List of Texas Rangers managers

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Ron Washington managed the Rangers from 2007 to 2014

The 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.[1] In its 53-year history, the Texas Rangers baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 24 managers.[2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[3]

Mickey Vernon became the first manager of the Texas Rangers 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.[4] Ted Williams is the only Rangers manager to have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame;[5] Whitey Herzog, who was elected to the Hall in 2009 and will be inducted in July 2010,[6] will become the only Rangers manager to earn induction as a manager (Williams was inducted for his playing career).

In 1963, manager Mickey Vernon was fired and replaced by interim manager Eddie Yost. One game later, Yost was replaced by Gil Hodges. In 1973, Whitey Herzog was replaced by Del Wilber. One game later, Billy Martin took over the role of manager. In 1975, Frank Lucchesi took over for Martin in midseason, who in turn was replaced by Eddie Stanky. After six games, Connie Ryan could not finish the season, so Billy Hunter took over the role of manager, only to be fired[7] with one game to go in the 1978 season and replaced by Pat Corrales. In 1982, Don Zimmer was fired[8] as Rangers manager but continued to run the team for three more games before being replaced by Darrell Johnson. Rangers owner Eddie Chiles said the poor play of the Rangers had nothing to do with Zimmer's firing but was instead 'something personal'.[9] In 1985, after Doug Rader led the Rangers to (exact number of seasons) losing seasons, he was replaced by Bobby Valentine, who in turn was replaced by Toby Harrah during midseason. In 2001, Johnny Oates's poor performance forced the Rangers to hire Jerry Narron as his replacement during midseason. Buck Showalter was hired as manager of the Texas Rangers on October 11, 2002, following a last-place season under manager Jerry Narron. Showalter managed the Rangers through the 2006 season, before being fired as manager on October 4, 2006. In November 2006, Ron Washington was hired as manager of the Rangers. He managed the team from 2007[10] to 2014, longer than any other person in the franchise's history, when he announced his resignation on September 5, 2014. Jeff Banister is currently manager for the Rangers.[11]

Key

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GM Games managed
W Wins
L Losses
Win% Winning percentage
* Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of 23 September of the 2014 MLB season.

# Name Term[a] Regular season Playoffs Awards Reference
GM W L Win% GM W L
1 Mickey Vernon 1961–1963 362 135 227 .373 — — — [12]
2 Eddie Yost 1963 1 0 1 .000 — — — [13]
3 Gil Hodges 1963–1967 765 321 444 .420 — — — [14]
4 Jim Lemon 1968 161 65 96 .404 — — — [15]
5 Ted Williams* 1969–1972 637 273 364 .429 — — — [16]
6 Whitey Herzog* 1973 138 47 91 .341 — — — [17]
7 Del Wilber 1973 1 0 1 .000 — — — [18]
8 Billy Martin 1973–1975 278 137 141 .493 — — — [19]
9 Frank Lucchesi 1975–1977 291 142 149 .488 — — — [20]
10 Eddie Stanky 1977 1 1 0 1.000 — — — [21]
11 Connie Ryan 1977 6 2 4 .333 — — — [22]
12 Billy Hunter 1977–1978 254 146 108 .575 — — — [23]
13 Pat Corrales 1978–1980 324 160 164 .494 — — — [24]
14 Don Zimmer 1981–1982 201 95 106 .473 — — — [25]
15 Darrell Johnson 1982 66 26 40 .394 — —  — [26]
16 Doug Rader 1983–1985 355 155 200 .437 — — — [27]
17 Bobby Valentine 1985–1992 1186 581 605 .490 — — — [28]
18 Toby Harrah 1992 76 32 44 .421 — — — [29]
19 Kevin Kennedy 1993–1994 276 138 138 .500 — — — [30]
20 Johnny Oates 1995–2001 982 506 476 .515 10 1 9 1996 Manager of the Year Award [4][31]
21 Jerry Narron 2001–2002 296 134 162 .453 — — — [32]
22 Buck Showalter 2003–2006 648 319 329 .492 — — — 2004 Manager of the Year Award [31][33]
23 Ron Washington 2007–2014 1275 664 611 .521 34 18 16 2 AL Pennants [34]
24 Tim Bogar 2014 22 14 8 .636 — — — [35]
25 Jeff Banister 2015– 162 88 74 .543 5 2 3 2015 Al Manager of the Year Award [35]

Notes

  • a Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.

References

General references
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