List of Detroit Tigers managers

The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers are members of the American League Central Division in Major League Baseball. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[1][2] The team initially began in the now defunct Western League in 1894, and later became one of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901. Since the inception of the team in 1894, it has employed 48 different managers.[3] The Tigers' current manager is A. J. Hinch, who was named manager on October 30, 2020, following the sudden retirement of Ron Gardenhire.[4]

The franchise's first manager after the team's arrival in the American League was George Stallings, who managed the team for one season. Hall of Famer Hughie Jennings, who managed the team from 1907 to 1920, led the team to three American League championships. Jennings however was unable to win the World Series, losing to the Chicago Cubs in 1907 and 1908 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909. The Detroit Tigers did not win their first World Series until 1935 under the leadership of player-manager Mickey Cochrane. Steve O'Neill later led the Tigers to another World Series victory again in 1945. The Tigers would not win another World Series until 1968 World Series when the Tigers, led by Mayo Smith, defeated the St. Louis Cardinals. Sparky Anderson's 1984 Detroit Tigers team was the franchise's last World Series victory, and marked the first time in Major League Baseball history that a manager won the World Series in both leagues. In total, the Tigers have won the American League pennant 10 times, and the World Series 4 times.

The longest tenured Tiger manager was Sparky Anderson. Anderson managed the team for 2,579 games from 1979 to 1995. Hughie Jennings, Bucky Harris and Jim Leyland are the only other Detroit Tiger managers who have managed the team for more than 1,000 games. Anderson's 1331 wins and 1248 losses also lead all Tiger managers, while Cochrane's winning percentage of .582 is the highest of any Tiger manager who has managed at least one full-season. Nine Hall of Famers have managed the Tigers: Ed Barrow, Jennings, Ty Cobb, Cochrane, Joe Gordon, Bucky Harris, Alan Trammell, Anderson, and Leyland. Barrow was elected as an executive, Jennings, Anderson, and Leyland were elected as managers; the others were elected as players.

## Key

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# | Number of managers[a]

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G | Regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W | Regular season wins
L | Regular season losses
Win% | Winning percentage
PA | Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW | Playoff wins
PL | Playoff losses
LC | League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
WS | World Series Championships: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager
Ref | Reference(s)
†  | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a manager or executive
*  | Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame primarily as a player
**  | Manager acted as interim manager

## Managers

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### Western League

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1 |  | Bob Glenalvin | 1894
2 |  | Con Strouthers | 1895–96
3 |  | George Stallings | 1896
4 |  | Bob Allen | 1897
5 |  | Frank Graves | 1897–98
6 |  | Ollie Beard | 1898
7 |  | Tony Mullane | 1898
8 |  | George Stallings | 1898–1900

### American League

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Through September 18, 2020
#[a] | Image | Manager | Seasons | W | L | Win% | PA | PW | PL | LC | WS | Ref

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1 |  | George Stallings | 1901 | 74 | 61 | .548 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
2 |  | Frank Dwyer | 1902 | 52 | 83 | .385 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
3 |  | Ed Barrow† | 1903–1904 | 97 | 117 | .453 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
4 |  | Bobby Lowe** | 1904 | 30 | 44 | .405 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
5 |  | Bill Armour | 1905–1906 | 150 | 152 | .497 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
6 |  | Hughie Jennings† | 1907–1920 | 1131 | 972 | .538 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | [5][6]
7 |  | Ty Cobb* | 1921–1926 | 479 | 444 | .519 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
8 |  | George Moriarty | 1927–1928 | 150 | 157 | .489 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
9 |  | Bucky Harris | 1929–1933 | 355 | 410 | .464 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
10 |  | Del Baker** | 1933 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |  |  |  |  |  | [5][7]
11 |  | Mickey Cochrane* | 1934–1936 | 259 | 166 | .609 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | [5][8]
– |  | Del Baker | 1936 | 18 | 16 | .529 |  |  |  |  |  | [5][7]
– |  | Mickey Cochrane* | 1937 | 42 | 33 | .560 |  |  |  |  |  | [5][8]
– |  | Del Baker | 1937 | 41 | 23 | .641 |  |  |  |  |  | [5][7]
12 |  | Cy Perkins** | 1937 | 6 | 9 | .400 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
– |  | Mickey Cochrane* | 1938 | 47 | 51 | .480 |  |  |  |  |  | [5][8]
– |  | Del Baker | 1938–1942 | 356 | 316 | .530 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | [5][7]
13 |  | Steve O'Neill | 1943–1948 | 509 | 414 | .551 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | [5][9]
14 |  | Red Rolfe | 1949–1952 | 278 | 256 | .521 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
15 |  | Fred Hutchinson | 1952–1954 | 155 | 235 | .397 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
– |  | Bucky Harris | 1955–1956 | 161 | 147 | .523 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
16 |  | Jack Tighe | 1957–1958 | 99 | 104 | .488 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
17 |  | Bill Norman | 1958–1959 | 58 | 64 | .475 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
18 |  | Jimmy Dykes | 1959–1960 | 118 | 115 | .506 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
19 |  | Billy Hitchcock** | 1960 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
20 |  | Joe Gordon* | 1960 | 26 | 31 | .456 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
21 |  | Bob Scheffing | 1961–1963 | 210 | 173 | .548 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
22 |  | Chuck Dressen | 1963–1964 | 140 | 124 | .530 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
23 |  | Bob Swift | 1965 | 24 | 18 | .571 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
– |  | Chuck Dressen | 1965–1966 | 81 | 65 | .555 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
– |  | Bob Swift** | 1966 | 32 | 25 | .561 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
24 |  | Frank Skaff** | 1966 | 40 | 39 | .506 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
25 |  | Mayo Smith | 1967–1970 | 363 | 285 | .560 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | [5][10]
26 |  | Billy Martin | 1971–1973 | 248 | 204 | .549 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [5][11]
27 |  | Joe Schultz** | 1973 | 14 | 14 | .500 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
28 |  | Ralph Houk | 1974–1978 | 363 | 443 | .450 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
29 |  | Les Moss | 1979 | 27 | 26 | .509 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
30 |  | Dick Tracewski** | 1979 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
31 |  | Sparky Anderson† | 1979–1995 | 1331 | 1248 | .516 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | [5][12]
32 |  | Buddy Bell | 1996–1998 | 184 | 277 | .399 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
33 |  | Larry Parrish | 1998–1999 | 82 | 104 | .441 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
34 |  | Phil Garner | 2000–2002 | 145 | 185 | .439 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
35 |  | Luis Pujols** | 2002 | 55 | 100 | .355 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
36 |  | Alan Trammell* | 2003–2005 | 186 | 300 | .383 |  |  |  |  |  | [5]
37 |  | Jim Leyland | 2006–2013 | 700 | 597 | .540 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | [5][13][14]
38 |  | Brad Ausmus | 2014–2017 | 314 | 332 | .486 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [5]
39 |  | Ron Gardenhire | 2018–2020 | 132 | 241 | .354 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [5][15]
40 |  | Lloyd McClendon** | 2020 | 2 | 6 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [5][16]
41 |  | A. J. Hinch | 2021–present | 287 | 334 | .462 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | [5][4]

