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{{Short description|American baseball player and manager (1943–2025)}}
{{similar names|David Johnson (disambiguation){{!}}David Johnson}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
| name               = Davey Johnson
| image              = Davey Johnson 1972.jpg
| caption            = Johnson with the Baltimore Orioles in 1972
| image_size         = 
| position           = [[Second baseman]] / [[Manager (baseball)|Manager]]
| bats               = Right
| throws             = Right
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1943|1|30}}
| birth_place        = [[Orlando, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2025|9|5|1943|1|30}}
| death_place        = [[Sarasota, Florida]], U.S.
| debutleague        = MLB
| debutdate          = April 13
| debutyear          = 1965
| debutteam          = Baltimore Orioles
| debut2league       = NPB
| debut2date         = April 22
| debut2year         = 1975
| debut2team         = Yomiuri Giants
| final2league       = MLB
| final2date         = September 29
| final2year         = 1978
| final2team         = Chicago Cubs
| finalleague        = NPB
| finaldate          = November 2
| finalyear          = 1976
| finalteam          = Yomiuri Giants
| statleague         = MLB
| stat1label         = [[Batting average (baseball)|Batting average]]
| stat1value         = .261
| stat2label         = [[Home run]]s
| stat2value         = 136
| stat3label         = [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| stat3value         = 609
| stat4label         = Managerial record
| stat4value         = 1,372–1,071
| stat5label         = Winning %
| stat5value         = {{Winning percentage|1372|1071}}
| stat2league        = NPB
| stat21label        = Batting average
| stat21value        = .241
| stat22label        = Home runs
| stat22value        = 39
| stat23label        = Runs batted in
| stat23value        = 112
| teams              = 
;As player
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1965}}–{{mlby|1972}})
* [[Atlanta Braves]] ({{mlby|1973}}–{{mlby|1975}})
* [[Yomiuri Giants]] ({{baseball year|1975}}–{{baseball year|1976}}) 
* [[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{mlby|1977}}–{{mlby|1978}})
* [[Chicago Cubs]] ({{mlby|1978}})
;As manager
* [[New York Mets]] ({{mlby|1984}}–{{mlby|1990}})
* [[Cincinnati Reds]] ({{mlby|1993}}–{{mlby|1995}})
* [[Baltimore Orioles]] ({{mlby|1996}}–{{mlby|1997}})
* [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] ({{mlby|1999}}–{{mlby|2000}})
* [[Washington Nationals]] ({{mlby|2011}}–{{mlby|2013}})
| highlights         = 
* 4× [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] ([[1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1968]]–[[1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1970]], [[1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1973]])
* 3× [[World Series champion]] ({{wsy|1966}}, {{wsy|1970}}, {{wsy|1986}})
* 3× [[Gold Glove Award]] (1969–1971)
* 2× [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] (1997, 2012)
* [[Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame]]
* [[New York Mets Hall of Fame]]
| medaltemplates     = {{MedalSport | Men's [[baseball]]}}
{{MedalSport | Manager for the {{bb|USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Olympics]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Baseball World Cup]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2007 Baseball World Cup|2007 Tianmu]] | [[United States national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalSport | Manager for {{bb|NED}}}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Baseball Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2003 European Baseball Championship|2003 Netherlands]] | [[Netherlands national baseball team|Team]]}}
}}

'''David Allen Johnson''' (January 30, 1943 – September 5, 2025) was an American professional [[baseball]] player and [[Manager (baseball)|manager]]. He played as a [[second baseman]] from {{Baseball year|1965}} through {{Baseball year|1978}}, most notably in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a member of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] dynasty which won four [[List of American League pennant winners|American League pennants]] and two [[World Series]] championships between 1966 and 1971. Johnson played in MLB from 1965 to 1975, then played for two seasons in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) before returning to play in MLB with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] and [[Chicago Cubs]] from 1977 to 1978. A three-time [[Rawlings Gold Glove Award]] winner, he was selected to four [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] teams during his playing career.

A mathematics major at [[Trinity University]] in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]], Johnson was among the first Major League managers to apply computer-based statistical analysis to decision-making, an approach which later became known as [[sabermetrics]].

After retiring as a player, Johnson became a successful manager. He led the [[New York Mets]] to the [[1986 World Series]] title, and to an additional [[National League East]] title in [[1988 New York Mets season|1988]]. He won the American League's [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year Award]] in 1997, when he led the Baltimore Orioles wire-to-wire to the [[American League East]] division championship. He won the same award in the National League in 2012, when he led the [[Washington Nationals]] to the franchise's first division title since they moved to Washington, D.C., and its first overall since 1981. Johnson managed teams to their respective League Championship Series in three consecutive years &nbsp;– the [[Cincinnati Reds]] in [[1995 National League Championship Series|1995]] and the Orioles in both [[1996 American League Championship Series|1996]] and [[1997 American League Championship Series|1997]]. He also briefly managed the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. He led the [[United States national baseball team|United States national team]] at the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]], earning fourth place.

