List of managers of defunct Major League Baseball teams

Thirteen men who managed now-defunct Major League Baseball teams have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame: Ned Hanlon, John McGraw, Jim O'Rourke, Pud Galvin, Fred Clarke, George Wright, John Montgomery Ward, Harry Wright, Charles Comiskey, Buck Ewing, Joe Tinker, Bill McKechnie and Mordecai Brown.

Chapman and Bancroft each managed six different now defunct Major League Baseball teams.

Chapman managed the National League Louisville Grays, Milwaukee Grays, Worcester Worcesters, Detroit Wolverines and Buffalo Bisons, and the Louisville Colonels in both the American Association and the National League.

[3] He managed the Colonels to the 1890 American Association championship, and to a tie with the National League champion Brooklyn Bridegrooms in the 1890 World Series.

[3][4] Bancroft managed the National League Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines, Cleveland Blues, Providence Grays and Indianapolis Hoosiers and the American Association Philadelphia Athletics.

Patsy Tebeau won 579 games as manager of the Cleveland Spiders .
Ned Hanlon won 555 games and 3 National League championships as manager of the Baltimore Orioles .
Frank Bancroft managed five different defunct National League baseball teams including the Providence Grays , whom he led to the 1884 National League and World Series championships.
George Wright managed the 1879 Providence Grays to a .702 winning percentage and a National League championship.
Billy Barnie won 470 games and lost 548 as manager of the Baltimore Orioles in the American Association .
Arthur Irwin managed the Boston Reds to the last American Association championship in 1891.
Fred Dunlap managed the St. Louis Maroons to the only Union Association championship.
King Kelly managed the Boston Reds to the only Players' League championship.
Joe Tinker managed the Chicago Whales to 173 wins and one Federal League championship.