List of Cleveland Guardians managers

The Cleveland Guardians (formerly known as the Indians) are a professional baseball franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio that formed in 1901. They are members of the Central division of Major League Baseball's American League.[1] The current manager of the Guardians is Stephen Vogt, who replaced Terry Francona after he stepped down at the end of the 2023 season.

Cleveland has had 47 managers in their major league history. Jimmy McAleer became the first manager of the then Cleveland Blues in 1901, serving for one season. In 1901, McAleer was replaced with Bill Armour. Cleveland made their first playoff appearance under Tris Speaker in 1920. Out of the seven managers that have led Cleveland into the postseason, only Speaker and Lou Boudreau have led Cleveland to World Series championships, doing so in 1920 and 1948, respectively. Al López (1954), Mike Hargrove (1995 and 1997) and Terry Francona (2016) have also appeared in World Series with Cleveland. The highest winning percentage of any manager who managed at least one season was López, with a percentage of .617. The lowest percentage was Johnny Lipon's .305 in 1971, although he managed for only 59 games. The lowest percentage of a manager with at least one season with Cleveland was McAleer's .397 in 1901.

Francona managed more regular season games (1,678) than any other Cleveland manager. Francona is also the winningest manager in Cleveland MLB history, with 921 wins. Charlie Manuel, Eric Wedge, Speaker, Boudreau, López, Hargrove and Francona are the only managers to have led Cleveland into the playoffs. Speaker, Boudreau, López, Walter Johnson, Joe Gordon, Nap Lajoie and Frank Robinson are the seven members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who are also former managers of this club. Of those seven, López is the only one inducted as a manager.[2][3][4] Wedge and Francona are the only Cleveland managers to win the Manager of the Year award; Wedge in 2007, and Francona in 2013, 2016, and 2022.[5]

Table key
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 playoffs
PW
Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL
Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
WS
World Series: number of World Series victories achieved by this manager
† or ‡Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[6]

Managers

Statistics current through the 2023 postseason.

#[lower-alpha 1]ImageManagerSeasonsGamesWinsLossesWPctPAPWPLWSRef(s)
1Jimmy McAleer19011365482.397————[7]
2Bill Armour1902–1904427232195.543————[8]
3Nap Lajoie†1905583721.638————[9]
4Bill Bradley1905412021.488————[10]
—Nap Lajoie†1905–1909628340288.541————[11]
5Deacon McGuire1909–191120891117.438————[12]
6George Stovall19111367462.544————[13]
7Harry Davis19121255471.432————[14]
8Joe Birmingham1912–1915361170191.471————[15]
9Lee Fohl1915–1919637327310.513————[16]
10Tris Speaker†1919–19261,137617520.5431521[17][18]
11Jack McCallister19271536687.431————[19]
12Roger Peckinpaugh1928–1933817415402.508————[20]
13Bibb Falk19331101.000————[21]
14Walter Johnson†1933–1935347179168.516————[22]
15Steve O'Neill1935–1937367199168.542————[23]
16Ossie Vitt1938–1940460262198.570————[24]
—Roger Peckinpaugh19411547579.487————[20]
17Lou Boudreau†1942–19501,377728649.5291421[25][26]
18Al López‡1951–1956924570354.617104—[27][28]
19Kerby Farrell19571537677.497————[29]
20Bobby Bragan1958673136.463————[30]
21Joe Gordon†1958–1960335184151.549————[31]
22Jo-Jo White19601101.000————[32]
23Jimmy Dykes1960–1961218103115.472————[33]
24Mel Harder19611101.000————[34]
25Mel McGaha19621607882.488————[35]
—Mel Harder19622201.000————[34]
26Birdie Tebbetts19631627983.488————[36]
27George Strickland1964723339.458————[37]
—Birdie Tebbetts1964–1966375199176.531————[36]
—George Strickland1966391524.385————[37]
28Joe Adcock19671627587.463————[38]
29Alvin Dark1968–1971587266321.453————[39]
30Johnny Lipon1971591841.305————[40]
31Ken Aspromonte1972–1974480220260.458————[41]
32Frank Robinson†1975–1977375186189.496————[42]
33Jeff Torborg1977–1979358157201.439————[43]
34Dave Garcia1979–1982491247244.503————[44]
35Mike Ferraro19831004060.400————[45]
36Pat Corrales1983–1987635280355.441————[46]
37Doc Edwards1987–1989380173207.455————[47]
38John Hart198919811.421————[48]
39John McNamara1990–1991239102137.427————[49]
40Mike Hargrove1991–19991,312721591.55052725—[50]
41Charlie Manuel2000–2002410220190.537123—[51][52]
42Joel Skinner2002763541.461————[53]
43Eric Wedge2003–20091,134561573.495165—[54][55]
44Manny Acta2010–2012480214266.446————[56]
45Sandy Alomar Jr.2012633.500————[57]
46Terry Francona2013–20231,678921757.54861617—[58][lower-alpha 2]
47Stephen Vogt2024–present———————
Totals19,0609,7609,300.5121660582

See also

Notes
  1. A running total of the number of managers of the Guardians. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is counted only once.
  2. Francona managed only 14 games during the 60-game 2020 season due to health issues. He is credited with the 28 wins and 18 losses of acting manager Sandy Alomar Jr. Francona stepped aside for health reasons during the 2021 season after managing 99 games. He is credited with the 30 wins and 33 losses of acting manager DeMarlo Hale.

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