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| Rk | Mgr | Yrs | From | To | G | W | L | G>.500 | BestFin | WrstFin | AvRk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Battin | 2 | 1883 | 1884 | 26 | 8 | 18 | .308 | -10 | 7 | 10 | 8.5 |
| 2 | Hugo Bezdek | 3 | 1917 | 1919 | 356 | 166 | 187 | .470 | -21 | 4 | 8 | 5.0 |
| 3 | Bobby Bragan | 2 | 1956 | 1957 | 261 | 102 | 155 | .397 | -53 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 4 | Al Buckenberger | 3 | 1892 | 1894 | 336 | 187 | 144 | .565 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 4.4 |
| 5 | Tom Burns | 1 | 1892 | 1892 | 60 | 27 | 32 | .458 | -5 | 4 | 6 | 5.6 |
| 6 | Bill Burwell | 1 | 1947 | 1947 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Donie Bush | 3 | 1927 | 1929 | 427 | 246 | 178 | .580 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 2.3 |
| 8 | Ormond Butler | 1 | 1883 | 1883 | 53 | 17 | 36 | .321 | -19 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 9 | Nixey Callahan | 2 | 1916 | 1917 | 218 | 85 | 129 | .397 | -44 | 6 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 10 | Fred Clarke HOF | 16 | 1900 | 1915 | 2427 | 1422 | 969 | .595 | 453 | 1 | 7 | 2.7 |
| 11 | George Creamer | 1 | 1884 | 1884 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .000 | -8 | 10 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Spud Davis | 1 | 1946 | 1946 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | -1 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 13 | Patsy Donovan | 2 | 1897 | 1899 | 266 | 129 | 129 | .500 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7.5 |
| 14 | Fred Dunlap | 1 | 1889 | 1889 | 17 | 7 | 10 | .412 | -3 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 15 | Jewel Ens | 3 | 1929 | 1931 | 344 | 176 | 167 | .513 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 16 | Bob Ferguson | 1 | 1884 | 1884 | 42 | 11 | 31 | .262 | -20 | 10 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 17 | Frankie Frisch HOF | 7 | 1940 | 1946 | 1085 | 539 | 528 | .505 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 4.3 |
| 18 | George Gibson | 6 | 1920 | 1934 | 733 | 401 | 330 | .549 | 71 | 2 | 5 | 2.7 |
| 19 | Alex Grammas | 1 | 1969 | 1969 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 20 | Fred Haney | 3 | 1953 | 1955 | 462 | 163 | 299 | .353 | -136 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 21 | Ned Hanlon HOF | 2 | 1889 | 1891 | 124 | 57 | 65 | .467 | -8 | 5 | 8 | 6.9 |
| 22 | Guy Hecker | 1 | 1890 | 1890 | 138 | 23 | 113 | .169 | -90 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 23 | Billy Herman HOF | 1 | 1947 | 1947 | 155 | 61 | 92 | .399 | -31 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 24 | Gene Lamont | 4 | 1997 | 2000 | 647 | 295 | 352 | .456 | -57 | 2 | 6 | 4.0 |
| 25 | Jim Leyland | 11 | 1986 | 1996 | 1716 | 851 | 863 | .496 | -12 | 1 | 6 | 3.5 |
| 26 | Connie Mack HOF | 3 | 1894 | 1896 | 289 | 149 | 134 | .527 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| 27 | Pete Mackanin | 1 | 2005 | 2005 | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 | -2 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 28 | Lloyd McClendon | 5 | 2001 | 2005 | 782 | 336 | 446 | .430 | -110 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 |
| 29 | Bill McGunnigle | 1 | 1891 | 1891 | 59 | 24 | 33 | .421 | -9 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 30 | Bill McKechnie HOF | 5 | 1922 | 1926 | 707 | 409 | 293 | .583 | 116 | 1 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 31 | Denny McKnight | 1 | 1884 | 1884 | 12 | 4 | 8 | .333 | -4 | 10 | 10 | 10.0 |
| 32 | Billy Meyer | 5 | 1948 | 1952 | 774 | 317 | 452 | .412 | -135 | 4 | 8 | 6.6 |
| 33 | Danny Murtaugh | 15 | 1957 | 1976 | 2068 | 1115 | 950 | .540 | 165 | 1 | 8 | 3.3 |
| 34 | Horace Phillips | 6 | 1884 | 1889 | 621 | 294 | 316 | .482 | -22 | 2 | 10 | 4.7 |
| 35 | Al Pratt | 2 | 1882 | 1883 | 111 | 51 | 59 | .464 | -8 | 4 | 7 | 4.9 |
| 36 | John Russell | 2 | 2008 | 2009 | 323 | 129 | 194 | .399 | -65 | 6 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 37 | Larry Shepard | 2 | 1968 | 1969 | 320 | 164 | 155 | .514 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 38 | Chuck Tanner | 9 | 1977 | 1985 | 1398 | 711 | 685 | .509 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 3.4 |
| 39 | Jim Tracy | 2 | 2006 | 2007 | 324 | 135 | 189 | .417 | -54 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| 40 | Pie Traynor HOF | 6 | 1934 | 1939 | 868 | 457 | 406 | .530 | 51 | 2 | 6 | 3.9 |
| 41 | Bill Virdon | 2 | 1972 | 1973 | 291 | 163 | 128 | .560 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1.9 |
| 42 | Honus Wagner HOF | 1 | 1917 | 1917 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .200 | -3 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 43 | Harry Walker | 3 | 1965 | 1967 | 409 | 224 | 184 | .549 | 40 | 3 | 6 | 3.6 |
| 44 | Bill Watkins | 2 | 1898 | 1899 | 175 | 79 | 91 | .465 | -12 | 7 | 8 | 7.9 |
