Boston Red Sox managers have included some of the best in MLB history, but who is the best Boston Red Sox manager of all time? This list ranks every Boston Red Sox manager from best to worst according to the votes of baseball fans. Whether or not you're a Red Sox die-hard, you can vote up your top Boston Red Sox coaches and downvote any managers who keep the team from glory for the better part of a century.
Jimmy Collins was the Red Sox first manager, starting the job in 1901. He won a World Series in 1903 and was selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Terry Francona ended "The Curse of the Bambino" when he won the World Series in 2004. Francona would then win another World Series in 2007, but was that enough to put him on the list of the greatest MLB coaches ever?
Fans have been trying to determine the best Boston Red Sox skipper of all time for years. Now you can help figure out the answer. Just vote up the best and winningest Boston Red Sox managers, or even just the coaches you like the most. Feel free to rerank the whole list create your own version of Beantown's finest skippers.1
18429Terry Francona
Age: 612
9731Alex Cora
Age: 47- 37315
Dick Williams
Dec. at 82 (1929-2011) - 45218
Joe Cronin
Dec. at 78 (1906-1984) - 55022
Johnny Pesky
Dec. at 93 (1919-2012) - 64924
Cy Young
Dec. at 88 (1867-1955) - 75025
Kevin Kennedy
Age: 66 - 83212
Hugh Duffy
Dec. at 88 (1866-1954) - 93111
Bucky Harris
Dec. at 81 (1896-1977) - 103313
Jake Stahl
Dec. at 43 (1879-1922) - 113112
Ed Barrow
Dec. at 85 (1868-1953) - 127765
John Farrell
Age: 58 - 132911
Frank Chance
Dec. at 48 (1876-1924) - 142912
Billy Herman
Dec. at 83 (1909-1992) - 15258
Heinie Wagner
Dec. at 63 (1880-1943) - 164735
Don Zimmer
Dec. at 83 (1931-2014) - 172613
Joe McCarthy
Dec. at 56 (1881-1937) - 182410
Patsy Donovan
Dec. at 88 (1865-1953) - 193726
Jimy Williams
Age: 77 - 202412
Rudy York
Dec. at 57 (1913-1970) - 212311
Fred Lake
Dec. at 65 (1866-1931) - 22219
Marty McManus
Dec. at 66 (1900-1966) - 232413
Pete Runnels
Dec. at 63 (1928-1991) - 243022
Jimmy Collins
Dec. at 73 (1870-1943) - 25199
Steve O'Neill
Dec. at 71 (1891-1962)