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| Rk | Mgr | Yrs | From | To | G | W | L | G>.500 | BestFin | WrstFin | AvRk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sparky Anderson HOF | 17 | 1979 | 1995 | 2580 | 1331 | 1248 | .516 | 83 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Bill Armour | 2 | 1905 | 1906 | 305 | 150 | 152 | .497 | -2 | 3 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 3 | Del Baker | 8 | 1933 | 1942 | 778 | 417 | 355 | .540 | 62 | 1 | 5 | 3.6 |
| 4 | Ed Barrow HOF | 2 | 1903 | 1904 | 221 | 97 | 117 | .453 | -20 | 5 | 7 | 5.8 |
| 5 | Buddy Bell | 3 | 1996 | 1998 | 461 | 184 | 277 | .399 | -93 | 3 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 6 | Ty Cobb HOF | 6 | 1921 | 1926 | 933 | 479 | 444 | .519 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 4.0 |
| 7 | Mickey Cochrane HOF | 5 | 1934 | 1938 | 600 | 348 | 250 | .582 | 98 | 1 | 4 | 1.8 |
| 8 | Chuck Dressen | 4 | 1963 | 1966 | 411 | 221 | 189 | .539 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 9 | Frank Dwyer | 1 | 1902 | 1902 | 137 | 52 | 83 | .385 | -31 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | Jimmie Dykes | 2 | 1959 | 1960 | 233 | 118 | 115 | .506 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 11 | Phil Garner | 3 | 2000 | 2002 | 330 | 145 | 185 | .439 | -40 | 3 | 5 | 3.5 |
| 12 | Joe Gordon HOF | 1 | 1960 | 1960 | 57 | 26 | 31 | .456 | -5 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 13 | Bucky Harris HOF | 7 | 1929 | 1956 | 1078 | 516 | 557 | .481 | -41 | 5 | 7 | 5.4 |
| 14 | Billy Hitchcock | 1 | 1960 | 1960 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Ralph Houk | 5 | 1974 | 1978 | 806 | 363 | 443 | .450 | -80 | 4 | 6 | 5.2 |
| 16 | Fred Hutchinson | 3 | 1952 | 1954 | 396 | 155 | 235 | .397 | -80 | 5 | 8 | 6.0 |
| 17 | Hughie Jennings HOF | 14 | 1907 | 1920 | 2127 | 1131 | 972 | .538 | 159 | 1 | 7 | 3.6 |
| 18 | Jim Leyland | 4 | 2006 | 2009 | 649 | 343 | 306 | .529 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 19 | Bobby Lowe | 1 | 1904 | 1904 | 78 | 30 | 44 | .405 | -14 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 20 | Billy Martin | 3 | 1971 | 1973 | 452 | 248 | 204 | .549 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 |
| 21 | George Moriarty | 2 | 1927 | 1928 | 310 | 150 | 157 | .489 | -7 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 |
| 22 | Les Moss | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 53 | 27 | 26 | .509 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 23 | Bill Norman | 2 | 1958 | 1959 | 122 | 58 | 64 | .475 | -6 | 4 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 24 | Steve O'Neill | 6 | 1943 | 1948 | 933 | 509 | 414 | .551 | 95 | 1 | 5 | 2.8 |
| 25 | Larry Parrish | 2 | 1998 | 1999 | 186 | 82 | 104 | .441 | -22 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 26 | Cy Perkins | 1 | 1937 | 1937 | 15 | 6 | 9 | .400 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 27 | Luis Pujols | 1 | 2002 | 2002 | 155 | 55 | 100 | .355 | -45 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 28 | Red Rolfe | 4 | 1949 | 1952 | 539 | 278 | 256 | .521 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 4.2 |
| 29 | Bob Scheffing | 3 | 1961 | 1963 | 384 | 210 | 173 | .548 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 30 | Joe Schultz | 1 | 1973 | 1973 | 28 | 14 | 14 | .500 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 31 | Frank Skaff | 1 | 1966 | 1966 | 79 | 40 | 39 | .506 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 32 | Mayo Smith | 4 | 1967 | 1970 | 651 | 363 | 285 | .560 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 2.2 |
| 33 | George Stallings | 1 | 1901 | 1901 | 136 | 74 | 61 | .548 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 34 | Bob Swift | 2 | 1965 | 1966 | 99 | 56 | 43 | .566 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 35 | Jack Tighe | 2 | 1957 | 1958 | 203 | 99 | 104 | .488 | -5 | 4 | 5 | 4.2 |
| 36 | Dick Tracewski | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 37 | Alan Trammell | 3 | 2003 | 2005 | 486 | 186 | 300 | .383 | -114 | 4 | 5 | 4.3 |
