List of Chicago Cubs managers

The Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs are members of the National League (NL) Central Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). 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 their inception as the White Stockings in 1876, the Cubs have employed 61 managers.[3] The franchise's first manager was Baseball Hall of Famer Albert Spalding, who helped the White Stockings become the first champions of the newly formed National League.[4]

After co-managing with Silver Flint during the 1879 Chicago White Stockings season, Hall of Famer Cap Anson began an 18-year managerial tenure in 1880, the longest in franchise history.[3] Under Anson, the team won five more NL pennants — in 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885 and 1886tying the 1885 World Series and losing the 1886 World Series in the process.[a] Anson won 1,283 games as the White Stockings' manager, the most in franchise history.[3] After taking over for Hall of Fame manager Frank Selee in 1905, Frank Chance — another Hall of Famer — managed the team through the 1912 season.[3] During his tenure, the franchise won four more NL pennants in 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1910, winning its only two World Series titles in 1907 and 1908 until 2016[5] Chance's .664 career winning percentage is the highest of any Cubs manager.[3] After Chance, from 1913 through 1960, the Cubs employed nineteen managers, nine of which were inducted into the Hall of Fame. During this period, the Cubs won six more NL pennants, including three under manager Charlie Grimm. Split between Grimm's two managerial stints in the 1930s and 1940s, plus a brief appearance as manager in 1960,[6] Grimm accumulated 946 career wins, second-most in franchise history behind Anson.[3]

Owner P. K. Wrigley then began experimenting with the managerial position and in December 1960, announced that Cubs would not have only one manager for the coming season. Instead, the team implemented a new managerial system known as the "College of Coaches". The system was meant to blend ideas from several individuals instead of relying on one manager.[7] During its first year, the team rotated four managers into the role: Vedie Himsl, Harry Craft, El Tappe and Lou Klein. The next year, under the guidance of Tappe, Klein and Charlie Metro, the Cubs lost a franchise-record 103 games.[8] Bob Kennedy managed the team for the next three seasons until Hall of Famer Leo Durocher assumed the managerial role for the 1966 season, effectively ending the five-year-long "College of Coaches" experiment.[7] During his first season as manager, Durocher's Cubs tied the franchise's 103-game loss record set four years earlier by the "College";[8] however, he maintained a winning record for the rest of his seven-year tenure.[9]

In the last 37 seasons since Durocher, the Cubs have had 22 managers. Jim Frey and Don Zimmer led the team to the National League Championship Series (NLCS) in 1984 and 1989, respectively.[3] In both of those seasons, the team's manager won a Manager of the Year Award.[10] Jim Riggleman managed the team for five years from 1995 through 1999, earning the team's first and only wild card playoff spot in 1998. Dusty Baker's Cubs lost in the 2003 NLCS during the first year of a four-year managing tenure. Baker's successor, Lou Piniella, led the team to two consecutive National League Central Division titles during his first two years with the team and was awarded the 2008 Manager of the Year Award.[10] On July 20, 2010, Piniella announced his intention to retire as manager of the Cubs following the end of the season.[11] However, on August 22, 2010, Piniella announced he would resign after that day's game, citing family reasons. Third base coach Mike Quade finished the remainder of the season as manager.[12]

On November 7, 2013, the Cubs hired Rick Renteria as their new manager. He replaced Dale Sveum. He was fired on October 31, 2014 as the team prepared to hire Joe Maddon. On November 2, 2014, the Cubs officially announced that they had fired Renteria and hired Maddon.[13] Maddon's contract was for five years and $25 million.[14] Maddon went on to manage the Cubs from 2015-2019 breaking the clubs 108 year World Series drought. On Sep 29, before the final game of the season, Epstein and Maddon announced in a joint press conference that the Cubs would let Maddon's initial five-year contract expire. On October 24, 2019, the Cubs hired David Ross as their manager to replace Joe Maddon, signing him to a three-year contract.[15] Ross began his managerial career on July 25, 2020 with a 3-0 win at home against the Milwaukee Brewers.[16]


Table key

# A running total of the number of Cubs managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
GM Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W Number of regular season wins in games managed
L Number of regular season losses in games managed
Win% 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
PT Playoff ties: number of ties this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
* Manager acted as interim manager[17]
§ Belonged to the "College of Coaches"[17]
[x] Awarded the Manager of the Year Award during tenure with the Cubs
or Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager or executive)[18]

