# List of Philadelphia Phillies managers

In its 138-year history, the Philadelphia Phillies baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's National League has employed 55managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. Of those 52managers, 15 have been "player-managers"; specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.
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. 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. 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. Charlie Manuel is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,416 games of service over 9 seasons.
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. 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.

## 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) |
| § | Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame |

## Managers

| # | Manager | Years | Wins | Losses | Ties | WPct | PA | PW | PL | WS | Ref |
| 1 | Bob Ferguson | 1883 | 4 | 13 | 0 | .235 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 | Blondie Purcell | 1883 | 13 | 68 | 1 | .160 | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 | Harry Wright$^†$ | 1884–1890 | 409 | 374 | 0 | .522 | — | — | — | — | |
| 4 | Jack Clements | 1890 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .684 | — | — | — | — | |
| 5 | Al Reach | 1890 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | — | |
| 6 | Bob Allen | 1890 | 25 | 10 | 0 | .714 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Harry Wright$^†$ | 1891–1893 | 227 | 192 | 0 | .542 | — | — | — | — | |
| 7 | Arthur Irwin | 1894–1895 | 149 | 110 | 0 | .575 | — | — | — | — | |
| 8 | Billy Nash | 1896 | 62 | 68 | 0 | .477 | — | — | — | — | |
| 9 | George Stallings | 1897–1898 | 74 | 104 | 0 | .416 | — | — | — | — | |
| 10 | Bill Shettsline | 1898–1902 | 367 | 303 | 0 | .548 | — | — | — | — | |
| 11 | Chief Zimmer | 1903 | 49 | 86 | 0 | .363 | — | — | — | — | |
| 12 | Hugh Duffy$^†$ | 1904–1906 | 206 | 251 | 0 | .451 | — | — | — | — | |
| 13 | Billy Murray | 1907–1909 | 240 | 214 | 0 | .529 | — | — | — | — | |
| 14 | Red Dooin | 1910–1914 | 392 | 370 | 0 | .514 | — | — | — | — | |
| 15 | Pat Moran | 1915–1918 | 323 | 257 | 0 | .557 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | Jack Coombs$^§$ | 1919 | 18 | 44 | 0 | .290 | — | — | — | — | |
| 17 | Gavvy Cravath$^§$ | 1919–1920 | 91 | 137 | 0 | .399 | — | — | — | — | |
| 18 | Bill Donovan | 1921 | 25 | 62 | 0 | .287 | — | — | — | — | |
| 19 | Kaiser Wilhelm | 1921–1922 | 83 | 137 | 0 | .377 | — | — | — | — | |
| 20 | Art Fletcher | 1923–1926 | 231 | 378 | 0 | .379 | — | — | — | — | |
| 21 | Stuffy McInnis | 1927 | 51 | 103 | 0 | .331 | — | — | — | — | |
| 22 | Burt Shotton | 1928–1933 | 370 | 549 | 0 | .403 | — | — | — | — | |
| 23 | Jimmie Wilson | 1934–1938 | 280 | 477 | 0 | .370 | — | — | — | — | |
| 24 | Hans Lobert | 1938 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 25 | Doc Prothro | 1939–1941 | 138 | 320 | 0 | .301 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Hans Lobert | 1942 | 42 | 109 | 0 | .278 | — | — | — | — | |
| 26 | Bucky Harris$^‡$ | 1943 | 38 | 52 | 0 | .422 | — | — | — | — | |
| 27 | Freddie Fitzsimmons | 1943–1945 | 105 | 181 | 0 | .367 | — | — | — | — | |
| 28 | Ben Chapman | 1945–1948 | 196 | 276 | 0 | .415 | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | Dusty Cooke | 1948 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 30 | Eddie Sawyer | 1948–1952 | 296 | 292 | 0 | .504 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 31 | Steve O'Neill | 1952–1954 | 182 | 140 | 0 | .565 | — | — | — | — | |
| 32 | Terry Moore | 1954 | 35 | 42 | 0 | .455 | — | — | — | — | |
| 33 | Mayo Smith | 1955–1958 | 264 | 282 | 0 | .484 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Eddie Sawyer | 1958–1960 | 94 | 131 | 0 | .418 | — | — | — | — | |
| 34 | Andy Cohen | 1960 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | — | |
| 35 | Gene Mauch | 1960–1968 | 646 | 684 | 0 | .486 | — | — | — | — | |
| 36 | Bob Skinner | 1968–1969 | 92 | 123 | 0 | .428 | — | — | — | — | |
| 37 | George Myatt | 1969 | 20 | 35 | 0 | .364 | — | — | — | — | |
| 38 | Frank Lucchesi | 1970–1972 | 166 | 233 | 0 | .416 | — | — | — | — | |
| 39 | Paul Owens$^§$ | 1972 | 33 | 47 | 0 | .413 | — | — | — | — | |
| 40 | Danny Ozark | 1973–1979 | 594 | 510 | 0 | .538 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | [49][50] [51][52] |
| 41 | Dallas Green$^§$ | 1979–1981 | 169 | 130 | 0 | .565 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | [53][54] [55] |
| 42 | Pat Corrales | 1982–1983 | 132 | 115 | 0 | .534 | — | — | — | — | |
| — | Paul Owens$^§$ | 1983–1984 | 128 | 111 | 0 | .536 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| 43 | John Felske | 1985–1987 | 190 | 194 | 0 | .495 | — | — | — | — | |
| 44 | Lee Elia | 1987–1988 | 111 | 142 | 0 | .439 | — | — | — | — | |
| 45 | John Vukovich$^§$ | 1988 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .555 | — | — | — | — | |
| 46 | Nick Leyva | 1989–1991 | 148 | 189 | 0 | .439 | — | — | — | — | |
| 47 | Jim Fregosi | 1991–1996 | 431 | 463 | 0 | .482 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 48 | Terry Francona | 1997–2000 | 285 | 363 | 0 | .440 | — | — | — | — | |
| 49 | Larry Bowa$^§$ | 2001–2004 | 337 | 308 | 0 | .522 | — | — | — | — | |
| 50 | Gary Varsho | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | — | — | — | — | |
| 51 | Charlie Manuel$^§$ | 2005–2013 | 780 | 636 | 0 | .551 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 1 | [67][68] [69][70] |
| 52 | Ryne Sandberg$^†$ | 2013–2015 | 119 | 159 | 0 | .428 | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 250 | 185 | 0 | .575 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 0 | |
Statistics current through October 9, 2024
* Bob Allen, manager, 1890
* Hugh Duffy, manager, 1904–1906
* Kaiser Wilhelm, manager, 1921–1922
* Dallas Green became the Phillies manager in 1979 to 1981, and won the 1980 World Series.
* Charlie Manuel, managed from 2005–2013, and won the 2008 World Series
* Ryne Sandberg managed the Phillies from 2013 to 2015.
* Pete Mackanin was the Phillies manager from 2015 to 2017.
* Joe Girardi was the manager of the Phillies from 2020 to 2022.
* Rob Thomson has managed the Phillies since 2022.

## Footnotes

* $^a$ #: A running total of the number of Phillies' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
* $^b$ Larry Bowa won the Manager of the Year Award in 2001.