List of Milwaukee Brewers managers

Dale Sveum, who assumed control of the team late in the 2008 season from Ned Yost, led the club to an NL Wild Card.

[3] Three have won the Sporting News Manager of the Year Award: George Bamberger (1978), Craig Counsell (2017, 2018, and 2023), and Pat Murphy (2024).

Craig Counsell won 707 regular-season games from 2015 to 2023, placing him first on the all-time wins list for Brewers managers.

Playing in the American League (AL), the Seattle Pilots were managed by former St. Louis Cardinals coach Joe Schultz in their inaugural 1969 season.

[8] Third base coach Roy McMillan filled in on an interim basis for two games before Triple-A Evansville Triplets manager Del Crandall was brought up to finish the season.

[12] Alex Grammas, a coach for the 1975 World Series champion Reds, next served as Brewers manager from 1976 to 1977.

[16] Continuing as Milwaukee's skipper in 1981,[17] Buck Rodgers led the team to their first postseason appearance by winning the Second Half AL East Division title.

[19] The 1982 Brewers captured the AL East Division title before winning the American League Championship Series over the California Angels.

[31] With the team in a race for the NL Central Division title, Yost was fired on September 15, 2008, with 12 games left to play.

[32][33] Under Sveum, the Brewers won the 2008 NL Wild Card, but lost the National League Division Series (NLDS) versus the Philadelphia Phillies.

[37] They won the NLDS over the Arizona Diamondbacks but were eliminated from the postseason by St. Louis in the National League Championship Series (NLCS).

[38] Former Brewers infielder and special assistant to the general manager Craig Counsell was selected as Roenicke's replacement.

The 2018 NL Central Division champion Brewers won the NLDS over the Colorado Rockies but lost the NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers[41] Milwaukee returned to the playoffs the next season but lost the 2019 National League Wild Card Game against the Washington Nationals.

[15] He led the Brewers to the 2021 NL Central Division title, but they lost the NLDS versus the Atlanta Braves.

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Manager Ken Macha (center) meeting with the umpires before a game
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Harvey Kuenn led the Brewers to the 1982 World Series , their only World Series appearance.
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Craig Counsell led the Brewers to five postseason appearances between 2015 and 2023.