List of Texas Rangers managers

Ron Washington managed the Rangers from 2007 to 2014

The 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.^[1] In its 53-year history, the Texas Rangers baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's American League has employed 24 managers.^[2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[3]

Mickey Vernon became the first manager of the Texas Rangers 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.^[4] Ted Williams is the only Rangers manager to have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame;^[5] Whitey Herzog, who was elected to the Hall in 2009 and will be inducted in July 2010,^[6] will become the only Rangers manager to earn induction as a manager (Williams was inducted for his playing career).

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^[7] with one game to go in the 1978 season and replaced by Pat Corrales. In 1982, Don Zimmer was fired^[8] 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'.^[9] In 1985, after Doug Rader led the Rangers to (exact number of seasons) losing seasons, he was replaced by Bobby Valentine, who in turn was replaced by Toby Harrah during midseason. In 2001, Johnny Oates's poor performance forced the Rangers to hire Jerry Narron as his replacement during midseason. Buck Showalter was hired as manager of the Texas Rangers on October 11, 2002, following a last-place season under manager Jerry Narron. Showalter managed the Rangers through the 2006 season, before being fired as manager on October 4, 2006. In November 2006, Ron Washington was hired as manager of the Rangers. He managed the team from 2007^[10] to 2014, longer than any other person in the franchise's history, when he announced his resignation on September 5, 2014. Jeff Banister is currently manager for the Rangers.^[11]

Key

GM	Games managed
W	Wins
L	Losses
Win%	Winning percentage
*	Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of 23 September of the 2014 MLB season.

#	Name	Term^[a]	Regular season				Playoffs			Awards	Reference
			GM	W	L	Win%	GM	W	L
1	Mickey Vernon	1961–1963	362	135	227	.373	—	—	—		[12]
2	Eddie Yost	1963	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—		[13]
3	Gil Hodges	1963–1967	765	321	444	.420	—	—	—		[14]
4	Jim Lemon	1968	161	65	96	.404	—	—	—		[15]
5	Ted Williams*	1969–1972	637	273	364	.429	—	—	—		[16]
6	Whitey Herzog*	1973	138	47	91	.341	—	—	—		[17]
7	Del Wilber	1973	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—		[18]
8	Billy Martin	1973–1975	278	137	141	.493	—	—	—		[19]
9	Frank Lucchesi	1975–1977	291	142	149	.488	—	—	—		[20]
10	Eddie Stanky	1977	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—		[21]
11	Connie Ryan	1977	6	2	4	.333	—	—	—		[22]
12	Billy Hunter	1977–1978	254	146	108	.575	—	—	—		[23]
13	Pat Corrales	1978–1980	324	160	164	.494	—	—	—		[24]
14	Don Zimmer	1981–1982	201	95	106	.473	—	—	—		[25]
15	Darrell Johnson	1982	66	26	40	.394	—	—	—		[26]
16	Doug Rader	1983–1985	355	155	200	.437	—	—	—		[27]
17	Bobby Valentine	1985–1992	1186	581	605	.490	—	—	—		[28]
18	Toby Harrah	1992	76	32	44	.421	—	—	—		[29]
19	Kevin Kennedy	1993–1994	276	138	138	.500	—	—	—		[30]
20	Johnny Oates	1995–2001	982	506	476	.515	10	1	9	1996 Manager of the Year Award	[4][31]
21	Jerry Narron	2001–2002	296	134	162	.453	—	—	—		[32]
22	Buck Showalter	2003–2006	648	319	329	.492	—	—	—	2004 Manager of the Year Award	[31][33]
23	Ron Washington	2007–2014	1275	664	611	.521	34	18	16	2 AL Pennants	[34]
24	Tim Bogar	2014	22	14	8	.636	—	—	—		[35]
25	Jeff Banister	2015–	324	183	141	.565	5	2	3	2015 Al Manager of the Year Award	[35]

Notes

• ^a Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.

References

General references

1. "Texas Rangers Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
2. "Rangers All-Time Managers". Texas Rangers. Retrieved 2008-12-30.

In-text citations

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5. "Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
6. "Doug Harvey, Whitey Herzog Elected to Hall of Fame by Veterans Committee" (Press release). National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. December 7, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
7. Once Texas hero, Hunter fired for poor relationship with team
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13. "Eddie Yost Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
14. "Gil Hodges Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
15. "Jim Lemon Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
16. "Ted Williams Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
17. "Whitey Herzog Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
18. "Del Wilber Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
19. "Billy Martin Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
20. "Frank Lucchesi Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
21. "Eddie Stanky Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
22. "Connie Ryan Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
23. "Billy Hunter Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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25. "Don Zimmer Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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29. "Toby Harrah Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
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31. "Manager of the Year Award Winners". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
32. "Jerry Narron Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
33. "Buck Showalter Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
34. "Ron Washington Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
35. "Tim Bogar Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2014-09-05.