1. Terry Francona (no question)
2. Joe Morgan (2 divisions with not a lot of talent, who can forget "these guys aren't as good as they think they are" after he was let go)
3. Jimy Williams (went back and forth between him and JF, in the end, the 2 last place finishes knocked Farrell down)
4. John Farrell (1 title is a big plus)
5. John McNamara (2 mediocre seasons sandwiched around what should have been the year)
6. Darrell Johnson (1 pennant and lost to the Big Red Machine, but he never should have pinch hit for Willoughby in Game 7)
7. Kevin Kennedy (1 unexpected division title)
8. Don Zimmer (would have been higher had the wild card existed, who knows what could have happened)
9. Grady Little (blew the 2003 pennant)
10. Ralph Houk (defined mediocrity)
11. Butch Hobson (ranks above the other 2 only because of the talent he had, see Joe Morgans comment above)
12. Bobby Valentine (disaster with a very good team on paper)
13. Joe Kerrigan (the fact that he only lasted about 40 games says a lot)
I limited my list to guys I actually could judge (I remember Dick Williams and Eddie Kasko, but I really have no basis on which to judge them, Williams caught lightning in a bottle in 67 but did little else, Kasko = Ralph Houk as near as I can tell). Guys like Pesky and Eddie Popowski, who managed but a handful of games, don't count.