==Playing career==
After one season playing baseball at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], Johnson signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. Johnson was then assigned to the [[Stockton Ports]] in the Class C [[California League]] where he hit .309 with 10 home runs and 63 runs batted in (RBIs) in 97 games. Promoted to the AA [[Elmira Pioneers]] in 1963, he hit .326 in 63 games before advancing to the AAA [[Rochester Red Wings]] for the final 63 games of the season. Returning to the Red Wings for the entire 1964 season, Johnson had 19 home runs, 73 RBIs, and 87 [[Run (baseball)|runs]].<ref name="MinorStats">{{Cite web |title=Davey Johnson Minor League Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=johnso001dav |website=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref>

In 1965, Johnson made the Orioles' team after spring training, but after hitting only .170 in 20 games he spent the latter part of the season with the Red Wings, batting .301 in 52 games. Back with the Orioles in 1966, Johnson took the starting second baseman job from [[Jerry Adair]], which led to the Orioles trading Adair to the [[Chicago White Sox]] on June 13. Johnson then hit for a .257 batting average, seven home runs and 56 RBIs to finish third in American League [[Rookie of the Year (award)|Rookie of the Year]] balloting for 1966. Johnson was a full-time starter in the major leagues for the next eight seasons, averaging over 142 games played in a season.<ref name="MinorStats"/><ref name="MajorStats">{{Cite web |title=Davey Johnson Major League Statistics & History |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnsda02.shtml |website=Baseball Reference}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19660613.2.53&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- |title=Bauer Resolves Problem, Creates Big One For AL |agency=[[United Press International]] |via=the [[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] |last1=Meyers |first1=Jeff |date=June 13, 1966}}</ref>

Johnson reached the World Series with the Orioles in {{wsy|1966}}, {{wsy|1969}}, {{wsy|1970}}, and {{wsy|1971}}, winning [[World Series ring]]s in 1966 and 1970. He also won the AL Gold Glove Award the final three seasons. Orioles [[shortstop]] [[Mark Belanger]] won the award as well in 1969 and 1971, making them one of the few [[List of Gold Glove middle infield duos|middle infield duos to have won the honor in the same season]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arcand |first=Tim |title=MLB: Ground Ball Up The Middle&mdash;The Top 50 SS-2B Combos Since 1960 |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/544779-mlb-ground-ball-up-the-middle-the-top-50-ss-2b-combos-since-1960 |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=bleacherreport.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Third baseman]] [[Brooks Robinson]] also was in the middle of his record 16 straight Gold Glove streak when Johnson and Belanger won their awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Glove Third Basemen {{!}} Baseball Almanac |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_gg3b.shtml |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=www.baseball-almanac.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

Upset after being replaced as the starting second baseman by [[Bobby Grich]], and with the Orioles in need of a power-hitting catcher, Johnson was traded along with [[Pat Dobson]], [[Johnny Oates]], and [[Roric Harrison]] to the [[Atlanta Braves]] for [[Earl Williams (1970s catcher)|Earl Williams]] and [[Taylor Duncan]] on the last day of the [[Winter Meetings]] on December 1, 1972.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Durso |first=Joseph |date=December 2, 1972 |title=A's Send Epstein to Rangers; Scheinblum, Nelson to Reds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/02/archives/as-send-epstein-to-rangers-scheinblum-nelson-to-reds-orioles-obtain.html |access-date=April 12, 2020 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> The following season with the Braves, Johnson hit 40 home runs for the first and only time in his career,<ref>100 Things Braves Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die: Revised and Updated, Jack Wilkinson, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2019, ISBN 978-1-62937-694-3, p. 138</ref> tying [[Rogers Hornsby]]'s record for most single-season home runs by a second baseman with 42, and hitting a 43rd as a [[pinch-hitter]].<ref>''The Sporting News Baseball Record Book'', 2007 p.&nbsp;23</ref> Johnson's second-highest home run total was 18, in the 1971 season.<ref name="MajorStats"/> That same season Atlanta's [[Darrell Evans]] hit 41 home runs, and [[Hank Aaron]] hit 40 homers, making the [[1973 Atlanta Braves season|1973 Braves]] the first team to feature three teammates that each hit 40 home runs in the same season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/braves-could-repeat-their-1973-feat-three-players-with-homers/kCB90WzegKUX0FfnbTKNiK/ |title=Braves could repeat their 1973 feat: three players with 40 homers |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> Four games into the 1975 season and after getting a hit in his only at bat, Johnson was released by the Braves.

Johnson then signed with the [[Yomiuri Giants]] of Japan's [[Central League]], with whom he played in both the 1975 and 1976 seasons. Johnson was the Giants' first foreign player of note in more than 15 years, and faced a lot of pressure to perform in Japan. He struggled in his first season, battling injuries, and incurred the wrath of the Giants' manager (and former [[Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] player) [[Shigeo Nagashima]]. Despite playing much better in 1976, Johnson was not invited back by the Giants, who also reportedly prevented him from signing with any other [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]] teams.<ref name="WhitingWa">[[Whiting, Robert]]. ''You Gotta Have Wa'' (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 162–171.</ref>

In 1977, Johnson returned to the United States, signing as a [[free agent]] with the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. As a utility infielder, Johnson hit .321 with eight home runs in 78 games and played in one game in the Phillies' [[1977 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] loss to the Dodgers.<ref name="MajorStats"/>

