Managers

In the history of the Boston Red Sox, there have been 47 different field managers. They are listed here in order of their first season as manager. Alex Cora, hired in October 2017 to replace John Farrell, most recently managed the team until being relieved of his duties in January 2020 due to his involvement in the Houston Astros cheating scandal.

Order	Name	Term	Games	Wins	Losses	Pct
1	Jimmy Collins	1901-1906	841	455	376	0.541
2	Chick Stahl	1906	40	14	26	0.350
3	Cy Young	1907	6	3	3	0.500
4	George Huff	1907	8	2	6	0.250
5	Bob Unglaub	1907	29	9	20	0.310
6	Deacon McGuire	1907-1908	221	98	123	0.443
7	Fred Lake	1908-1909	190	110	80	0.579
8	Patsy Donovan	1910-1911	306	159	147	0.520
9	Jake Stahl	1912-1913	232	144	88	0.621
10	Bill Carrigan	1913-1916, 1927-1929	989	489	500	0.494
11	Jack Barry	1917	152	90	62	0.592
12	Ed Barrow	1918-1920	416	213	203	0.512
13	Hugh Duffy	1921-1922	308	136	172	0.442
14	Frank Chance	1923	152	61	91	0.401
15	Lee Fohl	1924-1926	459	160	299	0.349
16	Heinie Wagner	1930	154	52	102	0.338
17	Shano Collins	1931-1932	207	73	134	0.353
18	Marty McManus	1932-1933	248	95	153	0.383
19	Bucky Harris	1934	152	76	76	0.500
20	Joe Cronin	1935-1947	1987	1071	916	0.539
21	Joe McCarthy	1948-1950	368	223	145	0.606
22	Steve O'Neill	1950-1951	249	150	99	0.602
23	Lou Boudreau	1952-1954	461	229	232	0.497
24	Pinky Higgins	1955-1959, 1960-1962	1118	560	556	0.501
25	Rudy York	1959	1	0	1	0.000
26	Billy Jurges	1959-1960	122	59	63	0.484
27	Del Baker	1960	7	2	5	0.286
28	Johnny Pesky	1963-1964, 1980	331	148	183	0.447
29	Billy Herman	1964-1966	310	128	182	0.413
30	Pete Runnels	1966	16	8	8	0.500
31	Dick Williams	1967-1969	477	260	217	0.545
32	Eddie Popowski	1969	9	5	4	0.555
33	Eddie Kasko	1970-1973	640	345	295	0.539
34	Darrell Johnson	1974-1976	408	220	188	0.539
35	Don Zimmer	1976-1980	715	411	304	0.575
36	Ralph Houk	1981-1984	594	312	282	0.525
37	John McNamara	1985-1988	570	297	273	0.521
38	Joe Morgan	1988-1991	563	301	262	0.535
39	Butch Hobson	1992-1994	439	207	232	0.472
40	Kevin Kennedy	1995-1996	306	171	135	0.559
41	Jimy Williams	1997-2001	766	414	352	0.540
42	Joe Kerrigan	2001	43	17	26	0.395
43	Grady Little	2002-2003	324	188	136	0.580
44	Terry Francona	2004-2011	1296	744	552	0.574
45	Bobby Valentine	2012	162	69	93	0.426
46	John Farrell	2013-2017	810	432	378	0.533
47	Alex Cora	2018-2019	324	192	132	0.593