But wait! Baseball-reference.com’s list of Cubs managers has 61 names.
So why the discrepancy?
P.K. Wrigley’s infamous “College of Coaches” is the reason for the discrepancy. Wrigley had tired of losing by 1960, when Lou Boudreau came down from the radio booth to manage a team that lost 94 games, at the time the franchise record. Boudreau wanted a multi-year deal, Wrigley wasn’t inclined to give one, so Lou went back to radio and Wrigley decided to try a different concept.
The Chicago Cubs would not have a manager for 1961.