During the 1978 season, Johnson hit two [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slams]] as a pinch-hitter, becoming the first major leaguer to accomplish this in a season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_grsl.shtml|title=Grand Slam Records|website=www.baseball-almanac.com}}</ref> (Four other players, [[Mike Ivie]] (1978), [[Darryl Strawberry]] (1998), [[Ben Broussard]] (2004), and [[Brooks Conrad]] (2010), subsequently matched Johnson's feat.)<ref>{{Cite web |author=Dorsey |first=Steve |title=Conrad relishes chance to contribute &#124; braves.com: News |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100725&content_id=12608384&notebook_id=12608386&vkey=notebook_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728013707/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100725&content_id=12608384&notebook_id=12608386&vkey=notebook_atl&fext=.jsp&c_id=atl |archivedate=July 28, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2010 |website=MLB.com}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, Philadelphia dealt him to the [[Chicago Cubs]], with whom he played the final 24 games of his career before retiring at the end of the 1978 season.<ref name="MajorStats"/>

==Managing career==

===Minor leagues===
In 1979, Johnson was hired to be the manager of the [[Miami Amigos]] of the Triple-A [[Inter-American League]]. Although Johnson guided the team of released and undrafted players to a .708 winning percentage, the league folded 72 games into its only season, having planned to play a 130-game season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/cooperstown-confidential-davey-johnson-and-the-miami-amigos/|title=Cooperstown Confidential: Davey Johnson and the Miami Amigos – The Hardball Times|website=www.hardballtimes.com|date=June 22, 2012 }}</ref> In 1981, Johnson was hired to manage the New York Mets Double-A team, the [[Jackson Mets]], leading the team to a 68–66 record in his only season with the team. In 1983, Johnson was named as the manager of the Mets Triple-A [[Tidewater Tides]], which finished with a 71–68 record.

===New York Mets===
[[File:Davey Johnson 1986.jpg|thumb|Johnson during spring training in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], February 1986]]
Johnson took over the Mets in 1984, a team that had not won a pennant since 1973. He became the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] manager to win at least 90 games in each of his first five seasons. The highlight of his time with the Mets was winning the [[1986 World Series]] against the [[1986 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]].<ref name="MLBObit"/>

Years later, he summed up his approach to managing by saying, "I treated my players like men.  As long as they won for me on the field, I didn't give a flying fuck what they did otherwise."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Klapisch |first1=Bob |author-link1=Bob Klapisch |title=The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets |last2=Harper |first2=John |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=1993 |isbn=0803278225}}</ref> The 1983 team had won 68 games, but talent was showing for a potential winner with rookie [[Darryl Strawberry]]. A trade to acquire [[Keith Hernandez]] and Johnson's decision to suggest bringing up [[Dwight Gooden]] helped turn them into a winner of 90 games for the 1984 season. [[Gary Carter]] was acquired before that year, and the Mets won 98 games the next year, but it was only good enough for another second-place finish (three games behind St. Louis). The 1986 team won 108 games, which was the best in the majors. It was only the second time the Mets won 100 games in a season, with the other time being [[1969 New York Mets season|1969]].{{cn|date=September 2025}}

The Mets won 92 games the following season, but they fell three games short of matching St. Louis. The next year, they won 100 games to win the division. The [[1988 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] ended with a seven-game loss to the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], which turned on a loss in Game 4 after winning two of the first three games.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

Johnson had a bitter feud with general manager [[Frank Cashen]].<ref name="sad">{{Cite news |last=Boswell |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Boswell |date=November 6, 1997 |title=A Graceful Exit That's 'So Damn Sad |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/bos.htm |access-date=June 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> When the Mets struggled early in the [[1990 New York Mets season|1990 season]], starting the season 20–22, Johnson was fired.  He finished with a record of 595 wins and 417 losses in the regular season and 11 wins and nine losses in the postseason.<ref name="managerial record">{{Cite web |title=Davey Johnson managerial record |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/johnsda02.shtml |access-date=February 14, 2014 |website=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> He is the winningest manager in Mets history<ref>{{Cite web |title=New York Mets Managers |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/managers.shtml |access-date=August 29, 2025 |website=Baseball Reference}}</ref> and was inducted into the [[New York Mets Hall of Fame|Mets Hall of Fame]] with Cashen, Strawberry, and Gooden on August 1, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carig |first=Marc |date=January 19, 2010 |title=NY Mets add Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen to team's Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nj.com/mets/2010/01/ny_mets_add_dwight_gooden_darr.html |access-date=August 29, 2025 |website=nj.com}}</ref>

