List of Houston Astros managers

File:Bill Virdon (manager) - Houston Astros - 1976.jpg

Bill Virdon is the all-time winningest manager in Astro history; he won 544 games while leading the Astros to their first postseason berth in 1980 and two division titles.

The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League West Division in Major League Baseball. The team joined MLB in 1962 as an expansion team named the Houston Colt .45s and changed their name to the Houston Astros in 1965. The team won their first NL Championship in 2005. Having first played in Colt Stadium (1962–1964), and later in The Astrodome, now known as the Reliant Astrodome (1965–1999), the Astros have played their home games at Minute Maid Park, which was first named The Ballpark at Union Station, since 2000. The current manager is Joe Espada.

There have been 25 managers for the Astros franchise. The team's first manager was Harry Craft, who managed for three seasons. Bill Virdon is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed (1066) and the most regular-season game wins (544). Dusty Baker is the franchise's all-time leader in career playoff games managed (53) and playoff games won (34). Salty Parker is the Astros' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games (one season), Baker has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .594. Leo Durocher is the only Astros manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Durocher and Baker each achieved their 2,000th managerial win with the Astros. Garner, Hinch, and Baker are the only managers to have won league pennants with the franchise, Garner winning one in the National League in 2005, Hinch winning two in the American League in 2017 and 2019, and Baker winning two in 2021 and 2022. Larry Dierker is the only Astros manager to have had his uniform number retired by the Astros, with his uniform number 49 retired by the Astros in 2002. Dierker is also the sixth manager in MLB history to win a division championship in his first season for the Astros in 1997. Lanier and Dierker are the only managers to have won a Manager of the Year Award with the Astros, winning it in 1986 and 1998 respectively. Grady Hatton, Lanier, Dierker, and Cooper have spent their entire managing careers with the Astros.

Key

#	Number of managers[a]
GM	Regular-season games managed
W	Regular-season wins
L	Regular-season losses
Win%	Regular-season winning percentage
PGM	Playoff games managed
PW	Playoff wins
PL	Playoff losses
PWin%	Playoff winning percentage
*	Spent entire MLB managing career with the Colt .45s / Astros
**	Interim manager only
***	Acting manager during manager's medical leave of absence
†	Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager
§	Number retired by the Colt .45s / Astros franchise

Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the 2024 season.

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	File:Harry Craft Reds.jpg		1962–1964	471	191	280	Template:Winpct
	File:Luman Harris.jpg		1964–1965	175	70	105	Template:Winpct
	File:Grady Hatton 1949 Bowman.jpg	*	1966–1968	385	164	221	Template:Winpct
	File:Harry Walker (manager) - Pittsburgh Pirates - 1966.jpg		1968–1972	708	355	353	Template:Winpct
		**	1972	1	1	0	1.000
	File:Leo Durocher 1955.jpg	†	1972–1973	193	98	95	Template:Winpct
	File:Preston Gomez 1961.jpg		1974–1975	289	128	161	Template:Winpct
	File:Bill Virdon (manager) - Houston Astros - 1976.jpg		1975–1982	1,066	544	522	Template:Winpct
	File:Bob Lillis - Houston Astros - 1976.jpg		1982–1985	537	276	261	Template:Winpct
	File:Hal Lanier Astros.jpg	*	1986–1988	486	254	232	Template:Winpct					1986 NL Manager of the Year
	File:Art howe 1987.jpg		1989–1993	810	392	418	Template:Winpct
	File:Terry Collins on August 18, 2015 (cropped).jpg		1994–1996	421	224	197	Template:Winpct
	File:Larry Dierker - Houston Astros - 1976.jpg	*§	1997–2001	810	448	362	Template:Winpct					1998 NL Manager of the Year
	File:Matt Galante.jpg	***	1999	27	13	14	Template:Winpct
	File:Jimy Williams crop.jpg		2002–2004	412	215	197	Template:Winpct
	File:Phil Garner - Oakland Athletics.jpg		2004–2007	529	277	252	Template:Winpct					2005 NL championship
	File:IMG 8758 Cecil Cooper.jpg	*	2007–2009	341	171	170	Template:Winpct
	File:Astros coach Dave Clark 2013.jpg	**	2009	13	4	9	Template:Winpct
	File:Brad Mills Cleveland Indians April 2015 Houston.JPG	*	2010–2012	445	171	274	Template:Winpct
	File:10th Mountain Division visits Syracuse Mets (cropped).jpg	**	2012	41	16	25	Template:Winpct
	File:Bo Porter 2013.jpg	*	2013–2014	300	110	190	Template:Winpct
	File:TomLawless1987.jpg	**	2014	24	11	13	Template:Winpct
	File:AJ Hinch dugout spring 2015.jpg		2015–2019	810	481	329	Template:Winpct					2017 World Series Champion 2019 AL championship
24	File:Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker (49571481023) (cropped).jpg		2020–2023	546	320	226	Template:Winpct					2022 World Series Champion 2021 AL championship
25	File:Joey Espada 2011.jpg		2024–present	161	88	73	Template:Winpct

Notes

• ^a A running total of the number of managers of the Colt .45s/Astros. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once.
• ^b Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.

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