Ranking Of The MLB's Best Managers
Sparky Anderson once said “Baseball is a simple game” — but MLB managers would probably disagree with him now! They have to make an untold number of hard calls before, during, and after games to grind out the perfect performances from their teams. But when faced with the stats, who does it better than anybody else? Our official ranking shows which MLB managers from 2022 should be consigned to the bench — and which ones are in a league of their own.
All statistics are taken from Baseball Reference and were correct as of May 13, 2022.
30. Brandon Hyde
Team: Baltimore Orioles
2022 Record: 14-18
Career Games Played: 417
Career Wins: 145
Career Losses: 272
Career Winning Percentage: 0.348
29. Derek Shelton
Team: Pittsburgh Pirates
2022 Record: 13-18
Career Games Played: 253
Career Wins: 93
Career Losses: 160
Career Winning Percentage: 0.368
28. Chris Woodward
Team: Texas Rangers
2022 Record: 13-17
Career Games Played: 414
Career Wins: 173
Career Losses: 241
Career Winning Percentage: 0.418
27. Mark Kotsay
Team: Oakland Athletics
2022 Record: 14-19
Career Games Played: 33
Career Wins: 14
Career Losses: 19
Career Winning Percentage: 0.424