# List of New York Yankees managers
The [New York Yankees](https://www.edgepedia.org/new-york-yankees) managers are the field leaders of the New York Yankees, the [American League](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-league) baseball franchise based in the Bronx, New York, which played as the New York Highlanders from 1903 to 1912. The franchise has had 33 managers, and [Billy Martin](https://www.edgepedia.org/billy-martin) is the only one to hold the job five separate times.[1](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/New_York_Yankees_Managers_and_Coaches) The winningest manager in team history is Joe McCarthy, with a regular-season record of 1,460-867, a .627 winning percentage.[2](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/managers.shtml)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Number of managers | 33, counting the Highlanders era; Billy Martin served five separate stints[1](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/New_York_Yankees_Managers_and_Coaches) |
| Winningest manager | Joe McCarthy, 1,460-867, .627 winning percentage, over 16 seasons[2](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/managers.shtml) • [3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) |
| Most titles under one manager | Casey Stengel: 10 American League pennants and seven World Series championships in 12 seasons (1949-1960)[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) |
| Longest championship run | Under McCarthy, eight pennants and seven World Series titles, including four consecutive championships from 1936-39[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) |
| Modern benchmark | Joe Torre, 1996-2007: 1,173-767 (.605), four World Series titles and six pennants[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) |
| Current manager | Aaron Boone, hired December 2017, 759-545 in the regular season through 2026[4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers) |
| Steinbrenner-era turnover | 19 managerial changes in owner George Steinbrenner's first 19 years[5](https://yankalytics.com/yankalytics-by-robert-zussman.pdf) |
## Highlanders era, 1903-1912
The franchise began as the New York Highlanders, and its early dugouts changed hands often. [Clark Griffith](https://www.edgepedia.org/clark-griffith), a Hall of Fame pitcher, managed the club from 1903 through most of 1908, with records that included a 92-59 second-place finish in 1904 and a 90-61 second-place finish in 1906.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml) Kid Elberfeld finished the 1908 season at 27-71, and George Stallings managed 1909 and 1910, with Hal Chase taking over late in 1910 and managing through 1911. Harry Wolverton's 1912 club went 50-102, the worst season in the franchise's early history.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
## Huggins, McCarthy, and Stengel: the dynasty managers
**Miller Huggins** took over in 1918, the club's eighth manager in 11 years. At the time the Yankees were viewed as second-class tenants of the [Polo Grounds](https://www.edgepedia.org/polo-grounds), but Huggins led the franchise to its first three [World Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-series) titles and six AL pennants, charting a course that helped establish the team as the century's preeminent baseball club.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) His 1927 team went 110-44, a .714 winning percentage.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
**Joe McCarthy** arrived in 1931 and managed 16 seasons, the longest tenure on the Yankees' bench. No Yankees manager filled out more lineup cards or won more regular-season games: his 1,460-867 (.627) record is the franchise standard, and longtime executive Ed Barrow called him "the greatest manager who ever lived."[2](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/managers.shtml) • [3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) During McCarthy's reign, nicknamed "Marse Joe," the club achieved a stretch of dominance rarely matched in baseball, capturing eight American League pennants and seven World Series championships, among them a run of four straight titles between 1936 and 1939.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) His 1939 team went 106-45, .702.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
**Casey Stengel**, "The Old Perfessor," accepted the job in 1949 after middling stops with the [Brooklyn Dodgers](https://www.edgepedia.org/brooklyn-dodgers) and the Boston Bees/Braves, and was entrusted with rosters featuring [Yogi Berra](https://www.edgepedia.org/yogi-berra), Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, and a young [Mickey Mantle](https://www.edgepedia.org/mickey-mantle). Over a dozen years at the helm he guided the Yankees to 10 AL pennants and seven World Series championships, including five straight titles from 1949 to 1953.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) • [6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml) His regular-season record with the club was 1,149-696.[4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers)
## The middle years and the Steinbrenner churn
Ralph Houk managed the 1961-1963 teams, opening at 109-53 in his first season, then returned for a second stint from 1966 to 1973.[4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers) • [6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml) Yogi Berra managed the 1964 pennant winner, and Johnny Keane, Bill Virdon, and Dick Howser followed in the 1960s and 1970s.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
**Turnover under George Steinbrenner.** In Steinbrenner's first 19 seasons owning the club, he changed managers 19 times, with Billy Martin hired and fired five times apiece and Gene Michael, Bob Lemon, and [Lou Piniella](https://www.edgepedia.org/lou-piniella) each holding the job twice.[5](https://yankalytics.com/yankalytics-by-robert-zussman.pdf) Martin's 1976 and 1977 clubs won the AL East, and his combined 1975-1979 record was 334-232.[4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers) The 1978 season alone saw Martin replaced mid-year by Dick Howser for one game, then Bob Lemon, who finished 48-20 and won the World Series.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
**Buck Showalter** piloted the Yankees from 1992 to 1995, going 313-268 and returning the club to the playoffs in 1995.[7](https://apnews.com/article/e243ed2e27a207e21bf84cad147209e7) • [4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers)
## From Torre to Boone
**Joe Torre** managed from 1996 through 2007, posting a regular-season record of 1,173-767 (.605) with four World Series titles and six AL pennants, riding the era of the Core Five of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Andy Pettitte, and [Bernie Williams](https://www.edgepedia.org/bernie-williams) to titles in four of five years from 1996 to 2000.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers) • [8](https://www.mlb.com/news/barry-m-bloom-following-joe-torre-manager-joe-girardi-able-to-also-succeed-with-yankees/c-67892380) [Don Zimmer](https://www.edgepedia.org/don-zimmer) filled in as interim manager for part of the 1999 season, going 21-15.[6](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
**Joe Girardi** succeeded Torre from 2008 to 2017 with a 910-710 record and won the [2009 World Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/2009-world-series) in his second season, becoming the ninth Yankees manager to win a World Series.[4](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers) • [9](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/fl_attachment/mlb/fa66z7icvyiakqdy2jdj.pdf)
His tenure has drawn repeated postseason scrutiny, with the 2025 season ending in an American League Division Series loss to the Blue Jays, and he has managed in a landscape reshaped by analytics and expanded front-office power compared with the eras of Torre and Girardi.[10](https://www.si.com/mlb/how-aaron-boone-postseason-struggles-compare-yankees-managers)
## References
1. [New York Yankees Managers and Coaches, BR Bullpen](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/New_York_Yankees_Managers_and_Coaches)
2. [New York Yankees Managers, Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/managers.shtml)
3. [Yankees' all-time best managers, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/yankees-all-time-best-managers)
4. [Yankee Managers, StatMuse](https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankee-managers)
5. [Yankalytics, by Robert Zussman](https://yankalytics.com/yankalytics-by-robert-zussman.pdf)
6. [New York Yankees Managers (1903-2026), Baseball Almanac](https://www.baseball-almanac.com/mgrtmny.shtml)
7. [Buck Showalter fired as New York Mets manager, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/e243ed2e27a207e21bf84cad147209e7)
8. [Girardi succeeds despite following no ordinary Joe, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/barry-m-bloom-following-joe-torre-manager-joe-girardi-able-to-also-succeed-with-yankees/c-67892380)
9. [New York Yankees media guide PDF, MLB.com](https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/fl_attachment/mlb/fa66z7icvyiakqdy2jdj.pdf)
10. [How Aaron Boone's Postseason Struggles Compare to Other Yankees Managers, Sports Illustrated](https://www.si.com/mlb/how-aaron-boone-postseason-struggles-compare-yankees-managers)
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