## Managers with multiple tenures

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#  | Manager  | Seasons  | G  | W  | L  | Win%  | PA  | PW  | PL  | LC  | WS  | Ref

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9 | Bucky Harris | 1929–1933
1955–1956  | 1,078 | 516 | 557 | .481  |  |  |  |  |  |
10 | Mickey Cochrane*  | 1934–1936, 1937, 1938  | 600 | 348 | 250 | .582  | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1  |
11  | Del Baker | 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938–1942  | 675 | 417 | 355 | .540  |  |  |  |  |  |
22  | Chuck Dressen | 1963–1964
1965–1966  | 411 | 221 | 189 | .539  |  |  |  |  |  |
23  | Bob Swift | 1965, 1966  | 99 | 56 | 43 | .566  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Notes

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* a A running total of the number of managers of the Tigers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once.

## References

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1. ^ "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
2. ^ Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530\. ISBN 978-0-393-06681-4.
3. ^ "Detroit Tiger Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
4. ^ a b Beck, Jason (October 30, 2020). "Hinch: 'The good times are coming' to Detroit". MLB.com. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
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6. ^ "Hughie Jennings". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
7. ^ a b c d "Del Baker". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
8. ^ a b c "Mickey Cochrane". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
9. ^ "Steve O'Neill". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
10. ^ "Mayo Smith". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
11. ^ "Billy Martin". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
12. ^ "Sparky Anderson". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
13. ^ "Jim Leyland". Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
14. ^ "2013 Detroit Tigers Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
15. ^ Beck, Jason (October 20, 2017). "Tigers, Gardenhire finalize skipper's 3-year deal". MLB.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
16. ^ Beck, Jason (September 19, 2020). "Citing health, Tigers manager Gardy retires". MLB.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.

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Major League Baseball team managers

American League|

| East|

* Brandon Hyde (Baltimore Orioles)
* Alex Cora (Boston Red Sox)
* Aaron Boone (New York Yankees)
* Kevin Cash (Tampa Bay Rays)
* John Schneider (Toronto Blue Jays)

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Central|

* Will Venable (Chicago White Sox)
* Stephen Vogt (Cleveland Guardians)
* A. J. Hinch (Detroit Tigers)
* Matt Quatraro (Kansas City Royals)
* Rocco Baldelli (Minnesota Twins)

West|

* Joe Espada (Houston Astros)
* Ron Washington (Los Angeles Angels)
* Mark Kotsay (Oakland Athletics)
* Dan Wilson (Seattle Mariners)
* Bruce Bochy (Texas Rangers)

National League|

| East|

* Brian Snitker (Atlanta Braves)
* Clayton McCullough (Miami Marlins)
* Carlos Mendoza (New York Mets)
* Rob Thomson (Philadelphia Phillies)
* Dave Martinez (Washington Nationals)

