# List of Boston Red Sox managers

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are members of the American League (AL) East Division in Major League Baseball (MLB). They have competed since 1901, initially as the Boston Americans (1901–1907), and under their current name since 1908. Since 1912, the Red Sox have played their home games at Fenway Park. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. There have been 48 different managers in franchise history; the current manager is Alex Cora, who previously managed the team during the 2018 and 2019 seasons and was re-hired by the team on November 6, 2020.
Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the franchise, managing from 1901 to 1906. Among all Red Sox managers, Joe Cronin managed the most regular season games (2,007) and registered the most regular season wins (1,071), while Terry Francona managed the most playoff games (45) and registered the most playoff wins (28). The most World Series championships won by a Red Sox manager is two, accomplished by Bill Carrigan (1915 and 1916) and Francona (2004 and 2007). John McNamara and Jimy Williams are the only two Red Sox managers to win the AL Manager of the Year Award, in 1986 and 1999, respectively.

## Key

| No. | Number of managers |
| GM | Games managed (includes ties) |
| W | Wins |
| L | Losses |
| Win % | Winning percentage |
| * | Inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Bold name | Inducted to the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame |

## Managers

The below table summarizes the franchise's managerial records since 1901, its inaugural season in the American League. Note that the number of games managed (GM) may exceed the sum of wins and losses, due to tie games that were later replayed; for example, Jimmy Collins had a regular season managerial record of 455–376, which sums to 831, 11 less than the 842 total regular season games that he managed.
Statistics updated through the 2024 season.
| No. | Name | Term | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Achievements | Ref. |
| No. | Name | Term | GM | W | L | Win % | GM | W | L | Achievements | Ref. |
| 1 | Jimmy Collins* | 1901–1906 | 842 | 455 | 376 | .548 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 World Series Championship (1903) | |
| 2 | Chick Stahl | 1906 | 40 | 14 | 26 | .350 | — | — | — | | |
| 3 | Cy Young* | 1907 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | — | — | — | | |
| 4 | George Huff | 1907 | 8 | 2 | 6 | .250 | — | — | — | | |
| 5 | Bob Unglaub | 1907 | 29 | 9 | 20 | .310 | — | — | — | | |
| 6 | Deacon McGuire | 1907–1908 | 227 | 98 | 123 | .443 | — | — | — | | |
| 7 | Fred Lake | 1908–1909 | 192 | 110 | 80 | .579 | — | — | — | | |
| 8 | Patsy Donovan | 1910–1911 | 311 | 159 | 147 | .520 | — | — | — | | |
| 9 | Jake Stahl | 1912–1913 | 235 | 144 | 88 | .621 | 8† | 4 | 3 | 1 World Series Championship (1912) | |
| 10 | Bill Carrigan | 1913–1916 | 540 | 323 | 205 | .612 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 World Series Championships (1915, 1916) | |
| 11 | Jack Barry | 1917 | 157 | 90 | 62 | .592 | — | — | — | | |
| 12 | Ed Barrow* | 1918–1920 | 418 | 213 | 203 | .512 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 World Series Championship (1918) | |
| 13 | Hugh Duffy* | 1921–1922 | 308 | 136 | 172 | .442 | — | — | — | | |
| 14 | Frank Chance* | 1923 | 154 | 61 | 91 | .401 | — | — | — | | |
| 15 | Lee Fohl | 1924–1926 | 463 | 160 | 299 | .349 | — | — | — | | |
| — | Bill Carrigan | 1927–1929 | 463 | 166 | 295 | .360 | — | — | — | | |
| 16 | Heinie Wagner | 1930 | 154 | 52 | 102 | .338 | — | — | — | | |
| 17 | Shano Collins | 1931–1932 | 208 | 73 | 134 | .353 | — | — | — | | |
| 18 | Marty McManus | 1932–1933 | 248 | 95 | 153 | .383 | — | — | — | | |
| 19 | Bucky Harris* | 1934 | 153 | 76 | 76 | .500 | — | — | — | | |
| 20 | Joe Cronin* | 1935–1947 | 2,007 | 1,071 | 916 | .539 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1946 American League pennant | |
