Charlie Manuel, manager, 2005–present
In its 126-year history, the Philadelphia Phillies baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's National League has employed 51 managers and 10 general managers (GMs).[1][2] The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.[3] Of those 51 managers, 15 have been "player-managers";[1] specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.[4] In contrast, the general manager controls player transactions, hiring and firing of the coaching staff, and negotiates with players and agents regarding contracts.[5]
The Phillies posted their franchise record for losses in a season during their record-setting streak of 16 consecutive losing seasons (a season where the winning percentage is below .500), with 111 losses out of 154 games in 1941.[6] During this stretch from 1933 to 1948, the Phillies employed seven different managers, all of whom posted a winning percentage below .430 for their Phillies careers.[1] Seven managers have taken the Phillies to the postseason, with Danny Ozark leading the team to three playoff appearances. Dallas Green and Charlie Manuel are the only Phillies managers to win a World Series: Green in 1980 against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in 2008 against the Tampa Bay Rays.[7] The longest-tenured general manager is Paul Owens, with 11 years of service to the team as the general manager, from 1972 to 1983.[2] Owens also served as the team manager in 1972, and from 1983 to 1984.[1] After this time, he served as a team executive until 2003, and was inducted into the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame in recognition of his services.[8] Gene Mauch is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,332 games of service in parts of eight seasons (1960–1968).[9]
The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Arthur Irwin, whose .575 winning percentage is fourth on the all-time wins list for Phillies managers.[1] Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a season in franchise history is .160 by the inaugural season's second manager Blondie Purcell, who posted a 13–68 record during the 1883 season.[10]
[edit] 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 the manager |
| † or ‡ | Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)[11] |
| § | Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame |
[edit] Managers
Hugh Duffy, manager, 1904–1906
Kaiser Wilhelm, manager, 1921–1922
Statistics current through 2009 regular season
[edit] General managers
Herb Pennock, GM, 1944–1948
[edit] References
- General references
- "Philadelphia Phillies Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/PHI/managers.shtml. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- "Phillies All-Time Managers". Philadelphia Phillies. http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/phi/history/managers.jsp. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- Inline citations
[edit] External links
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