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List of Baltimore Orioles managers

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In its 125-year history, the Baltimore Orioles baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 42 managers.[1] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[2] Of those 42 managers, 12 have been "player-managers";[1] specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.[3] Since 1992, the team has played its home games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.[4]

The Baltimore franchise began operations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the Brewers (not to be confused with the current National League team of the same name) in 1901.[5] After one season in Wisconsin under manager and Hall of Famer Hugh Duffy, the franchise moved south to St. Louis, Missouri, adopting the St. Louis Browns name and hiring a new manager, Jimmy McAleer. The Browns remained in Missouri until the end of the 1953 season, when Major League Baseball's owners elected to move the franchise to Baltimore, Maryland, where they were renamed the Orioles, after Maryland's state bird.[6]

Seven managers have taken the Orioles franchise to the post-season; Earl Weaver led the Orioles to a team-record six playoff appearances. Weaver, Hank Bauer, and Joe Altobelli are the only managers who have won a World Series championship with the club:[7] Bauer in the 1966 World Series, over the Los Angeles Dodgers;[8] Weaver in the 1970 World Series, over the Cincinnati Reds;[9] and Altobelli in the 1983 World Series, over the Philadelphia Phillies.[10] Weaver is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 2,541 games of service in parts of 17 seasons (1968–1982, 1985–1986).[11] The manager with the highest winning percentage in his career with the franchise is Luman Harris, owner of a .630 winning percentage during his 27 games managed in 1961; conversely, the worst winning percentage in franchise history is .222 by Oscar Melillo, who posted a 2–7 record during the 1938 season.[1] Eight Orioles managers have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, including Frank Robinson,[12] who was the first African-American manager in Major League Baseball;[13] and Rogers Hornsby, who was a member of the cross-city rival Cardinals during the franchise's tenure in St. Louis.[14]

Table key

Years
Linked to the corresponding Major League Baseball season
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 post-season
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the post-season
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the post-season
Pen
Pennants: number of pennants (league championships) won by the manager
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)[15]
§
Number retired by the Baltimore Orioles franchise[16]

Managers

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#[a]ImageManagerYearsWinsLossesWPctPAPWPLPenWSRef
1Hugh Duffy†19014889.350—————[17]
2Jimmy McAleer1902–1909551632.466—————[18]
3Jack O'Connor191047107.305—————[19]
4Bobby Wallace†1911–191257134.298—————[20]
5George Stovall1912–191391158.365—————[21]
6
Jimmy Austin191326.250—————[22]
7Branch Rickey†1913–1915139179.437—————[23]
8Fielder Jones1916–1918158196.446—————[24]
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Jimmy Austin191879.438—————[22]
9Jimmy Burke1918–1920172180.489—————[25]
10Lee Fohl1921–1923226183.553—————[26]
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Jimmy Austin19232229.431—————[22]
11George Sisler†1924–1926218241.475—————[27]
12Dan Howley1927–1929220239.479—————[28]
13Bill Killefer1930–1933224329.405—————[29]
14Allen Sothoron193326.250—————[30]
15Rogers Hornsby†1933–1937233352.398—————[14]
16Jim Bottomley†19372156.273—————[31]
17Gabby Street19385390.371—————[32]
18Oscar Melillo193827.222—————[33]
19Fred Haney1939–1941125227.355—————[34]
20Luke Sewell1941–1946432410.51312410[35][36]
21Zack Taylor19461317.433—————[37]
22Muddy Ruel19475995.383—————[38]
—Zack Taylor1948–1951222393.361—————[37]
—Rogers Hornsby†19522229.431—————[14]
23Marty Marion1952–195396161.374—————[39]
24Jimmie Dykes195454100.351—————[40]
25Paul Richards1955–1961517539.490—————[41]
26Luman Harris19611710.630—————[42]
27Billy Hitchcock1962–1963163161.503—————[43]
28Hank Bauer1964–1968407318.56114011[8][44]
29Earl Weaver‡§1968–19821354919.5966281841[11][45][46]
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30Joe Altobelli1983–1985212167.55917211[10][54][55]
31Cal Ripken, Sr.1985101.000—————[56]
—Earl Weaver‡§1985–1986126141.472—————[11]
—Cal Ripken, Sr.1987–198867101.399—————[56]
32Frank Robinson†§1988–1991230285.447—————[12]
33Johnny Oates1991–1994291270.519—————[57]
34Phil Regan19957173.493—————[58]
35Davey Johnson1996–1997186138.574291000[59][60][61]
[62][63]
36Ray Miller1998–1999157167.485—————[64]
37Mike Hargrove2000–2003275372.425—————[65]
38Lee Mazzilli2004–2005129140.480—————[66]
39Sam Perlozzo2005–2007122164.427—————[67]
40Dave Trembley2007–2010187283.398—————[68]
41Juan Samuel20101734.333—————[69]
42Buck Showalter2010–2018669684.49436700[70][71][72]
43Brandon Hyde2019–2025421493.46120500[73]
44Craig Albernaz2026– present
Totals43 Managers124 Seasons9,13410,113.47516564673
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Footnotes

  • a A running total of the number of Brewers'/Browns'/Orioles' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.

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