Editing Terry Francona (section)

====Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2013–2023)====
[[File:Indians skipper Terry Francona signs for fans before -WorldSeries Game 1. (30477228241).jpg|thumb|180px|Francona signing autographs during the [[2016 World Series]]]]
Francona was hired as manager of the [[2013 Cleveland Indians season|Cleveland Indians]] on October 6, 2012, and officially introduced on October 8. The Indians chose Francona over [[Sandy Alomar Jr.]], who had served as the club's interim manager for the final six games of the 2012 season after [[Manny Acta]] was fired on September 27. Alomar, who had spent the past three seasons as a coach in Cleveland, and Francona were the only candidates interviewed for the Indians' opening.<ref>{{cite web|date=October 6, 2012|title=Terry Francona to take over Indians|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8470798/terry-francona-named-new-manager-cleveland-indians|access-date=March 6, 2013|website=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Boeck|first=Scott|date=October 7, 2012|title=Indians hire Francona as next manager|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2012/10/06/terry-francona-named-indians-manager/1617129/|access-date=March 6, 2013|website=[[USA Today]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Withers|first=Tom|date=October 8, 2012|title=Indians introduce Terry Francona as new manager|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/indians-introduce-terry-francona-as-new-manager/article4596452/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008191806/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/indians-introduce-terry-francona-as-new-manager/article4596452/|archive-date=October 8, 2012|access-date=October 8, 2012|website=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> Alomar stayed in Cleveland on Francona's staff as the [[bench coach]]. Under Francona, the Cleveland Indians finished the 2013 regular season with a record of 92–70, which was a 24-game improvement over the previous year. The Indians were eliminated from the 2013 MLB playoffs by losing 4–0 to the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Wild Card Game.  On November 12, 2013, Terry Francona was named as the [[American League]] [[Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award|Manager of the Year]]. Francona agreed to a two-year extension on November 4, 2014. He led the team to a 177–147 record in his first two seasons as Indians manager.<ref>{{cite news|date=November 4, 2014|title=Francona helps turn around culture in Cleveland|work=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|location=United States|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=11818849|access-date=November 4, 2014}}</ref>

Francona managed the Indians to the American League Central Division title in [[2016 Cleveland Indians season|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Manoloff|first=Dennis|date=September 28, 2016|title=Terry Francona magnificent in guiding Cleveland Indians to AL Central title: DMan video|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/09/terry_francona_indians_magnifi.html|access-date=November 3, 2016|website=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref> His team swept his former club, the [[2016 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]], in three games in the divisional series—clinching a berth in the ALCS with a win at Fenway Park on October 10, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoynes|first=Paul|date=October 11, 2016|title=Cleveland Indians sweep Boston Red Sox to clinch ALDS; face Toronto in ALCS on Friday|url=http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/10/cleveland_indians_boston_red_s_46.html#incart_big-photo|access-date=November 3, 2016|website=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref> On October 19, 2016, Francona's Indians beat the [[2016 Toronto Blue Jays season|Toronto Blue Jays]] to move on to the [[2016 World Series|World Series]], where the Indians won game 1 against the [[2016 Chicago Cubs season|Chicago Cubs]] 6–0 to extend his World Series record to 9–0.  He lost his first World Series game when the Indians were defeated by the Cubs in game 2 by a score of 5–1. The Indians won Game 3 against the Chicago Cubs 1–0. The Indians won Game 4 against the Chicago Cubs 7–2 to give Cleveland a 3–1 lead. The Indians would fall to the Cubs 3–2 in Game 5. Cleveland went on to lose Game 6 by a score of 9–3, then lost 8–7 in 10 innings in Game 7, handing Francona his first World Series loss. On November 15, 2016, Francona was named American League Manager of the Year for the second time in his career.<ref>{{cite web|last=Oz|first=Mike|date=November 15, 2016|title=Francona named 2016 AL Manager of the Year|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/indians-skipper-terry-francona-wins-al-manager-of-the-year-award-231940493.html|access-date=November 15, 2016|website=[[Yahoo! Sports]]|publisher=}}</ref>

