List of St. Louis Cardinals managers
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St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
are a baseball
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franchise based in St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri
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. They are members of the Central division of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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's National League
National League
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. The Cardinals franchise was formed in 1882.
There have been a total of 62 different managers for the Cardinals, which is more than any other Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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team. Ned Cuthbert
Ned Cuthbert
Edgar Edward "Ned" Cuthbert was an American professional baseball player.Cuthbert's baseball career began in 1865 with the Keystone Club of Philadelphia. After two seasons as a second baseman and outfielder with the Keystones, he moved across town to the West Philadelphia club, playing only four...
became the first manager of the then St. Louis Browns in 1882, serving for one season. Charles Comiskey
Charles Comiskey
Charles Albert "The Old Roman" Comiskey was a Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and later owned the Chicago White Sox...
became the first manager who held the title of manager for the Cardinals for more than one season. The franchise underwent several managerial changes in the 19th century, including three terms by Charles Comiskey
Charles Comiskey
Charles Albert "The Old Roman" Comiskey was a Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner. He was a key person in the formation of the American League and later owned the Chicago White Sox...
and owner Chris von der Ahe
Chris von der Ahe
Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von der Ahe was a German-American entrepreneur, best known as the owner of the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the American Association, now known as the St. Louis Cardinals....
. The franchise was officially renamed the St. Louis Cardinals in 1900. Since then the management has become more stable, and the Cardinals have won 11 World Series
World Series
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championships. The longest tenured manager in Cardinals history is Tony La Russa
Tony La Russa
Anthony "Tony" La Russa, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball manager and infielder, best known for his tenures as manager of the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals...
, who led the team from –; La Russa also leads Cardinals managers in wins, losses, and playoff appearances. Of the Cardinals managers, Comiskey, Tommy McCarthy
Tommy McCarthy
Thomas Francis Michael "Tommy" McCarthy was a 19th century Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.-Career:...
, Roger Connor
Roger Connor
Roger Connor was a 19th century Major League Baseball player, born in Waterbury, Connecticut. Known for being the player whom Babe Ruth succeeded as the all-time home run champion, Connor hit 138 home runs during his 18-year career, and his career home run record stood for 23 years after his...
, Kid Nichols
Kid Nichols
Charles Augustus Nichols , better known as Kid Nichols, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Admired for his steadfast consistency year-in and year-out, Nichols won 361 games, the 7th highest total in major league history...
, Roger Bresnahan
Roger Bresnahan
Roger Philip Bresnahan , nicknamed "The Duke of Tralee" for his Irish roots, was an American player in Major League Baseball who starred primarily as a catcher and a player-manager...
, Miller Huggins
Miller Huggins
Miller James Huggins , nicknamed "Mighty Mite", was a baseball player and manager. He managed the powerhouse New York Yankee teams of the 1920s and won six American League pennants and three World Series championships....
, Branch Rickey
Branch Rickey
Wesley Branch Rickey was an innovative Major League Baseball executive elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967...
, Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, Sr. , nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball . He played for the St. Louis Cardinals , New York Giants , Boston Braves , Chicago Cubs , and St. Louis Browns...
, Bill McKechnie
Bill McKechnie
William Boyd McKechnie was an American third baseman, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. He was the first manager to win World Series titles with two different teams , and remains one of only two managers to win pennants with three teams, also capturing the National League title in 1928...
, Billy Southworth
Billy Southworth
William Harrison Southworth was an American right fielder, center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball. Playing in and and from to , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Southworth managed in and from through...
, Frankie Frisch
Frankie Frisch
Francis “Frankie” Frisch , nicknamed the "Fordham Flash" or "The Old Flash", was a German American Major League Baseball player of the early twentieth century....
, Red Schoendienst
Red Schoendienst
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst is an American Major League Baseball coach, former player and manager, and 10-time All-star. After a 19-year playing career with the St...
, and Whitey Herzog
Whitey Herzog
Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog is a former Major League Baseball manager. Born in New Athens, Illinois, he made his debut as a player in 1956 with the Washington Senators. After his playing career ended in 1963, Herzog went on to perform a variety of roles in Major League Baseball, including...
have all been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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.
In 1883, Cuthbert was replaced by Ted Sullivan
Ted Sullivan (baseball)
Timothy Paul "Ted" Sullivan was an Irish-American manager and player in Major League Baseball who was born in County Clare, Ireland.-Career:...
. The Cardinals made their first unofficial playoff appearance under Comiskey in 1885. Hornsby, Frisch, Gabby Street
Gabby Street
Charles Evard “Gabby” Street , also nicknamed "The Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach and radio broadcaster in Major League Baseball during the first half of the 20th century. As a catcher, he participated in one of the most publicized baseball stunts of the century's first decade....
