List of Detroit Tigers managers

Brad Ausmus is the current manager of the Detroit Tigers.

The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers 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] The team initially began in the now defunct Western League in 1894, and later became one of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901. Since the inception of the team in 1894, it has employed 46 different managers.[3] The Tigers current manager is Brad Ausmus, who was hired for the 2014 season.[4]

The franchise's first manager after the team's arrival in the American League was George Stallings, who managed the team for one season. Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings, who managed the team from 1907 to 1920, led the team to three American League championships. Jennings however was unable to win the World Series, losing to the Chicago Cubs in 1907 and 1908 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. The Detroit Tigers did not win their first World Series until 1935 under the leadership of player-manager Mickey Cochrane. Steve O'Neill later led the Tigers to another World Series victory again in 1945. The Tigers would not win another World Series until 1968 World Series when the Tigers, led by Mayo Smith, defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. Sparky Anderson's 1984 Detroit Tigers team was the franchise's last World Series victory, and marked the first time in Major League Baseball history that a manager won the World Series in both leagues. In total, the Tigers have won the American League pennant 10 times, and the World Series 4 times.

The longest tenured Tiger manager was Sparky Anderson. Anderson managed the team for 2,579 games from 1979 to 1995. Hughie Jennings, Bucky Harris and Jim Leyland are the only other Detroit Tiger managers who have managed the team for more than 1,000 games. Anderson's 1331 wins and 1248 losses also lead all Tiger managers, while Cochrane's winning percentage of .582 is the highest of any Tiger manager who has managed at least one full-season. Seven Hall of Famers have managed the Tigers: Ed Barrow, Jennings, Ty Cobb, Cochrane, Joe Gordon, Bucky Harris and Anderson. Barrow was elected as an executive, Jennings and Anderson were elected as managers; the others were elected as players.

Key

# Number of managers[a]
G Regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie 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
LCLeague Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WSWorld Series Championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
Ref Reference(s)
† Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a manager or executive
* Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a player

Managers

Western League

#[a] Manager Seasons W L Win% Ref
1Glenalvin, BobBob Glenalvin1894
2Strouthers, ConCon Strouthers1895–96
3Stallings, GeorgeGeorge Stallings1896
4Allen, BobBob Allen1897
5Graves, FrankFrank Graves1897–98
6Beard, OllieOllie Beard1898
7Mullane, TonyTony Mullane1898
8Stallings, GeorgeGeorge Stallings1898–1900

