List of Houston Astros managers


The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League West in Major League Baseball. The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt.45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. The team won their first NL Championship in 2005. Having first played in Colt Stadium, and later in The Astrodome, now known as the Reliant Astrodome, the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000. The franchise is owned by Jim Crane, and they currently have no active general manager.
There have been 23 managers for the Astros franchise. The team's first manager was Harry Craft, who managed for three seasons. Bill Virdon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed, and the most regular-season game wins ; Phil Garner holds the record for most playoff games managed with the Astros with 26 while A. J. Hinch holds the record for most all-time playoff wins. Salty Parker is the Astros' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games, Larry Dierker has the highest regular-season winning percentage with.556. Garner is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with.500. Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Garner and Hinch are the only managers to have won league pennants with the franchise, Garner winning one in the National League in 2005 and Hinch winning two in the American League in 2017 and 2019. Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002. Dierker is also the sixth manager in MLB history to win a division championship in his first season for the Astros in 1997. Lanier and Dierker are the only managers to have won a Manager of the Year Award with the Astros, winning it in 1986 and 1998 respectively. Grady Hatton, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros.
The Astros manager position is currently vacant.

Key

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of October 1, 2019.
#NameTermGMWLWin%PGMPWPLPWin%Achievements
–471191280.406
–17570105.400
*–385164221.426
–708355353.501
**1101.000
†–1939895.508
–289128161.443
–1,066544522.510
–537276261.514
*–486254232.5231986 NL Manager of the Year
–810392418.484
–421224197.532
*§–810448362.5531998 NL Manager of the Year
***271314.481
–412215197.522
–529277252.5242005 NL championship
*–341171170.501
**1349.308
*–445171274.384
**411625.390
*–300110190.367
**241113.458
–810481329.5942017 World Series Champion
24000.000