There have been a total of nine

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in the history of the

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(MLB) franchise of the

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. The Diamondbacks franchise was formed in the

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as a member of the National League.

Buck Showalter William Nathaniel "Buck" Showalter III (born May 23, 1956) is an American professional baseball manager. He served as manager of the New York Yankees (1992–1995), Arizona Diamondbacks (1998–2000), Texas Rangers (2003–2006), Baltimore Oriol ...

was hired as the first Diamondbacks manager. Showalter served for three (1998-2000) seasons before being replaced after the 2000 season.

Al Pedrique Alfredo José Pedrique García (, born August 11, 1960) is a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the New York Mets (1987), Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–88), and ...

Alan Trammell Alan Stuart Trammell ( ; born February 21, 1958) is an American former professional baseball shortstop, manager, and coach. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He played for the Detroit Tigers for the entirety of his 20-year p ...

A. J. Hinch Andrew Jay Hinch (born May 15, 1974) is an American professional baseball coach and former catcher who is the manager of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). As a member of Team USA, Hinch won a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer O ...

, and

Chip Hale Walter William "Chip" Hale (born December 2, 1964) is an American professional baseball infielder, coach (baseball), coach, and manager (baseball), manager. Hale played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1989 through 1997, and managed in MLB f ...

are the only managers in the Diamondbacks history to not lead a team into the playoffs, although Trammell and Pedrique did not manage a whole season. Five managers have led the Diamondbacks to the playoffs. In the 2000 baseball season, the Diamondbacks decided to replace Buck Showalter with

Bob Brenly Robert Earl Brenly (born February 25, 1954) is an American baseball sportscaster and a former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball (MLB) career as a catcher with the San Francisco ...

. The following year, Brenly led the Diamondbacks to win the

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. Brenly has the highest winning percentage for all Diamondback managers along with the most playoff games managed and won. However, after a poor 2003 and start of the 2004 season, Brenly was also released and was replaced by

, the third base coach for the Diamondbacks at the time. His 22 wins in 83 games managed for a .265 winning percentage is the lowest for all Diamondback managers in history. At the end of that season, the Diamondbacks originally hired

Wally Backman Walter Wayne Backman (born September 22, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from – and was a member of their 1986 World Series-winning team. He was also the f ...

as their new manager for the team. Though, after allegations of Backman

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, the Diamondbacks decided to instead hire Bob Melvin as their new manager instead of hiring Backman. Prior to the May 8, 2009 game, the Diamondbacks replaced Melvin with

, who in turn was fired after the next season; Hinch has the lowest winning percentage for any fulltime Diamondback manager in history (.420).

Kirk Gibson Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Gibson spent most of his career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, but also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Kansa ...

managed the next five seasons before being fired in 2014; he was replaced by

, who managed for two seasons before being let go in 2016. The current manager of Diamondbacks is

Torey Lovullo Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo ( ; born July 25, 1965) is an American former professional baseball infielder and coach (baseball), coach who is the current manager (baseball), manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB) ...

, who was hired in 2017. During the 2022 season, Lovullo became the all-time winningest and longest tenured Diamondback manager in history.

Key

''Statistics are accurate as of the end of the 2024 MLB season.''

Managers

was hired as the Diamondbacks manager on November 1, 2004, but was fired four days later on November 5, 2004, due to off-field issues.

Notes

* A running total of the number of managers of the Diamondbacks. Thus any manager who has had two or more terms as manager is only counted once.

References

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