===Cincinnati Reds===
After more than two seasons out of baseball, the Cincinnati Reds hired Johnson 44 games into the 1993 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-25-sp-39475-story.html |title=Reds Are Quick With Pink Slip for Perez : Baseball: Manager is replaced by Johnson after 44 games, but it isn't Schott's decision. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 25, 1993 |access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref> As was the case with the Mets, Johnson revived the Reds almost immediately. He led the team to the [[National League Central]] lead at the time of the [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|1994 players' strike]] and won the first official NL Central title in 1995. However, early in the 1995 season, Reds owner [[Marge Schott]] announced Johnson would not return in 1996, regardless of how the Reds did. Schott named former Reds third baseman [[Ray Knight]], who had played for Johnson on the Mets championship team, as bench coach, with the understanding that he would take over as manager in 1996.<ref>{{cite web | title=Who's the Boss Davey Johnson May Have Cincy in First Place, and Ray Knight Went 0-2 in a Cameo, but the Reds Know | work=Sports Illustrated Vault &#124; SI.com | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/09/18/whos-the-boss-davey-johnson-may-have-cincy-in-first-place-and-ray-knight-went-0-2-in-a-cameo-but-the-reds-know }}</ref>

Johnson and Schott had never gotten along, and relations had deteriorated to the point that he had nearly been fired after the 1994 season. According to Johnson, Schott would even send notes to him that were addressed to him by her [[St. Bernard (dog breed)|St. Bernard]].<ref name="Wulf">{{cite web |last1=Wulf |first1=Steve |date=September 17, 2012 |title=The face of the Nationals |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8383480/davey-johnson-brings-lifetime-baseball-wisdom-washington-nationals |access-date=June 9, 2021 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> By most accounts, the final straw came because Schott did not approve of Johnson living with his fiancée Susan before they were married (the two met in 1993 and married a year later). According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', Schott had decided before the 1995 season even started that it would be Johnson's last one in Cincinnati.<ref name="PoorComm">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Maske |title=Poor Communication at Heart of Feud |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/poorcomm.htm |newspaper=Washington Post |date=November 16, 1997 |access-date=July 18, 2007 }}</ref> The Reds defeated the Dodgers in the [[1995 National League Division Series|NLDS]] and reached the [[1995 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] in Johnson's last season as the Reds' manager, being swept by the eventual World Series champion [[Atlanta Braves]]. Johnson finished with a record of 204 wins and 172 losses in the regular season and three wins and four losses in the post-season.<ref name="managerial record" />

===Baltimore Orioles===
In 1996, Johnson returned to Baltimore as the Orioles' manager on a three-year, $2.25 million contract. The Orioles had gone 71–73 the previous year, but the team had promising talent to go with future Hall of Famers [[Cal Ripken Jr.]], [[Mike Mussina]], [[Eddie Murray]], and [[Roberto Alomar]]. The team went 88–74, finishing four games behind the [[New York Yankees]] in the AL East but it was good enough for the [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] by three games. It was the Orioles' first trip to the postseason since winning the [[1983 World Series]]. The Orioles defeated the [[1996 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] in the [[1996 American League Division Series|Division Series]], the defending champion of the [[American League]] who had won 99 games, the best in the majors that season, and lost the [[1996 American League Championship Series|Championship Series]] against the [[1996 New York Yankees season|New York Yankees]].

In 1997, the Orioles went 98–64 to finish with the best record in the [[American League]] while retaining the key core from before (albeit with the loss of Murray while acquiring future Hall of Famer [[Harold Baines]] mid-season). In the [[1997 American League Division Series|Division Series]], they faced the [[1997 Seattle Mariners season|Seattle Mariners]]. The Orioles won the series in four games, as they routed the Mariners with 23 runs while allowing just 11. They met the [[1997 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] in the [[1997 American League Championship Series|Championship Series]], who had upset the Yankees. The Orioles lost in six games.

Johnson and Orioles owner [[Peter Angelos]] never got along. In fact, the two men almost never spoke to each other. The end reportedly came when Johnson fined [[Roberto Alomar]] for skipping a team banquet in April 1997 and an exhibition game against the Triple-A [[Rochester Red Wings]] during the 1997 All-Star Break. Johnson ordered Alomar to pay the fine by making out a check to a charity for which his wife served as a fundraiser. However, Alomar donated the money to another charity after [[Major League Baseball Players Association|players' union]] lawyers advised him of the possible [[conflict of interest]]. In negotiations after the season, Angelos let it be known that he considered Johnson's handling of the Alomar fine to be grossly inappropriate, enough to be a fireable offense.<ref name="Maske">{{cite news |last1=Maske |first1=Mark |date=November 6, 1997 |title=Johnson Quits, Ending Angelos Feud |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/resign.htm |access-date=June 9, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Johnson was prepared to admit he had made an error in judgment regarding the fine, but Angelos demanded Johnson admit he had acted recklessly in not leaving the decision to him. Presumably, such an admission would have given Angelos grounds to fire Johnson for cause. Johnson refused to do so. Johnson had doubts over whether he would return for the final year of his contract (saying as much eight days after the Orioles had lost on October 15), and a spirited 90-minute phone call between Johnson and Angelos a week later was the last time they spoke to each other.<ref name="chron">{{cite web |title=Angelos-Johnson Feud Chronology |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/chron.htm |website=www.washingtonpost.com |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=November 5, 1997}}</ref> He offered his resignation by fax (after failing to reach Angelos by phone), which Angelos accepted on the same day that Johnson was named [[American League]] [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]] on November 5.<ref name="PoorComm"/> Johnson did not express bitterness with his time in Baltimore, although Angelos released the text of his response letter to the resignation, stating that Johnson's letter "fails to recognize the real issue posed by your imposition and handling of the Alomar fine and your divisive statement to the press in July that unless the Orioles got to the World Series, you would not be permitted to return ... Your own actions and conduct, not mine, have produced the fulfillment of your prophecy."<ref name="Kornheiser">{{cite web |last1=Kornheiser |first1=Tony |title=Hung Out to Dry, Johnson Heads for Cover |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/tk.htm |website=www.washingtonpost.com |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=November 6, 1997}}</ref>

