Bruce Bochy to Retire After 2019 Season

Bruce Bochy has announced he will retire after the 2019 MLB season. The San Francisco Giants manager, set to turn 64 in April, is a three-time World Series champion. The skipper won titles with the Giants in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

The 2019 MLB season will be Bruce Bochy's last as a manager. (Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports)

A skipper in the majors since 1995, Bochy first managed the San Diego Padres. He was named the NL Manager of the Year in 1996 and helped the Padres win the NL pennant in 1998. The New York Yankees swept the Padres in the '98 World Series.

Bochy went on to win the NL West in 2005 and 2006—the only time in Padres history the franchise won consecutive division titles—before he left for the Giants after San Diego's front office indicated it wanted a younger manager. In 12 seasons with the Padres, Bochy won four division crowns, highlighted by the NL pennant in '98. He compiled a 951-975 record in the regular season and an 8-16 mark in the playoffs with San Diego.

While Bochy struggled in his first two seasons with San Francisco—losing over 90 games in 2007 and 2008—the team won 88 games in 2009. The following year, the Giants won the NL West—their first division title since 2003—before an unheralded postseason run that ended with the team’s first World Series title since the franchise moved from New York to San Francisco.

The Giants’ subsequent World Series titles in 2012 and 2014 gave them three championships in five years, securing the first baseball dynasty of the 21^st century.

Bochy, a near-lock to make the Hall of Fame, has amassed 1,926 wins in his first 24 seasons, placing him No. 11 on the all-time manager wins list. If the Giants win 83 or more games this season, he would enter the top-10 in victories, surpassing Leo Durocher (2,008 career wins). 

The over/under win total for the Giants in 2019 is 73.5, according to BetOnline.ag.