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Central|

* Craig Counsell (Chicago Cubs)
* Terry Francona (Cincinnati Reds)
* Pat Murphy (Milwaukee Brewers)
* Derek Shelton (Pittsburgh Pirates)
* Oliver Marmol (St. Louis Cardinals)

West|

* Torey Lovullo (Arizona Diamondbacks)
* Bud Black (Colorado Rockies)
* Dave Roberts (Los Angeles Dodgers)
* Mike Shildt (San Diego Padres)
* Bob Melvin (San Francisco Giants)

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* Baltimore Orioles (19th century)
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* Cleveland Spiders
* Detroit Wolverines
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* Providence Grays
* Washington Senators (19th century)

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Detroit Tigers managers

* Bob Glenalvin (1894)
* Con Strouthers (1895–1896)
* George Stallings (1896)
* Bob Allen (1897)
* Frank Graves (1897–1898)
* Ollie Beard (1898)
* Tony Mullane (1898)
* George Stallings (1898–1901)
* Frank Dwyer (1902)
* Ed Barrow (1903–1904)
* Bobby Lowe (1904)
* Bill Armour (1905–1906)
* Hughie Jennings (1907–1920)
* Ty Cobb (1921–1926)
* George Moriarty (1927–1928)
* Bucky Harris (1929–1933)
* Del Baker (1933)
* Mickey Cochrane (1934–1937)
* Del Baker (1936)
* Cy Perkins (1937)
* Del Baker (1937)
* Mickey Cochrane (1938)
* Del Baker (1938–1942)
* Steve O'Neill (1943–1948)
* Red Rolfe (1949–1952)
* Fred Hutchinson (1952–1954)
* Bucky Harris (1955–1956)
* Jack Tighe (1957–1958)
* Bill Norman (1958–1959)
* Jimmy Dykes (1959–1960)
* Billy Hitchcock (1960)
* Joe Gordon (1960)
* Bob Scheffing (1961–1963)
* Chuck Dressen (1963–1964)
* Bob Swift (1965)
* Chuck Dressen (1965–1966)
* Frank Skaff (1966)
* Bob Swift (1966)
* Mayo Smith (1967–1970)
* Billy Martin (1971–1973)
* Joe Schultz Jr. (1973)
* Ralph Houk (1974–1978)
* Les Moss (1979)
* Dick Tracewski (1979)
* Sparky Anderson (1979–1995)
* Buddy Bell (1996–1998)
* Larry Parrish (1998–1999)
* Phil Garner (2000–2002)
* Luis Pujols (2002)
* Alan Trammell (2003–2005)
* Jim Leyland (2006–2013)
* Brad Ausmus (2014–2017)
* Ron Gardenhire (2018–2020)
* Lloyd McClendon (2020)
* A. J. Hinch (2021–present)

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Detroit Tigers

* Established in 1894
* Based in Detroit, Michigan

Franchise|

* History
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* Players
* First-round draft picks
* Managers
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* Opening Day starting pitchers

Ballparks|

* Bennett Park
* Tiger Stadium
* Comerica Park

* Spring training: Whittington Park
* Plant Field
* Bosse Field
* Henley Field
* Joker Marchant Stadium

Culture|

* T206 Ty Cobb
* Li'l Rastus
* Paws
* "Detroit Rock City"
* "The Bird"
* The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Mark Fidrych
* One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
* Magnum, P.I. (reboot)
* Tiger Town
* Cobb
* For Love of the Game
* The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
* Bless You Boys
* "The Singing Hot Dog Man"
* "Roar (song)"
* Ball Park Franks

Lore|

* 1910 Chalmers Award
* 1912 suspension of Ty Cobb
* replacement players
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* 2009 AL Central tie-breaker game
* 28-out perfect game
* MLB in Omaha

Rivalries|

* Chicago White Sox

Minor league affiliates|

* Player overview
* Triple-A: Toledo Mud Hens
* Double-A: Erie SeaWolves
* High-A: West Michigan Whitecaps
* Single-A: Lakeland Flying Tigers
* Rookie: FCL Tigers
* DSL Tigers 1
* DSL Tigers 2

Key personnel|

* Owner: Christopher Ilitch
* President of baseball operations: Scott Harris
* General Manager: Jeff Greenberg
* Manager: A. J. Hinch

World Series
championships (4)|

* 1935
* 1945
* 1968
* 1984

American League pennants (11)|

* American League: 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1934
* 1935
* 1940
* 1945
* 1968
* 1984
* 2006
* 2012

Division titles (7)|

* East: 1972
* 1984
* 1987
* Central: 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014

Wild card berths (2)|

* 2006
* 2024

Broadcasters|

* TV: Bally Sports Detroit
* Matt Shepard
* Kirk Gibson
* Jack Morris
* Radio: Detroit Tigers Radio Network
* WXYT-FM
* Dan Dickerson
* Jim Price
* History: List of Detroit Tigers broadcasters

Seasons (123)

1900s|

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1910s|

* 1910
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* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
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* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
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* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
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* 1992
* 1993
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* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
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* 2003
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* 2006
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* 2008
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2010s|

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