The Orioles promoted pitching coach [[Ray Miller (baseball manager)|Ray Miller]] (who Angelos had hired after ordering [[Pat Dobson]] to be removed after the 1996 season)<ref name="Maske" />, but the team did not have another winning season, let alone win a postseason berth until 2012. As Orioles manager, Johnson logged a winning percentage of .574.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Connolly |first=Dan |title=100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die |publisher=Triumph Books |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-62937-041-5 |pages=231}}</ref>

===Los Angeles Dodgers===
Johnson had interviewed with the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] after the 1997 season but wasn't hired. Two years later, he returned to the majors as manager of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], who had won 88 games the previous year. On May 3, he won his 1,000th game as manager, doing so with a 7–0 victory over the [[Montreal Expos]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Los Angeles Dodgers at Montreal Expos Box Score, May 3, 1999 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MON/MON199905030.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=June 9, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Johnson did so in his 1,740th game as manager. No manager reached the 1,000 wins plateau nearly as fast as Johnson until [[Joe Girardi]] (1,808) in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rappa |first1=Matt |title=Phillies manager Joe Girardi wins 1,000th career game |url=https://thatballsouttahere.com/2020/08/26/phillies-manager-joe-girardi-1000-wins/ |website=That Balls Outta Here |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=August 26, 2020}}</ref> Johnson suffered the only full losing season of his managerial career, finishing in third place eight games under .500 with 77 wins. While the [[2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Dodgers]] rebounded to second place the [[2000 Major League Baseball season|next year]], it was not enough to save Johnson's job. He finished with a record of 163 wins and 161 losses despite having high-priced talent, such as [[Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher)|Kevin Brown]] and [[Gary Sheffield]] (alongside growing talent in future Hall of Famer [[Adrián Beltré]]), acquired by general manager [[Kevin Malone (baseball)|Kevin Malone]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Embattled Dodgers GM Malone steps down |url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/news/2001/0418/1174928.html |website=[[ESPN]] |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=April 18, 2001}}</ref><ref name="managerial record" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Robert |title=Davey Johnson Will Be Remembered as an Overrated and Underachieving Manager |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1785250-davey-johnson-will-be-remembered-as-an-overrated-and-underachieving-manager |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=June 9, 2021 |language=en |date=September 27, 2013}}</ref>[[File:Davey Johnson.jpg|thumb|Johnson with the [[United States national baseball team|U.S. national team]] in August 2008, President [[George W. Bush]] is directly on Johnson's right, not seen in photo]]

=== International baseball ===
Johnson briefly managed the [[Netherlands national baseball team|Netherlands national team]] in 2003 during the absence of [[Robert Eenhoorn]], first at the 2003 [[World Port Tournament]], where the Netherlands lost to Cuba in the finals, and then at the [[2003 European Baseball Championship]], where the Netherlands won the tournament. Johnson served as a [[bench coach]] under Eenhoorn at the [[2003 Baseball World Cup]] and at the [[Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="stoovelaar">{{cite news |last1=Stoovelaar |first1=Marco |title=Major League-great (Player/Manager); former Netherlands Team-Coach Davey Johnson passed away |url=https://catcher.home.xs4all.nl/bb25-0809-major-league-great-player-manager-former-netherlands-team-coach-davey-johnson-passed-away.htm |access-date=13 September 2025 |agency=Grand Slam Stats & News |date=8 September 2025}}</ref><ref name="kepner2">{{Cite news |last=Kepner |first=Tyler |author-link=Tyler Kepner |date=March 11, 2009 |title=Davey Johnson Has a Soft Spot for Dutch Baseball Team |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/sports/baseball/12davey.html |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

He then managed the [[United States national baseball team|United States national team]] to a seventh-place finish out of an 18-team field in the [[2005 Baseball World Cup]], held in the Netherlands. The American team finished tied for second in its group during group play with a 6–2 record before falling, 11–3, to eventual winner and 24-time World Cup champion [[Cuba national baseball team|Cuba]] in the quarterfinals. A subsequent 9–0 loss to [[Nicaragua national baseball team|Nicaragua]] put the Americans into the seventh-place game with [[Puerto Rico national baseball team|Puerto Rico]], where they prevailed with an 11–3 win.

Johnson served as bench coach for the U.S. during the inaugural [[2006 World Baseball Classic]]. At the [[2007 Baseball World Cup]] in Taiwan, he managed the U.S. to its first world title in more than three decades. He went on to manage the team at the [[Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Summer Olympics]] in China, earning a bronze medal, and at [[2009 World Baseball Classic]], finishing in fourth place.<ref name="stoovelaar" />

He also coached in the [[Florida Collegiate Summer League]], for the DeLand Suns in 2009 then the [[Sanford River Rats]] in 2010.

