To start with, here’s how the various team managers in history have done during their first 162 games in charge:
- Buck Showalter (1998): 65-97
- Bob Brenly (2001): 92-70
- Bob Melvin (2005): 77-85
- A.J. Hinch (2009-10): 72-90
- Kirk Gibson (2010-11): 77-85
- Chip Hale (2015): 79-83
That works out as an average record of 77 wins in their opening season (whether they started on Opening Day or not). But only once has a manager delivered a winning record right out of the gate: the winningest man in Diamondbacks history, and now the color commentator in the booth, Bob Brenly.