mickey vernon became the first manager of the texas rangers in 1961, serving for just over two seasons. ron washington has managed more games and seasons than any other manager in rangers history. before 2010, the only rangers manager to have led the team to the playoffs was johnny oates, who also won the 1996 manager of the year award with the rangers. ted williams is the only rangers manager to have been inducted into the baseball hall of fame as a player; whitey herzog, who was inducted in the hall in 2010, is only rangers manager to earn induction as a manager.