===Washington Nationals===
[[File:Davey Johnson Nationals.jpg|thumb|right|Johnson with the Nationals in August 2011]]
Johnson first joined the Washington Nationals front office on June 7, 2006, when he was appointed a consultant by vice president/[[general manager]] [[Jim Bowden (baseball)|Jim Bowden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060607&content_id=1493763&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was|title="Nationals name Davey Johnson as Special Consultant to the General Manager", Washington Nationals press release, Wednesday, June 7, 2006.|access-date=July 6, 2011|archive-date=October 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008102906/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20060607&content_id=1493763&vkey=pr_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was named a senior advisor to former GM [[Mike Rizzo (baseball)|Mike Rizzo]] after the [[2009 Washington Nationals season|2009 campaign]]. He became the Nationals manager on June 26, 2011, after the unexpected resignation of [[Jim Riggleman]] three days earlier. He served as manager for the rest of the 2011 season. The Nationals won eighty total games in that season, which was good enough for a third-place finish, the best finish for the organization since the move to Washington. On October 31, the Nationals announced that Davey Johnson would be their manager for the [[2012 Washington Nationals season|2012 season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110624&content_id=20957988&vkey=news_was&c_id=was|title=Johnson to take over as Nationals manager|date=June 25, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2011|first=Bill|last=Ladson|publisher=Washington.Nationals.MLB.com|archive-date=June 28, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628135439/http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110624&content_id=20957988&vkey=news_was&c_id=was|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Johnson led the Nationals to the franchise's first division title since 1981 (when they were the [[Montreal Expos]]) in 2012, achieving a franchise-record 98 wins—the most wins in baseball that year. They lost the [[2012 National League Division Series|Division Series]] to the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. It was the third and final time that Johnson had led a team to the best record in the majors without leading them to the [[World Series]]. On November 10, Johnson signed a contract to return as manager of the Nationals for the [[2013 Washington Nationals season|2013 season]].{{cn|date=September 2025}} Three days later, Johnson was named National League Manager of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Jeff |date=November 13, 2012 |title=Davey Johnson wins Manager of the Year after leading Nationals to 98 wins |url=https://bbwaa.com/12-nl-mgr/ |access-date=August 29, 2025 |website=[[BBWAA]]}}</ref> Johnson noted in his autobiography that just before being awarded the Manager of the Year award, he was offered to sign a document by owner [[Mark Lerner]] and GM [[Mike Rizzo (baseball)|Mike Rizzo]] to retire after the 2013 season, as opposed to simply not renewing the contract. At any rate, Johnson called the season a "World Series or bust" year, which came to backfire on him.<ref name="wagner">{{cite news |last1=Wagner |first1=James |title=Former manager Davey Johnson settles into 'retirement,' but still follows his Nationals |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/former-manager-davey-johnson-settles-into-retirement-but-still-follows-his-nationals/2014/09/29/b1fc4130-3aa6-11e4-8601-97ba88884ffd_story.html?itid=lk_interstitial_manual_32 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=September 29, 2014}}</ref>

The 2013 team struggled after a promising start of winning seven of their first ten games, as they went into the All-Star break with a 48–47 record. Despite having a 18–9 record in the month of September, they finished four games out of a wild card berth while finishing second in the NL East with an 86–76 record. On September 29, 2013, Johnson announced his retirement. He had the club record for wins (224) until [[Dave Martinez]] passed him in 2021. In 2014, Johnson became a consultant.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/nationals-journal/wp/2012/11/10/davey-johnson-nationals-officially-agree-to-deal-for-return-in-2013-season/ |title=Davey Johnson, Nationals officially agree to deal for return in 2013 season |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=James |last=Wagner |date=November 10, 2012}}</ref>

Just fifteen managers have finished with a record of 300 or more wins above .500. Johnson finished with a record of 1,372–1,071–2 to finish 301 games above .500 as a manager. In all but one full season as a manager, he won at least 85 games. He is also tenth all time in winning percentage for managers with 1,000 wins. All but Johnson in each category have been inducted into the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]], and he has missed induction four times (twice on the Veterans Committee in 2008 and 2010 and twice with Today's Game ballot in 2017 and 2018).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/index.shtml|title=MLB Managers|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cooperstowncred.com/davey-johnsons-managerial-career-and-cooperstown-credentials/|title=Davey Johnson's Managerial Career and Cooperstown Credentials|date=December 3, 2018}}</ref>

