List of Houston Astros managers

The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League (AL) West in Major League Baseball (MLB). The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt .45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. The team won their first NL Championship in 2005. Having first played in Colt Stadium (1962–1964), and later in The Astrodome, now known as the Reliant Astrodome (1965–1999), the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000.[1] The franchise is owned by Jim Crane, and Jeff Luhnow is their general manager.[2]

There have been 16 managers for the Astros franchise.[3] The team's first manager was Harry Craft, who managed for three seasons. Bill Virdon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed (1066), and the most regular-season game wins (544); Hal Lanier and Phil Garner are tied for the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff games managed (14); Garner is the franchise's all-time leader for the most playoff-game wins (7). Salty Parker is the Astros' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games (one season), Larry Dierker has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .556. Garner is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with .500.[3][4] Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.[5] Garner is the only manager to have won an NL championship with the Astros, winning it in 2005.[4] Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002.[6] Dierker is also the sixth manager in MLB history to win a division championship in his first season for the Astros in 1997.[6] Lanier and Dierker are the only managers to have won a Manager of the Year Award with the Astros, winning it in 1986 and 1998 respectively.[7] Grady Hatton, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros.

Key

# Number of managers[a]
GM Regular-season games managed
W Regular-season wins
L Regular-season losses
Win% Regular-season winning percentage
PGM Playoff games managed
PW Playoff wins
PL Playoff losses
PWin% Playoff winning percentage
* Spent entire MLB managing career with the Colt .45s / Astros[3]
** Interim manager only[3]
*** Acting manager during manager's medical leave of absence
† Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager[5]
§ Number retired by the Colt .45s / Astros franchise[6]

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of October 15,2015.

#[a] Name Term[b] GM W L Win% PGM[4][8] PW[4][8] PL[4][8] PWin%[4][8] Achievements
1 Craft, HarryHarry Craft 1962–1964 471 191 280 .406 — — — —
2 Harris, LumanLuman Harris 1964–1965 175 70 105 .400 — — — —
3 Hatton, GradyGrady Hatton* 1966–1968 385 164 221 .426 — — — —
4 Walker, HarryHarry Walker 1968–1972 708 355 353 .501 — — — —
5 Parker, SaltySalty Parker** 1972 1 1 0 1.000 — — — —
6 Durocher, LeoLeo Durocher† 1972–1973 193 98 95 .508 — — — —
7 Gómez, PrestonPreston Gómez 1974–1975 289 128 161 .443 — — — —
8 Virdon, BillBill Virdon 1975–1982 1,066 544 522 .510 10 4 6 .400
9 Lillis, BobBob Lillis 1982–1985 537 276 261 .514 — — — —
10 Lanier, HalHal Lanier* 1986–1988 486 254 232 .523 6 2 4 .333 1986 NL Manager of the Year[7]
11 Howe, ArtArt Howe 1989–1993 810 392 418 .484 — — — —
12 Collins, TerryTerry Collins 1994–1996 421 224 197 .532 — — — —
13 Dierker, LarryLarry Dierker*§ 1997–2001 810 448 362 .553 14 2 12 .143 1998 NL Manager of the Year[7]
14 Galante, MattMatt Galante*** 1999 27 13 14 .481 — — — —
15 Williams, JimyJimy Williams 2002–2004 412 215 197 .522 — — — —
16 Garner, PhilPhil Garner 2004–2007 529 277 252 .524 26 13 13 .500 2005 NL championship[4][8]
17 Cooper, CecilCecil Cooper* 2007–2009 341 171 170 .501 — — — —
18 Clark, DaveDave Clark** 2009 13 4 9 .308 — — — —
19 Mills, BradBrad Mills* 2010–2012 445 171 274 .384 — — — —
20 DeFrancesco, TonyTony DeFrancesco** 2012 41 16 25 .390 — — — —
21 Porter, BoBo Porter* 2013–2014 300 110 190 .367 — — — —
22 Lawless, TomTom Lawless** 2014 24 11 13 .458 — — — — —
23 Hinch, AJAJ Hinch 2015–Present 162 86 76 .531 6 3 3 .500

Notes

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Astros History". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  2. ↑ "Front Office". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Houston Astros Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Astros Postseason Results". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  5. 1 2 "Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction". BaseballHallofFame.com. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  6. 1 2 3 "Astros Retired Numbers". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  7. 1 2 3 "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "2005 Houston Astros". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.

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