In its 138-year history, the Philadelphia Phillies baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's National League has employed 55 managers.[1] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[2] Of those 52 managers, 15 have been "player-managers";[1] specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.[3]

The Phillies posted their franchise record for losses in a season during their record-setting streak of 16 consecutive losing seasons (a season where the winning percentage is below .500), with 111 losses out of 154 games in 1941.[4] During this stretch from 1933 to 1948, the Phillies employed seven managers, all of whom posted a winning percentage below .430 for their Phillies careers.[1] Seven managers have taken the Phillies to the postseason, with Danny Ozark and Charlie Manuel leading the team to three playoff appearances. Dallas Green and Charlie Manuel are the only Phillies managers to win a World Series: Green in the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in the 2008 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays.[5] Gene Mauch is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,332 games of service in parts of nine seasons (1960–1968).[6] Manuel surpassed Mauch for the most victories as a manager in franchise history on September 28, 2011, with a 13-inning defeat of the Atlanta Braves; it was the team's final victory in their franchise-record 102-win season.

The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Arthur Irwin, whose .575 winning percentage is fourth on the all-time wins list for Phillies managers.[1] Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a season in franchise history is .160 by the inaugural season's second manager Blondie Purcell, who posted a 13–68 record during the 1883 season.[7]

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 the manager
† or ‡ Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[8]
§ Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame


Managers

#[a] Manager Years Wins Losses Ties WPct PA PW PL WS Ref
1 Bob Ferguson 1883 4 13 0 .235 — — — — [9]
2 Blondie Purcell 1883 13 68 1 .160 — — — — [7]
3 Harry Wright† 1884–1890 409 374 0 .522 — — — — [10]
4 Jack Clements 1890 13 6 0 .684 — — — — [11]
5 Al Reach 1890 4 7 0 .364 — — — — [12]
6 Bob Allen 1890 25 10 0 .714 — — — — [13]
— Harry Wright† 1891–1893 227 192 0 .542 — — — — [10]
7 Arthur Irwin 1894–1895 149 110 0 .575 — — — — [14]
8 Billy Nash 1896 62 68 0 .477 — — — — [15]
9 George Stallings 1897–1898 74 104 0 .416 — — — — [16]
10 Bill Shettsline 1898–1902 367 303 0 .548 — — — — [17]
11 Chief Zimmer 1903 49 86 0 .363 — — — — [18]
12 Hugh Duffy† 1904–1906 206 251 0 .451 — — — — [19]
13 Billy Murray 1907–1909 240 214 0 .529 — — — — [20]
14 Red Dooin 1910–1914 392 370 0 .514 — — — — [21]
15 Pat Moran 1915–1918 323 257 0 .557 1 1 4 0 [22][23]
16 Jack Coombs§ 1919 18 44 0 .290 — — — — [24]
17 Gavvy Cravath§ 1919–1920 91 137 0 .399 — — — — [25]
18 Bill Donovan 1921 25 62 0 .287 — — — — [26]
19 Kaiser Wilhelm 1921–1922 83 137 0 .377 — — — — [27]
20 Art Fletcher 1923–1926 231 378 0 .379 — — — — [28]
21 Stuffy McInnis 1927 51 103 0 .331 — — — — [29]
22 Burt Shotton 1928–1933 370 549 0 .403 — — — — [30]
23 Jimmie Wilson 1934–1938 280 477 0 .370 — — — — [31]
24 Hans Lobert 1938 0 2 0 .000 — — — — [32]
25 Doc Prothro 1939–1941 138 320 0 .301 — — — — [33]
— Hans Lobert 1942 42 109 0 .278 — — — — [32]
26 Bucky Harris‡ 1943 38 52 0 .422 — — — — [34]
27 Freddie Fitzsimmons 1943–1945 105 181 0 .367 — — — — [35]
28 Ben Chapman 1945–1948 196 276 0 .415 — — — — [36]
29 Dusty Cooke 1948 6 6 0 .500 — — — — [37]
30 Eddie Sawyer 1948–1952 296 292 0 .504 1 0 4 0 [38][39]
31 Steve O'Neill 1952–1954 182 140 0 .565 — — — — [40]
32 Terry Moore 1954 35 42 0 .455 — — — — [41]
33 Mayo Smith 1955–1958 264 282 0 .484 — — — — [42]
— Eddie Sawyer 1958–1960 94 131 0 .418 — — — — [38]
34 Andy Cohen 1960 1 0 0 1.000 — — — — [43]
35 Gene Mauch 1960–1968 646 684 0 .486 — — — — [6]
36 Bob Skinner 1968–1969 92 123 0 .428 — — — — [44]
37 George Myatt 1969 20 35 0 .364 — — — — [45]
38 Frank Lucchesi 1970–1972 166 233 0 .416 — — — — [46]
39 Paul Owens§ 1972 33 47 0 .413 — — — — [47]
40 Danny Ozark 1973–1979 594 510 0 .538 3 2 9 0 [48][49]
[50][51]
41 Dallas Green§ 1979–1981 169 130 0 .565 2 9 7 1 [52][53]
[54]
42 Pat Corrales 1982–1983 132 115 0 .534 — — — — [55]
— Paul Owens§ 1983–1984 128 111 0 .536 1 4 5 0 [47][56]
43 John Felske 1985–1987 190 194 0 .495 — — — — [57]
44 Lee Elia 1987–1988 111 142 0 .439 — — — — [58]
45 John Vukovich§ 1988 5 4 0 .555 — — — — [59]
46 Nick Leyva 1989–1991 148 189 0 .439 — — — — [60]
47 Jim Fregosi 1991–1996 431 463 0 .482 1 6 6 0 [61][62]
48 Terry Francona 1997–2000 285 363 0 .440 — — — — [63]
49 Larry Bowa§[b] 2001–2004 337 308 0 .522 — — — — [64]
50 Gary Varsho 2004 1 1 0 .500 — — — — [65]
51 Charlie Manuel§ 2005–2013 780 636 0 .551 5 27 18 1 [66][67]
[68][69]
52 Ryne Sandberg† 2013–2015 119 159 0 .428 — — — — [70]
53 Pete Mackanin 2015–2017 174 238 0 .422 — — — —
54 Gabe Kapler 2018–2019 161 163 0 .497 — — — —
55 Joe Girardi 2020–2022 132 141 0 .484 — — — —
56 Rob Thomson 2022–present 155 118 0 .568 2 16 7 0

Statistics current through October 13th, 2023

Footnotes

See also

References

General references
  1. "Philadelphia Phillies Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  2. "Phillies All-Time Managers". Philadelphia Phillies. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
Inline citations
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  7. ^ a b "Blondie Purcell Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
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  10. ^ a b "Harry Wright Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  11. ^ "Jack Clements Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  12. ^ "Al Reach Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  13. ^ "Bob Allen Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  14. ^ "Arthur Irwin Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  15. ^ "Billy Nash Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  16. ^ "George Stallings Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  17. ^ "Bill Shettsline Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  18. ^ "Chief Zimmer Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  20. ^ "Billy Murray Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  21. ^ "Red Dooin Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  22. ^ "Pat Moran Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  38. ^ a b "Eddie Sawyer Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  41. ^ "Terry Moore Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  42. ^ "Mayo Smith Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  59. ^ "John Vukovich Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  60. ^ "Nick Leyva Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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  63. ^ "Terry Francona". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  64. ^ "Larry Bowa Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
  65. ^ "Gary Varsho Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2008.
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