List of Chicago White Sox managers

Clark Griffith was the first White Sox manager.

The Chicago White Sox is a U.S. professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are members of the American League Central Division in Major League Baseball. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[1][2] Since the inception of the team in 1901, it has employed 39 different managers.^[3] The White Sox's last manager was Robin Ventura, who was hired after the 2011 season and fired at the end of the 2016 season.^[4]

Former Chicago Cubs manager Rick Renteria was named the Chicago White Sox's 40th manager on October 3rd, 2016.

The franchise's first manager was Hall of Famer Clark Griffith, who managed the team for two seasons and led them to the American League championship in their inaugural season.^[3][5][6] Fielder Jones, who managed the team from 1904 to 1908, led the team to its second American League championship and its first World Series championship (no World Series was played in 1901), defeating the White Sox's crosstown rivals, the Chicago Cubs, in the 1906 World Series.^[7][8] Pants Rowland and Kid Gleason managed the White Sox to American League championships in 1917 and 1919, respectively, with the White Sox winning the 1917 World Series but losing the 1919 World Series in the infamous Black Sox scandal.^{[9][10][11][12]} The White Sox did not win another American League championship until 1959, with Al Lopez as their manager.^[6] The White Sox lost the 1959 World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[13][14] The White Sox next captured the American League pennant in 2005 and, with Ozzie Guillén as their manager, defeated the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series.^[6][15][16]

The longest–tenured White Sox manager was Jimmy Dykes, who managed the team for 1,850 games from 1934 to 1946.^[3] The only other White Sox managers who have managed more than 1,000 games are Lopez with 1,495, Guillén with 1,135, and Tony La Russa with 1,035.^[3] Dykes' 899 wins and 940 losses also lead all White Sox managers.^[3] Jones' winning percentage of .592 is the highest of any White Sox manager.^[3] Five White Sox managers have served multiple terms managing the team. Nixey Callahan was the White Sox manager in 1903 and part of 1904, and then again from 1912 to 1914.^[3] Johnny Evers served two terms as manager, separated by a bout of appendicitis in 1924.^[17][18] Eddie Collins served as interim manager for 27 games in 1924 season while Evers was ill and then served as the full–time manager in 1925 and 1926.^[19] Lopez served three terms as manager: the first from 1957 to 1965; then for 11 games during the 1968 season, before being hospitalized with appendicitis; and then returning for another 53 games from the end of the 1968 season through the beginning of the 1969 season.^[13][20][21] Les Moss served as interim manager for two games in 1968, replacing Eddie Stanky before being replaced by Lopez.^[22][23] After Lopez was hospitalized later that season, Moss took over as manager again for 34 games before Lopez returned.^[20][22][23] Hall of Famer Frank Chance was hired to manage the team for the 1924 but illness forced him to retire before managing any games.^[24][25] Ten Hall of Famers have managed the White Sox: Griffith, Hugh Duffy, Collins, Evers, Ed Walsh, Ray Schalk, Ted Lyons, Lopez, Bob Lemon and Larry Doby.^[26][27] Lopez was elected as a manager; the others were elected as players.^[13][27]

Key

#	A running total of the number of White Sox managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
G	Regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tied games
W	Regular season wins
L	Regular season losses
Win%	Winning percentage
PA	Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW	Playoff wins
PL	Playoff losses
Ref(s)	Reference(s)
LC	League championships: number of league championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS	World Series championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
	Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager
*	Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player

Managers

Statistics current through 2016 season

Fielder Jones led the White Sox to the 1906 World Series championship.

Pants Rowland managed the White Sox to the 1917 World Series championship.

Eddie Collins was the White Sox manager for part of the 1924 season, and then again from 1925 to 1926.

Ozzie Guillén led the White Sox to the 2005 World Series.

