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Dave Roberts has reached 1,000 career managerial wins with the Dodgers, per Katie Woo at The New York Times. It’s a clean, round number that puts him in rare company — both in franchise history and across the modern game. Roberts got there doing what he’s done since taking over in 2016: winning a lot of baseball games, sometimes in spite of the discourse that follows him around.

Roberts took over the Dodgers ahead of the 2016 season and immediately turned the club into a perennial powerhouse. He’s led the team to multiple National League pennants and delivered the franchise its first World Series championship in 32 years during the shortened 2020 season. He followed that up by guiding the 2024 squad — headlined by Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, and Freddie Freeman — to another title. Along the way, he’s managed some of the most talented rosters in baseball history, and the results speak for themselves. One thousand wins in roughly ten full seasons is an absurd clip.

I think Roberts is one of those managers who gets second-guessed constantly precisely because he manages a team good enough for every decision to be dissected under a microscope. Bullpen moves, lineup construction, when to pull a starter — we’ve all yelled at the TV. But the man wins. Consistently. Year after year. The 1,000-win mark just puts a number on what we already knew: Roberts has been one of the most successful managers of his generation.

For context, Roberts sits among a small group of active managers who have hit this milestone with a single franchise. His winning percentage throughout his tenure has been elite, consistently hovering well above .600 in most seasons. He’s navigated injured rotations, roster overhauls, and the constant pressure of managing in the biggest market in the National League. Not everyone thrives under that kind of scrutiny. Roberts has.

What makes this milestone particularly meaningful is that Roberts has done it while the game itself has changed dramatically around him. He managed through the analytics revolution, adapted to new roster construction philosophies, and embraced the kind of flexibility that modern front offices demand. The Dodgers’ willingness to use openers, shift defensive alignments (before the ban), and deploy unconventional bullpen strategies all happened under his watch. He’s been a willing partner in the front office’s vision while still maintaining his own clubhouse identity.

From our perspective as fans, 1,000 wins is a reminder that we’ve had it pretty good. Roberts isn’t perfect — no manager is — but finding a skipper who can handle the egos, the expectations, and the relentless grind of October baseball the way he has is genuinely difficult. Congratulations to him. Now let’s go get another ring.

Source(s): Katie Woo (The New York Times) | First reported: July 1, 2026 10:47 AM UTC

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