Terry Francona Earns Historic 2,000th Win. Which Active MLB Manager Is Next?

"The one thing you just die for is a chance to win … and to be expected to win is what you play for, what you coach for." 

That's what current Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona, who at that point had not won much of anything, said when hired by the Boston Red Sox in December 2003. Since then, Francona has gone on to have a very successful MLB career, and he added another milestone to his impressive résumé.

On Sunday, he became the 13th manager in major league history to reach 2,000 wins with the Reds' 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Francona joins Texas' Bruce Bochy as the only active managers with at least 2,000 wins. 

Ten of the 12 other managers who have accumulated at least 2,000 wins are in the Hall of Fame. Bochy and Dusty Baker (2,183), who isn’t yet eligible, are the only exceptions. What's more, the 66-year-old Francona is the fourth manager to record his 2,000th win for one of the teams from his playing career. Francona played for the Reds in 1987, batting .227 in 102 games.

With Sunday's win, Francona's regular-season record is now 2,000-1,719 in 24 seasons. He led Boston to World Series titles in 2004 and 2007, and Cleveland to the Fall Classic in 2016. His teams have reached the postseason 11 times.

Francona is 50-47 in his first season with Cincinnati after signing a three-year deal with a club option for 2028.

To put Francona's 2,000th win into perspective, it's important to know that even though the first and second managers to achieve this feat — John McGraw and Connie Mack, respectively — began their careers in the dugout in 1899 and 1894 — before modern baseball existed, he's still just the 13th to ever reach that mark.

That got us thinking about who could be the next name added to this