More consequentially at this point in the season, however, it was Dusty Baker’s 2,000th career win as a manager. Baker, 73, became the 12th manager to reach 2,000 wins and the first Black manager to hit the milestone.
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Baker began his managerial career in 1993 with the San Francisco Giants, and has since made stops in Chicago with the Cubs, Cincinnati with the Reds, Washington with the Nationals, and now Houston with the Astros. Baker is one of nine managers to win pennants in both the National League (Giants, 2002) and the American League (Astros, 2021).
Which managers have 2,000 career wins?
- denotes still active
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Who are MLB’s winningest active managers?
After La Russa and Baker, Terry Francona (1,792) and Buck Showalter (1,569) are baseball’s winningest active managers. Other active 1,000-game winners include Joe Maddon (1,370), Bob Melvin (1,361), Joe Girardi (1,109) and Bud Black (1,011). A.J. Hinch, whom Baker replaced after Hinch was suspended for a season and subsequently fired for his part in the Astros sign-stealing scandal, is managing the Tigers at 654 wins.
The Astros are looking for their second World Series win to follow up on 2017’s win. The Nationals, of course, won the World Series in 2019, just two seasons after Baker left. They beat the Houston Astros while Hinch was still at the helm, and Baker returned to the dugout in 2020 to manage Houston.
