List of Houston Astros managers
# Name Term GM W L Win% PGM PW PL PWin%
1 Harry Craft 1962 - 1964 471 191 280 .406 - - - -
2 Luman Harris 1964 - 1965 175 70 105 .400 - - - -
3 Grady Hatton * 1966 - 1968 385 164 221 .426 - - - -
4 Harry Walker 1968 - 1972 708 355 353 .501 - - - -
5 Salty Parker ** 1972 1 1 0 1.000 - - - -
6 Leo Durocher † 1972 - 1973 193 98 95 .508 - - - -
7 Preston Gómez 1974 - 1975 289 128 161 .443 - - - -
8 Bill Virdon 1975 - 1982 1,066 544 522 .510 10 4 6 .400
9 Bob Lillis 1982 - 1985 537 276 261 .514 - - - -
10 Hal Lanier * 1986 - 1988 486 254 232 .523 6 2 4 .333
11 Art Howe 1989 - 1993 810 392 418 .484 - - - -
12 Terry Collins 1994 - 1996 421 224 197 .532 - - - -
13 Larry Dierker *§ 1997 - 2001 810 448 362 .553 14 2 12 .143
14 Matt Galante *** 1999 27 13 14 .481 - - - -
15 Jimy Williams 2002 - 2004 412 215 197 .522 - - - -
16 Phil Garner 2004 - 2007 529 277 252 .524 26 13 13 .500
17 Cecil Cooper * 2007 - 2009 341 171 170 .501 - - - -
18 Dave Clark ** 2009 13 4 9 .308 - - - -
19 Brad Mills * 2010 - 2012 445 171 274 .384 - - - -
20 Tony DeFrancesco ** 2012 41 16 25 .390 - - - -
Managers
The Houston Astros are a professional baseball franchise based in Houston, Texas. They are a member of the American League (AL) West in Major League Baseball (MLB). 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 franchise is owned by Jim Crane, and Jeff Luhnow is their general manager. There have been 23 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); Phil Garner holds the record for most playoff games managed with the Astros with 26 while A. J. Hinch holds the record for most all-time playoff wins (14). 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), Larry Dierker has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .556. Garner is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with .500.