page_title: List of Texas Rangers managers
section_title: Managers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Texas Rangers managers / Managers
caption_attribution_description: English: May 1977 photograph of Texas Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi, taken at Arlington Stadium prior to a game against the Toronto Blue Jays. This image has been cropped slightly from the original.
context_page_description: The Texas Rangers are an American baseball franchise based in Arlington, Texas. They are members of the American League West division. The Rangers franchise was formed in 1961, then called the Washington Senators, as a member of the American League. In its 59-year history, the Texas Rangers baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 27 managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.
  Mickey Vernon became the first manager of the then Washington Senators in 1961, serving for just over two seasons. Ron Washington has managed more games and seasons than any other manager in Rangers history. Before 2010, the only Rangers manager to have led the team to the playoffs was Johnny Oates, who also won the 1996 Manager of the Year Award with the Rangers. Ted Williams is the only Rangers manager to have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a player; Whitey Herzog, who was inducted in the Hall in 2010, is only Rangers manager to earn induction as a manager.
  In 1963, manager Mickey Vernon was fired and replaced by interim manager Eddie Yost. One game later, Yost was replaced by Gil Hodges.
caption: Frank Lucchesi, managed the Rangers from 1975 into the 1977 season.
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