The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team that plays in the National League Western Division. Beginning with John Clapp, who managed the team at their inception as the New York Gothams in 1883, 42 managers have been employed by the Giants. A team manager's duties include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.
The aforementioned first manager, John Clapp, managed the team for one year before being replaced in 1884 by Jim Price. The New York Giants won two World Series championships during the 19th century, in 1888 and 1889, with Jim Mutrie as their manager both years. John McGraw became the Giants' manager during the 1902 season, beginning a 54-year streak during which the Giants were managed by a Baseball Hall of Famer. McGraw managed for the better course of 30 years (he missed parts of the 1924, 1925, and 1927 seasons due to illness; Hughie Jennings took over for the former two while Rogers Hornsby served as player-manager for the latter), doing so until the middle of the season, the longest managerial tenure in Giants history. McGraw won 2,583 games as the Giants manager, the most in Giants history. While managing the Giants, the team won the National League championship 10 times—in 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1922, 1923 and 1924. They played in the World Series nine times (no World Series was played in 1904) and won three, in 1905, 1921 and 1922.
McGraw's successor was Hall of Famer Bill Terry, who managed the team from the middle of the 1932 season until 1941. He won 823 games as the Giants' manager, fourth-most in Giants history, and won three National League championships, in 1933, 1936 and 1937, winning the World Series in 1933. Hall of Famers Mel Ott and Leo Durocher managed the team from 1942 through 1955. Durocher was the manager for the Giants' World Series championship in 1954.
The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco in 1958, with Bill Rigney as their manager. They won their first National League championship in San Francisco under Alvin Dark in 1962 but lost the World Series that year. In their first 28 years in San Francisco, they had 14 managers (including two terms by Rigney). Since 1985, the Giants' managerial situation has been more stable. Roger Craig managed the team for more than seven seasons, from the middle of the 1985 season until 1992, including a National League championship in 1989. His successor, Dusty Baker, managed the team for ten years from 1993 through 2002, winning the National League championship in 2002. Baker has the third-highest win total of any Giants manager with 840. Felipe Alou replaced Baker in 2003 and managed the team until 2006. Bruce Bochy managed the team from the 2007 season through 2019, winning World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014, and has the second-most wins among all Giants managers.
Jim Mutrie has the highest winning percentage of any Giants manager, with .605. Heinie Smith has the lowest, with .156, although he managed just 32 games. The lowest winning percentage of any Giants manager who managed at least 100 games is .389, by Jim Davenport in 1985.
Table key A running total of the number of Giants managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie gamesNumber of regular season wins in games managedNumber of regular season losses in games managedWinning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managedPlayoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffsPlayoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffsPlayoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffsLeague Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the managerWorld Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the managerElected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Managers # Image Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref 1 98 46 50 .479 2 100 56 42 .571 3 † 14 6 8 .429 4 – 905 529 345 .605 5 153 71 80 .470 — † – 275 156 108 .591 6 † 33 16 17 .485 7 64 32 31 .508 8 35 18 17 .514 9 90 36 53 .404 10 – 316 179 122 .595 11 † 22 9 13 .409 12 66 29 35 .453 13 87 31 55 .360 14 † 63 21 41 .339 — † – 291 91 122 .427 15 44 18 23 .439 16 32 5 27 .156 17 † – 4,424 2,583 1,790 .591 18 † (interim) , 76 53 23 .697 19 † (interim) 33 22 10 .688 20 † – 1,496 823 661 .555 21 † – 1,004 464 530 .467 22 † – 1,163 637 523 .549 23 – 674 332 342 .493 24 98 46 50 .479 25 – 644 366 277 .569 26 – 649 367 280 .567 27 – 204 109 95 .534 28 – 675 348 327 .478 29 – 247 118 129 .516 — 162 74 88 .457 30 – 464 225 239 .485 31 – 183 85 98 .464 32 † – 541 264 277 .488 33 (interim) 56 24 32 .429 34 144 56 88 .389 35 – 1,152 586 566 .509 36 – 1,556 840 715 .540 37 – 646 342 304 .529 38 – 2,106 1052 1054 .500 39 – 543 295 248 .543 1 2 3 40 (interim) 3 1 2 .333 0 0 0 41 – 324 161 163 .497 0 0 0 42 –present 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 Statistics current through 2025 season.
Managers with multiple tenures # Manager Seasons G W L WPct PA PW PL LC WS Ref 3 † , – 291 162 116 .583 6 † , – 252 107 139 .435 21 –, 836 406 430 .486
Footnotes Although the Giants won the tournament called the World Series twice before 1900, the 19th century World Series was a very different event from the current World Series, which began to be played in 1903. The 19th century World Series was considered an exhibition contest between the champion of the National League and the champion of the American Association. #: A running total of the number of Giants' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once. Dusty Baker won the Manager of the Year Award in 1993, 1997 and 2000.
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