Ranking Recent MLB Managers By Their Winning Instinct

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