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List Of Texas Rangers Managers

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 62-year history, the Texas Rangers baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 28 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. 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 with one game to go in the 1978 season and replaced by Pat Corrales. In 1982, Don Zimmer was fired 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'. In 1985, after Doug Rader led the Rangers to two losing seasons, he was replaced by Bobby Valentine, who in turn was replaced by Toby Harrah during midseason. In 2001, Johnny Oates' poor health forced the Rangers to hire Jerry Narron as his midseason replacement. Buck Showalter was hired as manager of the Texas Rangers following a last-place 2002 season under Narron. Showalter managed the Rangers through the 2006 season. Ron Washington next managed the team from 2007 to 2014, longer than any other person in the franchise's history, when he announced his resignation on September 5, 2014. Tim Bogar managed the rest of the season on an interim basis. Jeff Banister was hired to lead the team from 2015 to September 21, 2018, when he was fired. Don Wakamatsu replaced him as interim manager. Chris Woodward was later hired as the new manager for 2019. He was dismissed on August 15, 2022, and third base coach Tony Beasley finished the season as interim manager. The Rangers then hired Bruce Bochy, who had won three championships with the San Francisco Giants and had initially retired in 2019, to manage the team starting in 2023, leading to the franchise's first title in the 2023 World Series.

Key

No. A running total of the number of Senators/Rangers managers
Season(s) The first and last seasons the manager led the team. Each year is linked to an article about that particular team season.
G Regular season games managed
W Regular season wins
L Regular season losses
Win % Winning percentage
PA Playoff appearances: number of years the manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
LC League championships: number of league championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS World Series championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
* Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

No. Image Manager Season(s) G W L Win % PA PW PL LC WS Notes Ref(s).
1 Mickey Vernon 19611963 362 135 227 .373
2 Eddie Yost 1963 1 0 1 .000
3 Gil Hodges 19631967 765 321 444 .420
4 Jim Lemon 1968 161 65 96 .404
5 Ted Williams* 19691972 637 273 364 .429
6 Whitey Herzog* 1973 138 47 91 .341
7 Del Wilber 1973 1 1 0 1.000
8 Billy Martin 19731975 278 137 141 .493
9 Frank Lucchesi 19751977 291 142 149 .488
10 Eddie Stanky 1977 1 1 0 1.000
11 Connie Ryan 1977 6 2 4 .333
12 Billy Hunter 19771978 254 146 108 .575
13 Pat Corrales 19781980 324 160 164 .494
14 Don Zimmer 19811982 201 95 106 .473
15 Darrell Johnson 1982 66 26 40 .394
16 Doug Rader 19831985 355 155 200 .437
17 Bobby Valentine 19851992 1,186 581 605 .490
18 Toby Harrah 1992 76 32 44 .421
19 Kevin Kennedy 19931994 276 138 138 .500
20 Johnny Oates 19952001 982 506 476 .515 3 1 9 1996 AL Manager of the Year
21 Jerry Narron 20012002 296 134 162 .453
22 Buck Showalter 20032006 648 319 329 .492 2004 AL Manager of the Year
23 Ron Washington 20072014 1,275 664 611 .521 3 18 16 2
24 Tim Bogar 2014 22 14 8 .636
25 Jeff Banister 20152018 638 325 313 .509 2 2 6 2015 AL Manager of the Year
26 Don Wakamatsu 2018 10 3 7 .300
27 Chris Woodward 20192022 498 211 287 .424
28 Tony Beasley 2022 48 17 31 .354
29 Bruce Bochy 2023–present 162 90 72 .556 1 13 4 1 1
Totals 29 managers 62 seasons 9,958 4,740 5,218 .476 9 34 35 3 1

Statistics current through the end of the 2023 season