<P> There have been sixty - one different managers in the team 's franchise history : four while it was known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings ( 1882 -- 1889 ) , four while it was known as the Cincinnati Redlegs ( 1953 -- 1958 ) and the other fifty - three under the Cincinnati Reds ( 1882 -- 1952 , 1959 -- present ) . In baseball , the head coach of a team is called the manager , or more formally , the field manager . Pop Snyder was the first manager of the Reds and managed from 1882 to 1884 . Sparky Anderson is the franchise 's all - time leader in regular - season games managed ( 1,450 ) and regular - season game wins ( 863 ) . He is followed by Bill McKechnie in both categories with 1,386 and 744 , respectively . Anderson is the only Reds manager to have won the World Series twice , in 1975 and 1976 . Pat Moran , Lou Piniella , and McKechnie have one World Series victory each ; Moran was the manager during the Black Sox Scandal , which refers to the events that took place in the 1919 World Series . McKechnie led the team to the championship in 1940 , while Piniella led the team to it in 1990 . Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Reds , which he won in 1999 . The most recent manager of the Reds is Jim Riggleman , and the current owner is Robert Castellini . </P>
<P> There have been sixty - one different managers in the team 's franchise history : four while it was known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings ( 1882 -- 1889 ) , four while it was known as the Cincinnati Redlegs ( 1953 -- 1958 ) and the other fifty - three under the Cincinnati Reds ( 1882 -- 1952 , 1959 -- present ) . In baseball , the head coach of a team is called the manager , or more formally , the field manager . Pop Snyder was the first manager of the Reds and managed from 1882 to 1884 . Sparky Anderson is the franchise 's all - time leader in regular - season games managed ( 1,450 ) and regular - season game wins ( 863 ) . He is followed by Bill McKechnie in both categories with 1,386 and 744 , respectively . Anderson is the only Reds manager to have won the World Series twice , in 1975 and 1976 . Pat Moran , Lou Piniella , and McKechnie have one World Series victory each ; Moran was the manager during the Black Sox Scandal , which refers to the events that took place in the 1919 World Series . McKechnie led the team to the championship in 1940 , while Piniella led the team to it in 1990 . Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Reds , which he won in 1999 . The most recent manager of the Reds is Jim Riggleman , and the current owner is Robert Castellini . </P>
who is the manager of the cincinnati reds
who is the manager of the cincinnati reds
Jim Riggleman
Jim Riggleman