, Eddie Dyer
Eddie Dyer
Edwin Hawley Dyer was an American left-handed pitcher, manager and farm system official in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1922–44 and 1946–50...
, Southworth, Johnny Keane
Johnny Keane
John Joseph Keane was an American manager in Major League Baseball. Born in St. Louis, Missouri and known as a patient manager of young players, Keane participated in one of the strangest turns of events in baseball history in , his final season at the helm of the St...
, Schoendienst, and La Russa have all won a modern World Series
World Series
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with the Cardinals, with Southworth and La Russa each winning two. The highest winning percentage
Winning percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win...
of any manager who managed at least one season was Comiskey, with a percentage of .685. The lowest percentage by a manager was Arlie Latham
Arlie Latham
Walter Arlington Latham was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball from -. He died in Garden City, New York, at the age of 92.-Personality:...
in 1896, although he managed for only 3 games. The lowest percentage of a manager with at least one season with the Cardinals was Tim Hurst
Tim Hurst
Timothy Carroll "Tim" Hurst was an umpire and manager in Major League Baseball. His umpire career lasted 16 seasons from to . For one season, in , he became the on-field manager of the St. Louis Browns, and the team had a W–L record of 39 and 111 in 154 games...
, the manager in the 1898 season with a percentage of .260.
Table key
| Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed | |
| Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs Major League Baseball postseason The Major League Baseball postseason is an elimination tournament held after the conclusion of Major League Baseball's regular season. It consists of one best-of-five series and two best-of-seven series... |
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| Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs | |
| Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs | |
| World Series: number of World Series World Series The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy... victories achieved by this manager |
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| Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of... |
Managers (Pre 1900)
| # | Manager | Years | Wins | Losses | WPct | PA | PW | PL | WS | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .463 | |||||||||
| 2 | .671 | |||||||||
| 3 | .632 | |||||||||
| 4 | .607 | |||||||||
| — | – | .685 | ||||||||
| 5 | .500 | |||||||||
| 6 | .529 | |||||||||
| 7 | .467 | |||||||||
| 8 | .659 | |||||||||
| 9 | .556 | |||||||||
| — | .623 | |||||||||
| 10 | .250 | |||||||||
| 11 | .261 | |||||||||
| 12 | .450 | |||||||||
| 13 | .400 | |||||||||
| 14 | .333 | |||||||||
| 15 | .432 | |||||||||
| 16 | .424 | |||||||||
| 17 | .320 | |||||||||
| 18 | 1.000 | |||||||||
| 19 | .282 | |||||||||
| 20 | .268 | |||||||||
| 21 | .412 | |||||||||
| 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| — | .000 | |||||||||
| 23 | .178 | |||||||||
| 24 | – | .341 | ||||||||
| 25 | .200 | |||||||||
| 26 | .265 | |||||||||
| — | .143 | |||||||||
| 27 | .260 | |||||||||
| 28 | .556 | |||||||||
| Totals | 1178 | 1139 | .508 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 1 | |||
Managers (1900–present)
| # | Manager | Years | Wins | Losses | WPct | PA | PW | PL | WS | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .457 | |||||||||
| 2 | .479 | |||||||||
| 3 | – | .426 | ||||||||
| 4 | – | .476 | ||||||||
| 5 | .378 | |||||||||
| 6 | .380 | |||||||||
| 7 | – | .335 | ||||||||
| 8 | – | .420 | ||||||||
| 9 | – | .455 | ||||||||
| 10 | .395 | |||||||||
| 11 | – | .486 | ||||||||
| 12 | – | .569 | ||||||||
| 13 | .601 | |||||||||
| 14 | – | .594 | ||||||||
| 15 | .489 | |||||||||
| 16 | – | .563 | ||||||||
| 17 | – | .564 | ||||||||
| 18 | .500 | |||||||||
| 19 | – | .555 | ||||||||
| — | .167 | |||||||||
| — | – | .657 | ||||||||
| 19 | – | .578 | ||||||||
| 20 | .526 | |||||||||
| 21 | – | .522 | ||||||||
| 22 | .432 | |||||||||
| 23 | – | .513 | ||||||||
| 24 | .300 | |||||||||
| 25 | – | .497 | ||||||||
| 26 | – | .560 | ||||||||
| 27 | – | .522 | ||||||||
| 28 | – | .497 | ||||||||
| 29 | .500 | |||||||||
| 30 | – | .466 | ||||||||
| — | .000 | |||||||||
| — | .486 | |||||||||
| 31 | – | .530 | ||||||||
| — | .542 | |||||||||
| 32 | – | .498 | ||||||||
| 33 | .438 | |||||||||
| 34 | – | .544 | ||||||||
| Totals | 8842 | 8203 | .519 | 23 | 98 | 88 | 11 | |||