American League

Through June 29, 2016
#[a] Manager Seasons W L Win% PA PW PL LC WS Ref
Ty Cobb served as a player/manager towards the end of his career.
1 Stallings, GeorgeGeorge Stallings 1901 74 61 .548 [5]
2 Dwyer, FrankFrank Dwyer 1902 52 83 .385 [5]
3 Barrow, EdEd Barrow† 1903–1904 97 117 .453 [5]
4 Lowe, BobbyBobby Lowe 1904 30 44 .405 [5]
5 Armour, BillBill Armour 1905–1906 150 152 .497 [5]
6 Jennings, HughieHughie Jennings† 1907–1920 1131 972 .538 3 4 12 3 0 [5][6]
7 Cobb, TyTy Cobb* 1921–1926 479 444 .519 [5]
8 Moriarty, GeorgeGeorge Moriarty 1927–1928 150 157 .489 [5]
9 Harris, BuckyBucky Harris 1929–1933 355 410 .464 [5]
10 Baker, DelDel Baker 1933 2 0 1.000 [5][7]
11 Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane* 1934–1936 259 166 .609 2 7 6 2 1 [5][8]
– Baker, DelDel Baker 1936 18 16 .529 [5][7]
– Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane* 1937 42 33 .560 [5][8]
– Baker, DelDel Baker 1937 41 23 .641 [5][7]
12 Perkins, CyCy Perkins 1937 6 9 .400 [5]
– Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane* 1938 47 51 .480 [5][8]
– Baker, DelDel Baker 1938–1942 356 316 .530 1 3 4 1 0 [5][7]
13 O'Neill, SteveSteve O'Neill 1943–1948 509 414 .551 1 4 3 1 1 [5][9]
14 Rolfe, RedRed Rolfe 1949–1952 278 256 .521 [5]
15 Hutchinson, FredFred Hutchinson 1952–1954 155 235 .397 [5]
– Harris, BuckyBucky Harris 1955–1956 161 147 .523 [5]
16 Tighe, JackJack Tighe 1957–1958 99 104 .488 [5]
17 Norman, BillBill Norman 1958–1959 58 64 .475 [5]
18 Dykes, JimmyJimmy Dykes 1959–1960 118 115 .506 [5]
19 Hitchcock, BillyBilly Hitchcock 1960 1 0 1.000 [5]
20 Gordon, JoeJoe Gordon* 1960 26 31 .456 [5]
21 Scheffing, BobBob Scheffing 1961–1963 210 173 .548 [5]
22 Dressen, ChuckChuck Dressen 1963–1964 140 124 .530 [5]
23 Swift, BobBob Swift 1965 24 18 .571 [5]
– Dressen, ChuckChuck Dressen 1965–1966 81 65 .555 [5]
– Swift, BobBob Swift 1966 32 25 .561 [5]
24 Skaff, FrankFrank Skaff 1966 40 39 .506 [5]
25 Smith, MayoMayo Smith 1967–1970 363 285 .560 1 4 3 1 1 [5][10]
26 Martin, BillyBilly Martin 1971–1973 248 204 .549 1 2 3 0 0 [5][11]
27 Schultz, JoeJoe Schultz 1973 14 14 .500 [5]
28 Houk, RalphRalph Houk 1974–1978 363 443 .450 [5]
29 Moss, LesLes Moss 1979 27 26 .509 [5]
30 Tracewski, DickDick Tracewski 1979 2 0 1.000 [5]
31 Anderson, SparkySparky Anderson† 1979–1995 1331 1248 .516 2 8 5 1 1 [5][12]
32 Bell, BuddyBuddy Bell 1996–1998 184 277 .399 [5]
33 Parrish, LarryLarry Parrish 1998–1999 82 104 .441 [5]
34 Garner, PhilPhil Garner 2000–2002 145 185 .439 [5]
35 Pujols, LuisLuis Pujols 2002 55 100 .355 [5]
36 Trammell, AlanAlan Trammell 2003–2005 186 300 .383 [5]
37 Leyland, JimJim Leyland 2006–2013 700 597 .540 4 25 23 2 0 [5][13][14]
38 Ausmus, BradBrad Ausmus 2014–present 250 234 .517 1 0 3 0 0 [5]

Managers with multiple tenures

# Manager Seasons G W L Win% PA PW PL LC WS Ref
9 Harris, BuckyBucky Harris 1929–1933, 1955–1956 1,078 516 557 .481
10 Cochrane, MickeyMickey Cochrane* 1934–1936, 1937, 1938 600 348 250 .582 2 7 6 2 1
11 Baker, DelDel Baker 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938–1942 675 417 355 .540
22 Dressen, ChuckChuck Dressen 1963–1964, 1965–1966 411 221 189 .539
23 Swift, BobBob Swift 1965, 1966 99 56 43 .566

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
  2. ↑ Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530. ISBN 978-0-393-06681-4.
  3. ↑ "Detroit Tiger Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  4. ↑ Tigers tab Ausmus as club's next skipper MLB.com, November 3, 2013
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 "Detroit Tigers Managers". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjennh101.htm
  7. 1 2 3 4 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbaked102.htm
  8. 1 2 3 http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pcochm101.htm
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  10. ↑ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psmitm105.htm
  11. ↑ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/M/Pmartb105.htm
  12. ↑ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/A/Pandes101.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/L/Pleylj801.htm
  14. ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2013.shtml

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