Which Chicago Cubs managers have been ejected the most?

Most managerial ejections in Cubs history: #4 – Frankie Frisch

Frankie Frisch came to manage the Cubs in June 1949, just a few years after being elected to Cooperstown. He had played for 19 seasons, racking up 2,880 hits, and then went on to manage the Cardinals and Pirates from 1933 through 1946. He managed the Cubs from June 1949 through mid-1951 in what would be his last MLB managerial gig.

Frisch was ejected 16 times as a Cub, including seven in 1950. He finished his Cubs tenure with a .418 win percentage in what was part of a pretty awful run for the team from the late-1940s through the mid-1960s. There was much to be happy about in those days, and not even a man who was the player/manager on the 1934 World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals could fix the team.

Frisch, in his 16 years managing, was ejected 88 times between the Cardinals, Pirates and Cubs.

Most managerial ejections in Cubs history: #3 – Joe Maddon

Who could forget that time in Pittsburgh in 2017 when Joe Maddon had to be held back by his players from getting into Joe West’s face? The current manager’s former boss was ejected 17 times from 2015 through 2019.

Maddon was ejected five times in 2015, the most of any season with the Cubs. One might remember the game against the San Diego Padres when a few missed calls by homeplate umpire Sam Holbrook lead to Maddon’s first ejection in a Cubs uniform. There was also the time when Joe West ejected Maddon in 2016 in St. Louis after Kyle Hendricks saw his no-hitter get broken up and West said Maddon was “stalling”.

When it comes to postseason ejections, Maddon had several in the 2017 NLCS. One which included the “foul tip” that clearly should have been a Curtis Granderson strikeout in the eighth inning of Game 4. He was also tossed in Game 1 arguing a slide rule in the seventh inning.

Maddon was not afraid to get into an umpire’s face when he felt necessary, that is for sure.

Most managerial ejections in Cubs history: #2 – Charlie Grimm

Managing 14 years and 1,737 games, only Cap Anson has managed more games for the franchise than Charlie Grimm. Serving as both a player/manager and just manager, Grimm won three pennants as the team’s skipper. He was ejected 19 times as a Cubs manager.

Grimm was not making ejections frequent however, the most he ever got tossed in a season was four in 1934. Other than that he was typically ejected roughly twice a year. He accumulated the 19 ejections from managing the team for so long.

It is worth noting he was ejected in Game3 of the 1935 World Series for “bench jockeying”. In fact, four guys (two from each team) were ejected that game, Grimm being one of them.

Most managerial ejections in Cubs history: #1 – Leo Durocher

Leo Durocher was not a guy who was going to be your buddy, he took the game very seriously. He is often associated with the saying, “Nice guys finish last.” So it is no wonder he is the all-time leader in Cubs manager ejections.

Twenty times from 1966 through 1972 Durocher was thrown out of a game. The most in a season ironically coming in 1969, when he got the heave-ho five times. It was certainly frustrating to see their pennant dreams go up in smoke in September with the “Miracle Mets” going on their historic run.

Durocher was ejected 100 times in his managerial career between the Cubs, Dodgers, Giants and Astros. That is third all=time behind John McGraw and Bobby Cox.

One could be surprised to not see Lou Piniella on this list, who was known for his extravagant ejections. He was only ejected five times from 2007-2010, but he made some of them very memorable. That all said, David Ross can easily pass Evers and Riggleman the way he is going. That would put him fifth all-time on the Cubs manager list in ejections.