Per a 2016 study, the average tenure for an MLB manager was 3.7 seasons, a figure that is certain to be shorter now considering a combined 20 were canned in the years since, including the Phillies axing Gabe Kapler after two seasons and the Ron Roenicke lasting just one with the Red Sox.
From that end, Brian Snitker has defied expectations. Only three other National League managers have been at their posts longer in the Brewers’ Craig Counsell (seventh season), Marlins’ Don Mattingly and Dodgers’ Dave Roberts (sixth season for each) and six in total when you bring in the American League’s Bob Melvin (11th year), Terry Francona (ninth) and Rays’ Kevin Cash (seventh).