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Cleveland Indians' Managers: a historical perspective

Name                 years    record
Kerby Farrell     1957     76–77
Bobby Bragan     1958     31–36
Joe Gordon     1958–1960     184-151
Jimmy Dykes     1960–1961     105–115
Mel McGaha     1962     80–82 *
Birdie Tebbetts     1963–1966     311-298
George Strickland     1966     15–24
Joe Adcock     1967     75–87
Alvin Dark     1968–1971     266–321
Johnny Lipon     1971     18–41
Ken Aspromonte     1972–1974     220–260
Frank Robinson     1975–1977     186–189
Jeff Torborg     1977–1979     157–201
Dave Garcia     1979–1982     247-244
Mike Ferraro     1983     40–60
Pat Corrales     1983–1987     280–355
Doc Edwards     1987–1989     173–207
John Hart     1989     8–11
John McNamara     1990–1991     102–137
Mike Hargrove     1991–1999     721-591
Charlie Manuel     2000–2002     220-190
Joel Skinner     2002     35–41
Eric Wedge     2003–Present     496-476 (through 2008)

It is interesting to see how many of these managers had never managed in the majors before.  Many of them managed in the Indians' dark ages of the 60's, 70's, and 80's.
How many of them worked their way up through the Indians' farm system?  How many of them never managed again?

 

* Mel Harder actually managed 1 game in 1961 and 2 games in 1962 ,

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