List of Boston Red Sox managers


The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are members of the American League East Division in Major League Baseball. There have been 47 different managers in their franchise history; four during the era of the Boston Americans and the rest under the Boston Red Sox. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Since 1912, the Red Sox have played their home games at Fenway Park.
Jimmy Collins was the first manager of the Americans and managed from 1901 to 1906. Joe Cronin managed the most games with 1,987 and wins with 1,071 with the Red Sox. Terry Francona, a recent manager of the Red Sox, managed the most playoff games with 42 and wins with 28. Bill Carrigan and Francona have each won two World Series championships. Carrigan won his two championships in 1915 and 1916, while Francona won his two championships in 2004 and 2007. John McNamara and Jimy Williams are the only two Red Sox managers to win the AL Manager of the Year Award, in 1986 and 1999 respectively. On October 22, 2017 the Red Sox named Alex Cora their manager after firing John Farrell on October 11, 2017. Cora was fired on January 14, 2020 after being implicated in a sign stealing scandal while he was a bench coach for the Houston Astros.

Key

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct through the 2018 season.
#NameTermGMWLWin %PGMPWPLPTAchievements
*1901–1906841455376.5411 World Series Championship
1906401426.350
*1907633.500
1907826.250
29920.310
22198123.443
1908–190919011080.579
1910–1911306159147.520
1912–191323214488.6211 World Series Championship
101913–1916538322216.599102 World Series Championships
1119171529062.592
12*1918–1920416213203.5121 World Series Championship
13*1921–1922308136172.442
14*19231526191.401
151924–1926459160299.349
1927–1929451167284.370
16193015452102.338
171931–193220773134.353
181932–193324895153.383
19*19341527676.500
20*1935–19471,9871,071916.5391946 American League pennant
21*1948–1950368223145.606
221950–195124915099.602
23*1952–1954461229232.497
241955–1959691360329.521
251959101.000
261959–19601225963.484
271960725.286
1960–1962427200227.467
281963–1964326147179.455
29*1964–1966310128182.413
3019661688.500
31*1967–1969477260217.5451967 American League pennant
321969954.555
331970–1973640345295.539
341974–1976408220188.539101975 American League pennant
351976–1980715411304.575
1980514.200
361981–1984594312282.525
371985–1988570297273.521141986 AL Manager of the Year
1986 American League pennant
381988–1991563301262.535—
391992–1994439207232.472
401995–1996306171135.559
411997–2001766414352.540141999 AL Manager of the Year
422001431726.395
432002–2003324188136.58012
442004–20111,296744552.5744528172 World Series Championships
4520121626993.426
462013–2017810432378.5331912111 World Series Championship
472018–2020324192132.593141131 World Series Championship