#	Manager	Seasons	G	W	L	Win%	PA	PW	PL	LC	WS	Ref(s)
01 !1	Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith*	1901–1902	275	157	113	.581	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	01 !1	00 !—	[5]
02 !2	Callahan, NixeyNixey Callahan	1903–1904	180	83	95	.474	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[28]
03 !3	Jones, FielderFielder Jones	1904–1908	739	426	293	.592	01 !1	04 !4	02 !2	01 !1	01 !1	[7][8]
04 !4	Sullivan, BillyBilly Sullivan	1909	159	78	74	.513	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[29]
05 !5	Duffy, HughHugh Duffy*	1910–1911	310	145	159	.477	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[30]
055 !—	Callahan, NixeyNixey Callahan	1912–1914	467	226	234	.491	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[28]
06 !6	Rowland, PantsPants Rowland	1915–1918	591	339	247	.578	01 !1	04 !4	02 !2	01 !1	01 !1	[9][11]
07 !7	Gleason, KidKid Gleason	1919–1923	759	392	364	.519	01 !1	03 !3	05 !5	01 !1	000 !0	[10][12]
08 !8	Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers*	1924	21	10	11	.476	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[17]
09 !9	Walsh, EdEd Walsh*	1924	3	1	2	.333	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[31]
10 !10	Collins, EddieEddie Collins*	1924	27	14	13	.519	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[19]
10.3 !—	Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers*	1924	103	41	61	.402	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[17]
10.7 !—	Collins, EddieEddie Collins*	1925–1926	309	160	147	.521	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[19]
11 !11	Schalk, RayRay Schalk*	1927–1928	228	102	125	.449	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[32]
12 !12	Blackburne, LenaLena Blackburne	1928–1929	232	99	133	.427	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[33]
13 !13	Bush, DonieDonie Bush	1930–1931	310	118	189	.384	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[34]
14 !14	Fonseca, LewLew Fonseca	1932–1934	318	120	196	.380	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[35]
15 !15	Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes	1934–1946	1,850	899	940	.489	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[36]
16 !16	Lyons, TedTed Lyons*	1946–1948	434	185	245	.430	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[37]
17 !17	Onslow, JackJack Onslow	1949–1950	185	71	113	.386	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[38]
18 !18	Corriden, RedRed Corriden	1950	125	52	72	.419	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[39]
19 !19	Richards, PaulPaul Richards	1951–1954	613	342	265	.563	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[40]
20 !20	Marion, MartyMarty Marion	1954–1956	318	179	138	.565	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[41]
21 !21	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	1957–1965	1,431	811	615	.569	01 !1	02 !2	04 !4	01 !1	000 !0	[13][14]
22 !22	Stanky, EddieEddie Stanky	1966–1968	404	206	197	.511	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[42]
23 !23	Moss, LesLes Moss	1968	2	0	2	.000	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[22]
23. !—	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	1968	11	6	5	.545	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[13]
23.2 !—	Moss, LesLes Moss	1968	34	12	22	.353	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[22]
23.3 !—	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	1968–1969	53	23	30	.434	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[13]
24 !24	Gutteridge, DonDon Gutteridge	1969–1970	281	109	172	.388	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[43]
25 !25	Adair, BillBill Adair	1970	10	4	6	.400	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[44]
26 !26	Tanner, ChuckChuck Tanner	1970–1975	818	401	414	.492	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[45]
26.5 !—	Richards, PaulPaul Richards	1976	161	64	97	.398	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[40]
27 !27	Lemon, BobBob Lemon*	1977–1978	236	124	112	.525	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[46]
28 !28	Doby, LarryLarry Doby*	1978	87	37	50	.425	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[47]
29 !29	Kessinger, DonDon Kessinger	1979	106	46	60	.434	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[48]
30 !30	La Russa, TonyTony La Russa	1979–1986	1,035	522	510	.506	01 !1	01 !1	03 !3	000 !0	000 !0	[49][50]
31 !31	Rader, DougDoug Rader	1986	2	1	1	.500	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[51]
32 !32	Fregosi, JimJim Fregosi	1986–1988	419	193	226	.461	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[52]
33 !33	Torborg, JeffJeff Torborg	1989–1991	485	250	235	.515	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[53]
34 !34	Lamont, GeneGene Lamont	1992–1995	468	258	210	.551	01 !1	02 !2	04 !4	000 !0	000 !0	[54][55]
35 !35	Bevington, TerryTerry Bevington	1995–1997	437	222	214	.509	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[56]
36 !36	Manuel, JerryJerry Manuel	1998–2003	971	500	471	.515	01 !1	000 !0	03 !3	000 !0	000 !0	[57][58]
37 !37	Guillén, OzzieOzzie Guillén	2004–2011	1,295	678	617	.524	02 !2	12 !12	04 !4	01 !1	01 !1	[15][16][59]
38 !38	Cooper, DonDon Cooper	2011	2	1	1	.500	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[60]
39 !39	Ventura, RobinRobin Ventura	2012–2016	810	375	435	.463	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[61]
40 !40	Renteria, RickRick Renteria	2017–	－	－	－	.---	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[62]

Managers with multiple tenures

#	Manager	Seasons	G	W	L	Win%	PA	PW	PL	LC	WS	Ref(s)
02 !2	Callahan, NixeyNixey Callahan	1903–1904, 1912–1914	648	309	329	.484	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[28]
08 !8	Evers, JohnnyJohnny Evers*	1924	124	51	72	.415	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[17]
10 !10	Collins, EddieEddie Collins*	1924, 1925–1926	336	174	160	.521	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[19]
19 !19	Richards, PaulPaul Richards	1951–1954, 1976	774	406	362	.529	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 ! [63]
20 !20	Lopez, AlAl Lopez	1957–1965, 1968, 1968–1969	1,495	840	650	.564	01 !1	02 !2	04 !4	01 !1	000 !0	[13][14]
22 !22	Moss, LesLes Moss	1968	36	12	24	.333	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	00 !—	[22]

References

General

• "White Sox managers". Major League Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2009. 
• "Chicago White Sox Team History & Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 25, 2009. 
• "National Baseball Hall of Fame Members" (pdf). The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved November 11, 2009. 

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