The Cleveland Guardians 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 Guardians is Terry Francona, who replaced Manny Acta after the end of the 2012 season.

The Guardians 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 Guardians made their first playoff appearance under Tris Speaker in 1920. Out of the six managers that have led the Guardians into the postseason, only Speaker and Lou Boudreau have led the Guardians 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 Guardians. The highest winning percentage of any manager who managed at least one season was López, 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 Guardians was McAleer's .397 in 1901.

Francona has managed more regular season games (1,516) than any other Guardians manager. Francona is also the winningest manager in Guardians history, with 845 wins as of the 2022 season. Charlie Manuel, Eric Wedge, Speaker, Boudreau, López, Hargrove and Francona are the only managers to have led the Guardians into the playoffs. Speaker, Boudreau, López, 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, López is the only one inducted as a manager.[2][3][4] Wedge became the first Guardians manager to win the Manager of the Year award, in 2007.[5]

Table key

WPct
 Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA
 Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW
 Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
 Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
WS
 World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by this manager
† or ‡ Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[6]

Managers

Statistics current through the 2022 postseason.

#[a] Manager Seasons Wins Losses WPct PA PW PL WS Ref(s)
1 Jimmy McAleer 1901 54 82 .397 — — — — [7]
2 Bill Armour 1902–1904 232 195 .543 — — — — [8]
3 Nap Lajoie† 1905 37 21 .638 — — — — [9]
4 Bill Bradley 1905 20 21 .488 — — — — [10]
— Nap Lajoie† 1905–1909 340 288 .541 — — — — [11]
5 Deacon McGuire 1909–1911 91 117 .438 — — — — [12]
6 George Stovall 1911 74 62 .544 — — — — [13]
7 Harry Davis 1912 54 71 .432 — — — — [14]
8 Joe Birmingham 1912–1915 170 191 .471 — — — — [15]
9 Lee Fohl 1915–1919 327 310 .513 — — — — [16]
10 Tris Speaker† 1919–1926 617 520 .543 1 5 2 1 [17][18]
11 Jack McCallister 1927 66 87 .431 — — — — [19]
12 Roger Peckinpaugh 1928–1933 415 402 .508 — — — — [20]
13 Bibb Falk 1933 1 0 1.000 — — — — [21]
14 Walter Johnson† 1933–1935 179 168 .516 — — — — [22]
15 Steve O'Neill 1935–1937 199 168 .542 — — — — [23]
16 Ossie Vitt 1938–1940 262 198 .570 — — — — [24]
— Roger Peckinpaugh 1941 75 79 .487 — — — — [20]
17 Lou Boudreau† 1942–1950 728 649 .529 1 4 2 1 [25][26]
18 Al López‡ 1951–1956 570 354 .617 1 0 4 — [27][28]
19 Kerby Farrell 1957 76 77 .497 — — — — [29]
20 Bobby Bragan 1958 31 36 .463 — — — — [30]
21 Joe Gordon† 1958–1960 184 151 .549 — — — — [31]
22 Jo-Jo White 1960 1 0 1.000 — — — — [32]
23 Jimmy Dykes 1960–1961 103 115 .472 — — — — [33]
24 Mel Harder 1961 1 0 1.000 — — — — [34]
25 Mel McGaha 1962 78 82 .488 — — — — [35]
— Mel Harder 1962 2 0 1.000 — — — — [34]
26 Birdie Tebbetts 1963 79 83 .488 — — — — [36]
27 George Strickland 1964 33 39 .458 — — — — [37]
— Birdie Tebbetts 1964–1966 199 176 .531 — — — — [36]
— George Strickland 1966 15 24 .385 — — — — [37]
28 Joe Adcock 1967 75 87 .463 — — — — [38]
29 Alvin Dark 1968–1971 266 321 .453 — — — — [39]
30 Johnny Lipon 1971 18 41 .305 — — — — [40]
31 Ken Aspromonte 1972–1974 220 260 .458 — — — — [41]
32 Frank Robinson† 1975–1977 186 189 .496 — — — — [42]
33 Jeff Torborg 1977–1979 157 201 .439 — — — — [43]
34 Dave Garcia 1979–1982 247 244 .503 — — — — [44]
35 Mike Ferraro 1983 40 60 .400 — — — — [45]
36 Pat Corrales 1983–1987 280 355 .441 — — — — [46]
37 Doc Edwards 1987–1989 173 207 .455 — — — — [47]
38 John Hart 1989 8 11 .421 — — — — [48]
39 John McNamara 1990–1991 102 137 .427 — — — — [49]
40 Mike Hargrove 1991–1999 721 591 .550 5 27 25 — [50]
41 Charlie Manuel 2000–2002 220 190 .537 1 2 3 — [51][52]
42 Joel Skinner 2002 35 41 .461 — — — — [53]
43 Eric Wedge 2003–2009 561 573 .495 1 6 5 — [54][55]
44 Manny Acta 2010–2012 214 266 .446 — — — — [56]
45 Sandy Alomar Jr. 2012 3 3 .500 — — — — [57]
46 Terry Francona[58] 2013–present 845 671 .557 6 16 17 — [59]
Totals 9684 9214 .512 16 60 58 2

See also

Notes

References

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  58. ^ Francona managed only 14 games during the 60-game 2020 season due to health issues. He is credited with the 28 wins and 18 losses of acting manager Sandy Alomar Jr. Francona stepped aside for health reasons during the 2021 season after managing 99 games. He is credited with the 30 wins and 33 losses of acting manager DeMarlo Hale.
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