Mickey Callaway has company.

Phillies manager Gabe Kapler became the latest NL East manager to lose his job, with the team ending his two-year stint Thursday. In his first-ever major league managing gig, Kapler, 44, went 161-163, and failed to end the team’s eight-year postseason drought.

MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki said Wednesday on WIP Radio that Buck Showalter would be a front-runner for the Phillies job if they fired Kapler.

Entering this season, the Phillies entered with the second-best odds to win the National League pennant, following the $330 million signing of Bryce Harper, and additions of All-Stars J.T. Realmuto and Jean Segura, to a team which had won 80 games in 2018. With nearly $53 million added to the payroll, the Phillies earned just one more win than the previous season.

The Phillies started strong, and reached 11 games over .500 on May 29. Even after tailing off, Philadelphia was still in contention for a wild-card spot at 78-72 on Sept. 18, but lost nine of their next 10 games, and finished in fourth place in the division.

Hitting coach John Mallee was fired in August. Pitching coach Chris Young was axed last week.

Then came Kapler, who had previously served as the Dodgers’ director of player development. Kapler, who was under contract through 2020, had only spent one other season (2007) as a coach, managing the Single-A Greenville Drive, during a break in his 12-year playing career.

“We came into 2019 with very high hopes. We fell short of those, and that responsibility lies with me,” Kapler said in a statement. “There has been nothing more fulfilling in my professional career than the opportunity to work with the players on this team.”

Harper, among other Phillies, endorsed Kapler coming back next season.

“It hasn’t been his fault,” Harper said after the final day of the season.

Realmuto expected to see Kapler return.

“We feel like he’s done a great job for us,” Realmuto said. “He gets the guys to play hard. We all love playing for him. He’s been our manager all year and nobody’s had anything to say about it.”

The Phillies are now the eighth team without a manager, joining the Mets, Cubs, Angels, Padres, Royals, Pirates and Giants