Cleveland turned in another successful season in [[2017 Cleveland Indians season|2017]], with Francona undergoing a [[Catheter ablation|cardiac ablation]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 7, 2017|title=Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona had a cardiac ablation: Here's what that is|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/indians/cleveland-indians-manager-terry-francona-had-a-cardiac-ablation-heres-what-that-is/95-455009691|access-date=June 15, 2021|website=[[WKYC]]|language=en-US}}</ref> The highlight of the season was a 22-game win streak that spanned August 24 – September 15.  Of historic proportions, the streak placed [[List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks|second longest all-time]] in major league history to the [[1916 New York Giants season|New York Giants]]' 26 consecutive (included ties and suspended games) in [[1916 Major League Baseball season|1916]]. It surpassed the [[2002 Oakland Athletics season|2002 Oakland Athletics]]' 20 consecutive wins for the American League record.   Dominant in all aspects, the Indians trailed at the end of just eight of the 199 innings, and their run differential of plus-105 (142–37) was higher than all but six teams through that point in the entire 2017 season.  The offense produced a .937 OPS, 54 points higher than the next best team, the [[2017 Minnesota Twins season|Twins]]. The Indians' 1.58 ERA was scaled 1.15 points lower than the next-best club, the [[2017 Arizona Diamondbacks season|Arizona Diamondbacks]]. Their Central division lead over the second-place Twins swelled from {{frac|4|1|2}} games to {{frac|13|1|2}} games.<ref>{{cite news|last=Castrovince|first=Anthony|date=September 16, 2017|title=Let's honor The Streak with some awards|work=[[MLB.com]]|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/awards-for-indians-winning-streak-c254555046|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026012527/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/254555046/awards-for-indians-winning-streak/|url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2019, the Indians extended Francona's contract for two more years.<ref>{{cite news|date=April 3, 2019|title=Indians give manager Francona 2-year extension|work=[[ESPN]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|location=United States|url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26429672/indians-give-manager-francona-2-year-extension|access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>

On July 29, 2021, Francona announced that he would step aside from the team for the rest of the year, citing health issues. He had dealt with a gastrointestinal issue in the 2020 season that led to managing just 14 games ([[Sandy Alomar Jr.]] served as acting manager and went 28–18); in February 2021, he had toe surgery for a staph infection, and a lingering hip problem also bothered him. Bench coach [[DeMarlo Hale]] took over as interim manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31914496/cleveland-indians-terry-francona-stepping-rest-season-due-health-issues?platform=amp|title=Cleveland Indians' Terry Francona stepping down for rest of season because of health issues|date=July 29, 2021}}</ref>

Francona entered the 2022 season as the longest-tenured manager in MLB with the same team.  Also, since Francona had returned to the team, all the games he missed and that were managed by Hale in 2021 got credited to his record, thereby making him the all-time Indians/Guardians leader in wins by a manager (with 753 coming into 2022).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/sports/mlb/indians/terry-francona-winningest-manager-cleveland-baseball-history/95-7e06e5a2-101e-4d14-b2fd-d210174bfd2b|title=Terry Francona officially becomes winningest manager in Cleveland baseball history|date=April 7, 2022|website=wkyc.com}}</ref>  In [[2022 Cleveland Guardians season|2022]], Francona led the Guardians to their first playoff appearance since [[2020 Cleveland Indians season|2020]] and first AL Central title since [[2018 Cleveland Indians season|2018]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=ESPN |title=Cleveland Guardians clinch first AL Central title since 2018.|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34665373/cleveland-guardians-clinch-first-al-central-title-2018 |website=ESPN.com |date=September 25, 2022 |access-date=September 26, 2022}}</ref> Francona won the 2022 [[American League Manager of the Year]], beating out [[Brandon Hyde]] and [[Scott Servais]].<ref name="Sammon">{{Cite news |last=Sammon |first=Zack Meisel and Will |title=Francona, Showalter win AL, NL Manager of the Year |url=https://theathletic.com/3901448/2022/11/15/mlb-manager-of-the-year-awards/ |access-date=November 18, 2022 |website=The Athletic |language=en}}</ref>
On October 3, 2023, Francona announced that he was stepping down as manager, again citing health issues.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bell |first=Mandy |url= https://www.mlb.com/news/terry-francona-stepping-down-guardians-manager |title=Francona stepping down as Guardians manager |website=MLB.com |date=October 3, 2023 |access-date=November 6, 2023}}
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