Cleveland Indians: Top 5 managers in team history

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CLEVELAND, OH – OCTOBER 14: Terry Francona #17 of the Cleveland Indians looks on against the Toronto Blue Jays during game one of the American League Championship Series at Progressive Field on October 14, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. 2013-Present . Manager. Terry Francona. 4. player. 5

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638-494 record
2016 American League Champion
3-time AL Central Champion
Two AL Wild Card Berths
22-game winning streak (2017)
No sub .500 seasons
Two-time AL Manager of the Year
Third all-time on Indians managerial win list

There are few managers in Indians history that have had more success than Cleveland’s current skipper Terry Francona.

Since arriving in Cleveland in 2013, the Indians have never finished below the .500 mark, have won three American League Central titles, clinched two Wild Card berths and came within one win of winning the 2016 World Series.

In 2016, Francona led an Indians team that had missed the postseason in both 2014 and 2015 and had not won an AL Central title since 2007 when Eric Wedge was at the helm all the way to the World Series where the Tribe jumped out to a 3-1 series lead before eventually losing to the Chicago Cubs in seven games.

Francona’s 2017 club became the first Indians team since 1995 to win 100 or more games (100) and broke the American Leauge’s regular season winning streak record as they rattled off 22 straight wins late in the season.

In 2021 he will enter his eighth year as Cleveland’s skipper in what many speculate will be his final year in baseball as he battles health issues that forced him to miss 48 games in 2020.

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