Davey Johnson

Davey Johnson as a manager

Davey Johnson managed 2442 major league games between 1984 and 2013, winning 1369 and losing 1070 for a .561 percentage. Johnson ran the New York Mets (1984-1990), the Cincinnati Reds (1993-1995), the Baltimore Orioles (1996-1997), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000), and the Washington Nationals (2011-2013). Johnson's strongest year in the dugout came in 1986, when the New York Mets went 108-54. The weakest full season was 1993, at 53-65. The Rank column for the New York Mets years shows 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, and 2nd. With the Cincinnati Reds (1993-1995), the finishes read 5th, 1st, and 1st. The Rank column for the Baltimore Orioles years shows 2nd and 1st.

With the Los Angeles Dodgers (1999-2000), the finishes read 3rd and 2nd. The first season in the table, 1984, ended 90-72; the last, 2013, ended 86-76. Johnson's clubs finished first in 1986, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1997, and 2012. Johnson managed in the National League and American League. In 1993 and 2011, Johnson took over a club already in progress that season. Johnson's birth date on file is January 30, 1943, in Orlando, FL, USA. The death date on file is September 5, 2025. As a player, Johnson appears from 1965 to 1978; the player page has that record.