The franchise's first manager wasJohn Clapp, who managed the team for one year before being replaced in 1884 byJim Price.[1] The New York Giants won twoWorld Series championships during the 19th century, in1888 and1889, withJim Mutrie as their manager both years.[a][1][4][5]John McGraw became the Giants' manager during the 1902 season, beginning a streak of 54 consecutive years in which the Giants were managed by aBaseball 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 whileRogers Hornsby served as player-manager for the latter), doing so until the middle of the1932 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)[6] and won three, in1905,1921 and1922.[1][7]
McGraw's successor was Hall of FamerBill 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 in1933.[8] Hall of FamersMel Ott andLeo Durocher managed the team from 1942 through 1955. Durocher was the manager for the Giants' World Series championship in1954.[9]
The Giants moved from New York toSan Francisco in 1958, withBill Rigney as their manager.[10][11] They won their first National League championship in San Francisco underAlvin Dark in 1962 but lost theWorld Series that year.[12] In their first 28 years in San Francisco, they had 14 managers (including two terms by Rigney).[1] 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.[1]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.[1][13]
Jim Mutrie has the highestwinning 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, byJim Davenport in 1985.[1]
a 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 theNational League and the champion of theAmerican Association.[4][5][72]
b#: A running total of the number of Giants' managers. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
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^Dickson, P. (2009).The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530.ISBN978-0-393-06681-4.
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