Managers

Statistics current through 2019 season

# Manager Seasons GM W L Win% PA PW PL PT LC WS Ref
1 Albert Spalding 187618771267847.6241[4]
2 Bob Ferguson 1878613030.500[19]
3 Cap Anson 1879644121.661[20]
4 Silver Flint 187919512.294[21]
Cap Anson 1880189721941242911.5775[20]
5 Tom Burns 18981899304160138.537[22]
6 Tom Loftus 19001901286118161.423[23]
7 Frank Selee 19021905503280213.568[24]
8 Frank Chance 190519121178768389.6644119142[5][25]
9 Johnny Evers 19131558865.575[26]
10 Hank O'Day 19141567876.506[27]
11 Roger Bresnahan 19151577380.477[28]
12 Joe Tinker 19161566786.438[29]
13 Fred Mitchell 19171920582308269.534124010[30][31]
Johnny Evers 1921964155.427[26]
14 Bill Killefer 19211925596300293.506[32]
15 Rabbit Maranville 1925532330.434[33]
16 George Gibson 1925261214.462[34]
17 Joe McCarthy 19261930770442321.579151010[35][36]
18 Rogers Hornsby 19301932259141116.549[37]
19 Charlie Grimm 19321938904534369.5912512020[6][38]
20 Gabby Hartnett 19381940383203176.536104010[39][40]
21 Jimmie Wilson 19411944474213258.452[41]
22 Roy Johnson* 1944101.000[42]
Charlie Grimm 19441949816406402.502134010[6][38]
23 Frankie Frisch 19491951339141196.418[43]
24 Phil Cavarretta 19511953384169213.442[44]
25 Stan Hack 19541956465196265.425[45]
26 Bob Scheffing 19571959465208254.450[46]
Charlie Grimm 196017611.353[6]
27 Lou Boudreau 19601395483.394[47]
28 Vedie Himsl§ 19611156.455[48]
29 Harry Craft§ 19611248.333[49]
Vedie Himsl§ 196117512.294[48]
30 El Tappe§ 19612201.000[50]
Harry Craft§ 1961431.750[49]
Vedie Himsl§ 1961403.000[48]
El Tappe§ 1961793543.449[50]
31 Lou Klein§ 19611156.455[51]
El Tappe§ 1961196236927.250[50]
Lou Klein§ 1962301218.400[51]
32 Charlie Metro§ 19621124369.384[52]
33 Bob Kennedy§ 19631965382182198.479[53]
Lou Klein§ 19651064858.453[51]
34 Leo Durocher 196619721065535526.504[9]
35 Whitey Lockman 19721974319157162.492[54]
36 Jim Marshall 19741976393175218.445[55]
37 Herman Franks 19771979479238241.497[56]
38 Joey Amalfitano* 1979725.286[57]
39 Preston Gómez 1980903852.422[58]
Joey Amalfitano 1980198117864111.366[57]
40 Lee Elia 19821983285127158.446[59]
41 Charlie Fox* 1983391722.436[60]
42 Jim Frey[b] 19841986379196182.51912300[61][62]
43 John Vukovich* 1986211.500[63]
44 Gene Michael 19861987238114124.479[64]
45 Frank Lucchesi* 198725817.320[65]
46 Don Zimmer[c] 19881991524265258.50711400[66][67]
47 Joe Altobelli* 1991101.000[68]
48 Jim Essian 19911225963.484[69]
49 Jim Lefebvre 19921993324162162.500[70]
50 Tom Trebelhorn 19941134964.434[71]
51 Jim Riggleman 19951999794374419.47210300[72][73]
52 Don Baylor 20002002407187220.459[74]
53 Rene Lachemann* 2002101.000[75]
54 Bruce Kimm* 2002783345.423[76]
55 Dusty Baker 20032006648322326.49716600[77][78]
56 Lou Piniella[d] 20072010609316293.51920600[79][80]
57 Mike Quade 2010201119995104.477[81]
58 Dale Sveum 20122013324127197.392[82]
59 Rick Renteria 20141627389.451[83]
60 Joe Maddon[e] 20152019673471339.58131917011[84]
61 David Ross 2020present603426.5671[85]

See also

Notes

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