year Award (1999)[5]
55 Bob Boone 2001–2003 428 190 238 .444 — — — —
56 Dave Miley 2003–2005 289 125 164 .433 — — — —
57 Jerry Narron 2005–2007 337 157 179 .467 — — — —
58 Pete Mackanin 2007 80 41 39 .513 — — — —
59 Dusty Baker 2008–2013 972 509 463 .524 8 2 6 .250
60 Bryan Price 2014–2018 666 279 387 .419 — — — —
61 Jim Riggleman 2018 144 64 80 .444 — — — —
62 David Bell 2019–present 708 333 375 .470 2 — 2 —

Note

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ "Reds Ballparks". MLB.com. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  2. ^ "Great American Ball Park". MLB.com. Retrieved January 24, 2009.
  3. ^ "Reds Timeline". MLB.com. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Cincinnati Reds Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
  5. ^ a b "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 23, 2009.
  6. ^ "Pop Snyder Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  7. ^ "Donie Bush Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  8. ^ "Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  9. ^ "American Association remembered". MLB.com. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  10. ^ a b c d "World Series History: Recaps and Results". MLB.com. Retrieved February 21, 2009.

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