===Managerial record===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Games!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
|-
![[1984 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1984}}
||162||90||72||{{Winning percentage|90|72}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1985 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1985}}
||162||98||64||{{Winning percentage|98|64}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fde910"
![[1986 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1986}}
||162||108||54||{{Winning percentage|108|54}}|| '''1st in NL East''' || 8 || 5 || {{Winning percentage|8|5}} || '''Won [[1986 World Series|World Series]] ([[1986 Boston Red Sox season|BOS]])'''
|-
![[1987 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1987}}
||162||92||70||{{Winning percentage|92|70}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1988 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1988}}
||160||100||60||{{Winning percentage|100|60}}|| '''1st in NL East''' || 3 || 4 || {{Winning percentage|3|4}} || Lost [[1988 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] ([[1988 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]])
|-
![[1989 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1989}}
||162||87||75||{{Winning percentage|87|75}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1990 New York Mets season|NYM]]|| {{mlby|1990}}
||42||20||22||{{Winning percentage|20|22}}|| fired || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|NYM total || 1012 || 595 || 417 || {{Winning percentage|595|417}} || || 11 || 9 || .550 ||
|-
![[1993 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1993}}
||118||53||65||{{Winning percentage|53|65}}|| 5th in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
![[1994 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1994}}
||114||66||48||{{Winning percentage|66|48}}|| 1st in NL Central || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1995 Cincinnati Reds season|CIN]]|| {{mlby|1995}}
||144||85||59||{{Winning percentage|85|59}}|| '''1st in NL Central''' || 3 || 4 || {{Winning percentage|3|4}} || Lost [[1995 National League Championship Series|NLCS]] ([[1995 Atlanta Braves season|ATL]])
|-
! colspan="2"|CIN total || 376 || 204 || 172 || {{Winning percentage|204|172}} || || 3 || 4 || {{Winning percentage|3|4}} ||
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1996}}
||162||88||74||{{Winning percentage|88|74}}|| 2nd in AL East || 4 || 5 || {{Winning percentage|4|5}} || Lost [[1996 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1996 New York Yankees season|NYY]])
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[1997 Baltimore Orioles season|BAL]]|| {{mlby|1997}}
||162||98||64||{{Winning percentage|98|64}}|| '''1st in AL East''' || 5 || 5 || .500 || Lost [[1997 American League Championship Series|ALCS]] ([[1997 Cleveland Indians season|CLE]])
|-
! colspan="2"|BAL total || 324 || 186 || 138 || .574 || || 9 || 10 || {{Winning percentage|9|10}} ||
|-
![[1999 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]|| {{mlby|1999}}
||162||77||85||{{Winning percentage|77|85}}|| 3rd in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
![[2000 Los Angeles Dodgers season|LAD]]|| {{mlby|2000}}
||162||86||76||{{Winning percentage|86|76}}|| 2nd in NL West || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|LAD total || 324 || 163 || 161 || {{Winning percentage|163|161}} || || 0 || 0 || – ||
|-
![[2011 Washington Nationals season|WAS]]|| {{mlby|2011}}
||83||40||43||{{Winning percentage|40|43}}|| 3rd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-style="background:#fdd"
![[2012 Washington Nationals season|WAS]]|| {{mlby|2012}}
||162||98||64||{{Winning percentage|98|64}}|| '''1st in NL East''' || 2 || 3 || .400 || Lost [[2012 National League Division Series|NLDS]] ([[2012 St. Louis Cardinals season|STL]])
|-
![[2013 Washington Nationals season|WAS]]|| {{mlby|2013}}
||162||86||76||{{Winning percentage|86|76}}|| 2nd in NL East || – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|WAS total || 407 || 224 || 183 || {{Winning percentage|224|183}} || || 2 || 3 || .400 ||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total<ref name="managerial record" /> || 2443 || 1372 || 1071 || {{Winning percentage|1372|1071}} || || 25 || 26 || {{Winning percentage|25|26}} || 
|}

== Pioneering use of sabermetrics ==
Johnson was an early proponent of what would later become known as [[sabermetrics]]. A mathematics major at [[Trinity University]], he taught himself computer programming in 1969 and used statistical simulations to analyze player performance and optimize lineups.<ref name="HallOfFame"/> During his playing career, he earned the nickname "Dum Dum" for advising pitchers to challenge hitters by throwing more strikes over the middle of the plate, based on his data-driven approach.{{cn|date=September 2025}} He also created computer printouts suggesting lineup strategies for Orioles manager [[Earl Weaver]], although Weaver chose not to use them.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Vault: New York |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1984/04/02/new-york-1#:~:text=The%20answer%20to%20these%20and,and%20Giles%20with%20Wally%20Backman. |last1=Wulf |first1=Steve |author-link=Steve Wulf}}</ref>

As a manager, Johnson integrated data-driven strategies—such as emphasizing on-base percentage and favorable platoon matchups—long before such methods gained mainstream acceptance in Major League Baseball. His analytical approach, particularly with the New York Mets in the 1980s, helped lay the groundwork for the sport's later embrace of sabermetrics.<ref name="HallOfFame">{{cite web |title=Davey Johnson used math background to become successful manager |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/news/johnson-davey |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame]] |access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="WSJ">{{cite news |last=Jaffe |first=Chris |title=The Statistical Player |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444330904577537411977411872 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Lewis">{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Lewis |title=Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |year=2003 |isbn=9780393057652}}{{Page needed|date=August 2025}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Johnson was born in [[Orlando, Florida]]. He graduated from [[Alamo Heights High School]] in [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]. He attended [[Johns Hopkins University]] in [[Baltimore]], as well as [[Texas A&M University]], and graduated from [[Trinity University]] in San Antonio, Texas, in 1964, with a bachelor's degree in [[mathematics]].<ref name="trinityismyname">Catalano, Julie [http://www.trinityunivmagazine.com/2012/02/davey-johnson-%E2%80%9864-baseball-by-the-numbers/ "Davey Johnson '64: Baseball by the Numbers"]{{dead link|date=December 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} ''Trinity'' (The Magazine of Trinity University), February 14, 2012</ref> 