| 21 | Joe McCarthy* | 1948–1950 | 369 | 223 | 145 | .606 | — | — | — | | |
| 22 | Steve O'Neill | 1950–1951 | 249 | 150 | 99 | .602 | — | — | — | | |
| 23 | Lou Boudreau* | 1952–1954 | 463 | 229 | 232 | .497 | — | — | — | | |
| 24 | Pinky Higgins | 1955–1959 | 691 | 360 | 329 | .522 | — | — | — | | |
| 25 | Rudy York | 1959 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | — | — | — | | |
| 26 | Billy Jurges | 1959–1960 | 122 | 59 | 63 | .484 | — | — | — | | |
| 27 | Del Baker | 1960 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | — | — | — | | |
| — | Pinky Higgins | 1960–1962 | 428 | 200 | 227 | .468 | — | — | — | | |
| 28 | Johnny Pesky | 1963–1964 | 321 | 146 | 175 | .455 | — | — | — | | |
| 29 | Billy Herman* | 1964–1966 | 310 | 128 | 182 | .413 | — | — | — | | |
| 30 | Pete Runnels | 1966 | 16 | 8 | 8 | .500 | — | — | — | | |
| 31 | Dick Williams* | 1967–1969 | 477 | 260 | 217 | .545 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1967 American League pennant | |
| 32 | Eddie Popowski | 1969 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .556 | — | — | — | | |
| 33 | Eddie Kasko | 1970–1973 | 640 | 345 | 295 | .539 | — | — | — | | |
| — | Eddie Popowski | 1973 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | — | — | — | | |
| 34 | Darrell Johnson | 1974–1976 | 408 | 220 | 188 | .539 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1975 American League pennant | |
| 35 | Don Zimmer | 1976–1980 | 715 | 411 | 304 | .575 | — | — | — | | |
| — | Johnny Pesky | 1980 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | — | — | — | | |
| 36 | Ralph Houk | 1981–1984 | 594 | 312 | 282 | .525 | — | — | — | | |
| 37 | John McNamara | 1985–1988 | 571 | 297 | 273 | .521 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1986 AL Manager of the Year 1986 American League pennant | |
| 38 | Joe Morgan | 1988–1991 | 563 | 301 | 262 | .535 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | |
| 39 | Butch Hobson | 1992–1994 | 439 | 207 | 232 | .472 | — | — | — | | |
| 40 | Kevin Kennedy | 1995–1996 | 306 | 171 | 135 | .559 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | |
| 41 | Jimy Williams | 1997–2001 | 766 | 414 | 352 | .540 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1999 AL Manager of the Year | |
| 42 | Joe Kerrigan | 2001 | 43 | 17 | 26 | .395 | — | — | — | | |
| 43 | Grady Little | 2002–2003 | 324 | 188 | 136 | .580 | 12 | 6 | 6 | | |
| 44 | Terry Francona | 2004–2011 | 1,296 | 744 | 552 | .574 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 2 World Series Championships (2004, 2007) | |
| 45 | Bobby Valentine | 2012 | 162 | 69 | 93 | .426 | — | — | — | | |
| 46 | John Farrell | 2013–2017 | 810 | 432 | 378 | .533 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1 World Series Championship (2013) | |
| 47 | Alex Cora | 2018–2019 | 324 | 192 | 132 | .593 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 World Series Championship (2018) | |
| 48 | Ron Roenicke | 2020 | 60 | 24 | 36 | .400 | — | — | — | | |
| — | Alex Cora | 2021–present | 648 | 329 | 319 | .508 | 11 | 6 | 5 | | |
† One game of the 1912 World Series ended in a tie, and was replayed.
* Jimmy Collins was the first manager in franchise history, when the team was known as the Boston Americans.
* Frank Chance (left), shown with Miller Huggins, managed the team in 1923.
* Heinie Wagner managed the team for the 1930 season.
* Joe Cronin managed the team from 1935 to 1947, and is the all-time wins leader among Red Sox managers.
* Joe Morgan led the Red Sox to two American League East titles in four seasons as manager.
* Terry Francona (pictured) and Bill Carrigan are the only managers to lead the team to two World Series titles.
* Bobby Valentine led the team to its worst season in 47 years.
* John Farrell led the team to one World Series championship and was the first Red Sox manager to lead the team to back-to-back division titles.
* Ron Roenicke, shown with the Milwaukee Brewers, managed the Red Sox during the 60-game 2020 season.