The
Atlanta Braves
are a professional
baseball
team based in
Atlanta
,
Georgia
. The Braves are members of the
National League
(NL)
East
division in
Major League Baseball
(MLB). Since the franchise started as the Boston Red Stockings (no relationship to the current
Boston Red Sox
team) in 1871, the team has changed its name several times and relocated twice. The Braves were a charter member of the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Caps, and are one of the NL's two remaining charter franchises (the other being the
Chicago Cubs
).
[1]
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.
[2]
[3]
The Braves franchise has employed 45 managers.
[4]
The franchise's first manager was
Hall of Famer
Harry Wright
, who managed the team for eleven seasons.
[5]
Frank Selee
was the next manager to have managed the team for eleven seasons, with a total of twelve with the formerly named Boston Beaneaters.
[6]
The formerly named Boston Braves made their first postseason appearance under
George Stallings
in 1914, winning the
World Series that year
.
[7]
Several other managers spent long tenures with the Braves.
Bill McKechnie
managed the Braves from 1930 to 1937, while
Casey Stengel
managed the team from 1938 to 1942.
[8]
[9]
The franchise was known as the Boston Bees from 1936 to 1940, and was again named the Boston Braves until 1952. Stengel also managed the Braves in 1943.
[9]
From 1943 to 1989, no managerial term lasted as long as five complete seasons. The Braves were managed by
Billy Southworth
from 1946 to 1949, and again from 1950 to 1951. Southworth led the team into the
1948 World Series
, which ended the Braves' 34-year postseason drought; the World Series ended in a losing result for the Braves. In 1953, the team moved from Boston to Milwaukee, where it was known as the Milwaukee Braves. Its first manager in Milwaukee was
Charlie Grimm
, who managed the team from mid-season of 1952 to mid-season of 1956.
Fred Haney
took over the managerial position after Grimm, and led the team to the
World Series in 1957
, defeating the
New York Yankees
in a
game seven
to win the series.
[10]
In 1966, the team moved from Milwaukee to its current location, Atlanta. Its first manager in Atlanta was
Bobby Bragan
, who managed the team for three seasons earlier in Milwaukee.
Lum Harris
was the first manager to have managed the team in Atlanta for more than four seasons. Harris led the team into the
NL Championship Series
(NLCS) in 1969, but failed to advance into the World Series.
Joe Torre
was the next manager to manage the Braves into the postseason, but like Harris, led the team into the NLCS with a losing result.
[10]
Bobby Cox
was the manager of the Braves from 1990 till 2010. Under his leadership the Braves made the postseason 15 times, winning five National League championships and one
World Series title in 1995
.
[11]
Cox has the most regular season wins, regular season losses, postseason appearances, postseason wins and postseason losses of any Braves manager.
[4]
He was named NL
Manager of the Year
three times, in 1991, 2004 and 2005.
[12]
After Cox retired upon the conclusion of the 2010 season,
Fredi Gonzalez
was hired to take over as manager.
Several managers have had multiple tenures with the Braves.
John Morrill
served three terms in the 1880s as the Braves manager, while
Fred Tenney
, Stengel,
Bob Coleman
, Southworth,
Dave Bristol
and Cox each served two terms.
Ted Turner
and
Vern Benson
's term each lasted only a single game, as they were both interim managers between Bristol's tenures.
Table key
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Years
|
the corresponding Major League Baseball season
|
WPct
|
Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
|
PA
|
Postseason appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the
postseason
|
PW
|
Postseason wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the postseason
|
PL
|
Postseason losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the postseason
|
Pen
|
Pennants: number of pennants (league championships) won by the manager
|
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)
|
Managers
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edit
]
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Harry Wright became the first manager of the then Boston Red Stockings in 1871.
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Frank Selee served as manager from 1890 to 1901.
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George Stallings led the Braves to a World Series in 1914.
-
Joe Torre (seen here as the manager of the
New York Yankees
), led the Braves to a postseason appearance in 1982.
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Bobby Cox was the manager of the Braves from 1978 to 1981 and from 1990 to 2010, to a World Series in 1995.
-
Fredi Gonzalez managed the Braves from 2011 to 2016.
See also
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Notes
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- a
#:
A running total of the number of Braves' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
References
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- General
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- Established in
1871
- Formerly the
Boston Red Stockings
,
Boston Red Caps
,
Boston Beaneaters
,
Boston Doves
,
Boston Rustlers
,
Boston Bees
,
Boston Braves
and the
Milwaukee Braves
- Based in
Atlanta, Georgia
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Division titles (23)
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