Oakland Athletics managers have actually coached the team in three different cities, but the question stands - who is the best Oakland Athletics manager of all time? This list ranks every Oakland Athletics manager in the team's history from best to worst according to the votes of baseball fans like you. Consider all the Oakland A's managers, even going back to when they were the Philadelphia Athletics and the Kansas City Athletics. Vote up the best and winningest skippers in Athletics franchise history.
Connie Mack has to be a part of any conversation about the best Oakland A's coaches. He managed the Athletics for their first fifty seasons. In that time, Mack would win 3,582 games and five World Series championships. Dick Williams also had great success as the manager of the Athletics. Williams would lead the Athletics to back-to-back World Series championships in 1972 and 1973.
So who is the greatest Oakland Athletics skipper of all time? Your votes determine the answer, so vote up the best Oakland A's managers and vote down the coaches who just didn't cut it. Then rerank and check to see if your top coaches are among the greatest baseball coaches in the history of the game!1
269Tony La Russa
Age: 762
2514Bob Melvin
Age: 593
187Connie Mack
Dec. at 94 (1862-1956)4
1911Ken Macha
Age: 705
2115Dick Williams
Dec. at 82 (1929-2011)6
2116Billy Martin
Dec. at 61 (1928-1989)7
1410Art Howe
Age: 748
86Jimmy Dykes
Dec. at 80 (1896-1976)9
98Alvin Dark
Age: 9810
76Hank Bauer
Dec. at 85 (1922-2007)11
42Lou Boudreau
Dec. at 84 (1917-2001)12
32Joe Gordon
Dec. at 63 (1915-1978)13
67John McNamara
Age: 8814
25Earle Mack
Dec. at 77 (1890-1967)15
25Bob Elliott
Dec. at 50 (1916-1966)16
25Harry Craft
Dec. at 80 (1915-1995)17
21Luke Appling
Dec. at 84 (1907-1991)18
25Jeff Newman
Age: 7219
24Chuck Tanner
Dec. at 83 (1928-2011)20
12Mel McGaha
Dec. at 76 (1926-2002)21
13Bob Kennedy
Dec. at 85 (1920-2005)22
13Eddie Joost
Dec. at 95 (1916-2011)23
14Bobby Winkles
Age: 9024
14Eddie Lopat
Dec. at 74 (1918-1992)25
04Jackie Moore
Age: 81