Johnson's first marriage, to Mary Nan, ended in divorce. Together they had three children: David Jr., Dawn, and Andrea.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/obituaries/davey-johnson-dead.html|title = Davey Johnson, Who Managed the Mets to a Memorable Title, Dies at 82|last = Weber|first = Bruce|date = September 6, 2025|accessdate = September 6, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref>

Johnson met his second wife, Susan, in 1993 (they married the following January) while she was organizing a golf tournament for her deaf-blind son Jake and his learning center (she also specialized in working with a charity for [[Johns Hopkins Hospital]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahrens |first1=Frank |date=November 17, 1997 |title=The Johnsons: Not Your Traditional Couple |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/orioles/longterm/memories/davey/articles/johnsons.htm |access-date=June 9, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Both Davey and Susan had been married once prior, and both had dealt with health issues of offspring, an issue over which they bonded.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Woman Behind the Charity Check |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1997/10/31/the-woman-behind-the-charity-check/1689a779-1d38-4f40-8324-eca55ad21749/ |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Johnson's daughter, Andrea, was a nationally ranked amateur surfer in the late 1980s. She died in 2005 from [[septic shock]] and complications from [[schizophrenia]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Coffey | first=Wayne | date=April 27, 2008 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/davey-johnson-tells-mets-days-steroids-olympic-dreams-article-1.284495 | location=New York | work=Daily News | title=Davey Johnson tells of Mets days, steroids and Olympic dreams}}</ref> In 2011, Susan's son (Davey's stepson) Jake died from [[pneumonia]] at age 34. 

Johnson co-wrote ''Bats'', a diary of the Mets' 1985 season, with longtime sportswriter [[Peter Golenbock]]. It was released early in 1986. After the Mets captured the World Series title in October 1986, Davey and Golenbock added another chapter about that season for the paperback edition, published in early 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebay.com/p/1178538|title=Bats by Davey Johnson and Peter Golenbock (1986, Hardcover) for sale online|website=eBay}}</ref>

In 2018, Davey Johnson, alongside Erik Sherman, wrote his autobiography, ''My Wild Ride in Baseball and Beyond'', with the proceeds going to his wife Susan's nonprofit organization, Support Our Scholars.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maese |first1=Rick |title=Davey Johnson revisits Strasburg shutdown in new book: 'I adamantly disagreed' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/05/09/davey-johnson-revisits-strasburg-shutdown-in-new-book-i-adamantly-disagreed/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=June 9, 2021 |date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> 

In 2021, Davey Johnson was treated in a hospital after contracting [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]], but recovered.<ref name="covid">{{cite web |title=Davey Johnson home after COVID treatments |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30761256/davey-johnson-hospital-covid-19-treatments-former-new-york-mets-spokesman-says |website=ESPN.com |access-date=January 24, 2021 |language=en |date=January 22, 2021}}</ref>

==Death==
Johnson died at a hospital in [[Sarasota, Florida]], on September 5, 2025. He was 82.<ref name="MLBObit">{{cite news |last1=Trezza |first1=Joe |title=Davey Johnson, 1986 Mets manager and 4-time All-Star, passes at 82 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/davey-johnson-passes-away-at-82 |access-date=September 6, 2025 |work=[[MLB.com]] |date=September 6, 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>

That day, [[Ken Rosenthal]] was on Fox broadcasting a game between Houston and Texas, and memorialized Davey on air: "...'96 and '97, those were two fun years. Davey Johnson was the smartest guy in the room and he knew that he was the smartest guy in the room. There was a night in Chicago... the Orioles at the time had an alternate closer thing going on
[[Armando Benítez|Benitez]], [[Randy Myers]]. They were sort of trying to choose between the two (pitchers-selecting a closer). A cold night in [[Chicago]] in April, Davey uses one when it appeared that he might use the other. We all go downstairs to interview him after the game. He's still shivering. He opens up without even taking a question by saying I know you guys, us the writers,  were second-guessing me up there. I'm the manager, I'm the one making all the money, I'm good (without having to answer to you!) At that point there was nothing to ask, that was Davey ...the other thing I remember so vividly, he had this feud with the Orioles owner at the time, [[Peter Angelos]] when he (Johnson) was named the [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|manager of the year]]. This was the only time in baseball history that this has (ever) happened. He (Johnson) resigned that day and on the conference call that day, he said hey, anybody know of any openings? I could use a job!"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/houston-astros-vs-texas-rangers-sep-06-2025-game-boxscore-93292?tab=news|title=Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers September 6, 2025|date=September 6, 2025|access-date=September 6, 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Baseball}}
* [[List of Gold Glove middle infield duos]]
* [[List of Major League Baseball managers with most career wins]]

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