In its 138-year history, the Philadelphia Phillies baseball franchise of Major League Baseball's National League has employed 55 managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field. Of those 52 managers, 15 have been "player-managers"; specifically, they managed the team while still being signed as a player.
The Phillies posted their franchise record for losses in a season during their record-setting streak of 16 consecutive losing seasons (a season where the winning percentage is below .500), with 111 losses out of 154 games in 1941. During this stretch from 1933 to 1948, the Phillies employed seven managers, all of whom posted a winning percentage below .430 for their Phillies careers. Seven managers have taken the Phillies to the postseason, with Danny Ozark and Charlie Manuel leading the team to three playoff appearances. Dallas Green and Charlie Manuel are the only Phillies managers to win a World Series: Green in the 1980 World Series against the Kansas City Royals; and Manuel in the 2008 World Series against the Tampa Bay Rays. Charlie Manuel is the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, with 1,416 games of service over 9 seasons.
The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more was Arthur Irwin, whose .575 winning percentage is fourth on the all-time wins list for Phillies managers. Conversely, the worst winning percentage over a season in franchise history is .160 by the inaugural season's second manager Blondie Purcell, who posted a 13–68 record during the 1883 season. __TOC__
Table key WPctWinning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managedPAPlayoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffsPWPlayoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffsPLPlayoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffsWSWorld Series: number of World Series victories achieved by the manager† or ‡Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (‡ denotes induction as manager)§Member of the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame Managers # Manager Years Wins Losses Ties WPct PA PW PL WS Ref |- |1|| || || 4 || 13 || 0 || .235 || || || || || |- |2|| || || 13 || 68 || 1 || .160 || || || || ||
|3||bgcolor="#ffffbb"| || || 409 || 374 || 0 || .522 || || || || || |- |4|| || || 13 || 6 || 0 || .684 || || || || || |- |5|| || || 4 || 7 || 0 || .364 || || || || || |- |6|| || || 25 || 10 || 0 || .714 || || || || || |- |—||bgcolor="#ffffbb"| || || 227 || 192 || 0 || .542 || || || || || |- |7|| || || 149 || 110 || 0 || .575 || || || || || |- |8|| || || 62 || 68 || 0 || .477 || || || || || |- |9|| || || 74 || 104 || 0 || .416 || || || || || |- |10|| || || 367 || 303 || 0 || .548 || || || || || |- |11|| || || 49 || 86 || 0 || .363 || || || || ||
|12 || bgcolor="#ffffbb"| || || 206 || 251 || 0 || .451 || || || || || |- |13|| || || 240 || 214 || 0 || .529 || || || || || |- |14|| || || 392 || 370 || 0 || .514 || || || || || |- |15|| || || 323 || 257 || 0 || .557 || 1 || || 4 || 0 ||
|16||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 18 || 44 || 0 || .290 || || || || ||
|17||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 91 || 137 || 0 || .399 || || || || || |- |18|| || || 25 || 62 || 0 || .287 || || || || || |- |19|| || || 83 || 137 || 0 || .377 || || || || || |- |20|| || || 231 || 378 || 0 || .379 || || || || ||
|21|| || || 51 || 103 || 0 || .331 || || || || || |- |22|| || || 370 || 549 || 0 || .403 || || || || || |- |23|| || || 280 || 477 || 0 || .370 || || || || || |- |24|| || || 0 || 2 || 0 || .000 || || || || || |- |25|| || || 138 || 320 || 0 || .301 || || || || || |- |—|| || || 42 || 109 || 0 || .278 || || || || ||
|26||bgcolor="#ffffbb"| || || 38 || 52 || 0 || .422 || || || || || |- |27|| || || 105 || 181 || 0 || .367 || || || || || |- |28|| || || 196 || 276 || 0 || .415 || || || || || |- |29|| || || 6 || 6 || 0 || .500 || || || || || |- |30|| || || 296 || 292 || 0 || .504 || 1 || || 4 || 0 ||
|31|| || || 182 || 140 || 0 || .565 || || || || || |- |32|| || || 35 || 42 || 0 || .455 || || || || || |- |33|| || || 264 || 282 || 0 || .484 || || || || || |- |—|| || || 94 || 131 || 0 || .418 || || || || || |- |34|| || || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1.000 || || || || || |- |35|| || || 646 || 684 || 0 || .486 || || || || || |- |36|| || || 92 || 123 || 0 || .428 || || || || ||
|37|| || || 20 || 35 || 0 || .364 || || || || || |- |38|| || || 166 || 233 || 0 || .416 || || || || ||
|39||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 33 || 47 || 0 || .413 || || || || || |- |40|| || || 594 || 510 || 0 || .538 || 3 || || 9 || 0 ||
|41||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 169 || 130 || 0 || .565 || 2 || || 7 || 1 || |- |42|| || || 132 || 115 || 0 || .534 || || || || ||
|—||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 128 || 111 || 0 || .536 || 1 || || 5 || 0 || |- |43|| || || 190 || 194 || 0 || .495 || || || || || |- |44|| || || 111 || 142 || 0 || .439 || || || || ||
|45||bgcolor="#bbffbb"| || || 5 || 4 || 0 || .555 || || || || || |- |46|| || || 148 || 189 || 0 || .439 || || || || ||47 431 463 0 .482 1 6 0 48 285 363 0 .440 49 337 308 0 .522 50 1 1 0 .500 51 § 780 636 0 .551 5 27 18 1 52 119 159 0 .428 53 174 238 0 .422 54 161 163 0 .497 55 132 141 0 .484 56 4 20 14 0 57 — — — — Statistics current through May 25, 2026 Footnotes #: A running total of the number of Phillies' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once. Larry Bowa won the Manager of the Year Award in .
See also List of Philadelphia Phillies owners and executives, including general managers
References General references
Inline citations
External links Official website of the Philadelphia Phillies