Manager of the Year Award by The Sporting News

Major League Managers who won TSN Manager of the Year | Baseball Almanac

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Listed below in chronological order are the managers chosen by The Sporting News as recipients of the Manager of the Year Award. The award, which originally started in 1936, was only given to one manager until the 1986 season when they decided to honor one manager from each league.

Note: Table one is the Sporting News Manager of the Year Award (1936-1985) where only one manager was honored from all of Major League Baseball. In 1986, they chose to honor an individual American League Manager of the Year and a National League Manager of of the Year and those two tables follow the original data set. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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Manager of the Year Award

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1936 Joe McCarthy (1) AL New York 102 51 1st
1937 Bill McKechnie (1) NL Boston 79 73 5th
1938 Joe McCarthy (2) AL New York 99 53 1st
1939 Leo Durocher (1) NL Brooklyn 84 69 3rd
1940 Bill McKechnie (2) NL Cincinnati 100 53 1st
1941 Billy Southworth (1) NL St. Louis 97 56 2nd
1942 Billy Southworth (2) NL St. Louis 106 48 1st
1943 Joe McCarthy (3) AL New York 98 56 1st
1944 Luke Sewell (1) AL St. Louis 89 65 1st
1945 Ossie Bluege (1) AL Washington 87 67 2nd
1946 Eddie Dyer (1) NL St. Louis 98 58 1st
1947 Bucky Harris (1) AL New York 97 57 1st
1948 Billy Meyer (1) NL Pittsburgh 83 71 4th
1949 Casey Stengel (1) AL New York 97 57 1st
1950 Red Rolfe (1) AL Detroit 95 59 2nd
1951 Leo Durocher (2) NL New York 98 59 1st
1952 Eddie Stanky (1) NL St. Louis 88 66 3rd
1953 Casey Stengel (2) AL New York 99 52 1st
1954 Leo Durocher (3) NL New York 97 57 1st
1955 Walt Alston (1) NL Brooklyn 98 55 1st
1956 Birdie Tebbetts (1) NL Cincinnati 91 63 3rd
1957 Fred Hutchinson (1) NL St. Louis 87 67 2nd
1958 Casey Stengel (3) AL New York 92 62 1st
1959 Walt Alston (2) NL Los Angeles 88 68 1st
1960 Danny Murtaugh (1) NL Pittsburgh 95 59 1st
1961 Ralph Houk (1) AL New York 109 53 1st
1962 Bill Rigney (1) AL Los Angeles 86 76 3rd
1963 Walt Alston (3) NL Los Angeles 99 63 1st
1964 Johnny Keane (1) NL St. Louis 93 69 1st
1965 Sam Mele (1) AL Minnesota 102 60 1st
1966 Hank Bauer (1) AL Baltimore 97 63 1st
1967 Dick Williams (1) AL Boston 92 70 1st
1968 Mayo Smith (1) AL Detroit 103 59 1st
1969 Gil Hodges (1) NL New York 100 62 1st
1970 Danny Murtaugh (2) NL Pittsburgh 89 73 1st
1971 Charlie Fox (1) NL San Francisco 90 72 1st
1972 Chuck Tanner (1) AL Chicago 87 67 2nd
1973 Gene Mauch (1) NL Montreal 79 83 4th
1974 Bill Virdon (1) AL New York 89 73 2nd
1975 Darrell Johnson (1) AL Boston 95 65 1st
1976 Danny Ozark (1) NL Philadelphia 101 61 1st
1977 Earl Weaver (1) AL Baltimore 97 64 2nd
1978 George Bamberger (1) AL Milwaukee 93 69 3rd
1979 Earl Weaver (2) AL Baltimore 102 57 1st
1980 Bill Virdon (2) NL Houston 93 70 1st
1981 Billy Martin (1) AL Oakland 37 23 1st
1982 Whitey Herzog (1) NL St. Louis 92 70 1st
1983 Tony La Russa (1) AL Chicago 99 63 1st
1984 Jim Frey (1) NL Chicago 96 65 1st
1985 Bobby Cox (1) AL Toronto 99 62 1st

Manager of the Year Award

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1986 John McNamara (1) AL Boston 95 66 1st
1986 Hal Lanier (1) NL Houston 96 66 1st
1987 Sparky Anderson (1) AL Detroit 98 64 1st
1987 Buck Rodgers (1) NL Montreal 91 71 3rd
1988 Tony La Russa (2) AL Oakland 104 58 1st
1988 Jim Leyland (1) NL Pittsburgh 85 75 2nd
1989 Frank Robinson (1) AL Baltimore 87 75 2nd
1989 Don Zimmer (1) NL Chicago 93 69 1st
1990 Jeff Torborg (1) AL Chicago 94 68 2nd
1990 Jim Leyland (2) NL Pittsburgh 95 67 1st
1991 Tom Kelly (1) AL Minnesota 95 67 1st
1991 Bobby Cox (2) NL Atlanta 94 68 1st
1992 Tony La Russa (3) AL Oakland 96 66 1st
1992 Jim Leyland (3) NL Pittsburgh 96 66 1st
1993 Johnny Oates (1) AL Baltimore 85 77 3rd
1993 Bobby Cox (3) NL Atlanta 104 58 1st
1994 Buck Showalter (1) AL New York 70 43 1st
1994 Felipe Alou (1) NL Montreal 74 40 1st
1995 Mike Hargrove (1) AL Cleveland 100 44 1st
1995 Don Baylor (1) NL Colorado 77 67 2nd
1996 Johnny Oates (2) AL Texas 90 72 1st
1996 Bruce Bochy (1) NL San Diego 91 71 1st
1997 Davey Johnson (1) AL Baltimore 98 64 1st
1997 Dusty Baker (1) NL San Francisco 90 72 1st
1998 Joe Torre (1) AL New York 114 48 1st
1998 Bruce Bochy (2) NL San Diego 98 64 1st
1999 Jimy Williams (1) AL Boston 94 68 2nd
1999 Bobby Cox (4) NL Atlanta 103 59 1st
2000 Jerry Manuel (1) AL Chicago 95 67 1st
2000 Dusty Baker (2) NL San Francisco 97 65 1st
2001 Lou Piniella (1) AL Seattle 116 46 1st
2001 Larry Bowa (1) NL Philadelphia 86 76 2nd
2002 Mike Scioscia (1) AL Anaheim 99 63 2nd
2002 Bobby Cox (5) NL Atlanta 101 59 1st
2003 Tony Pena (1) AL Kansas City 83 79 3rd
2003 Bobby Cox (6) NL Atlanta 101 61 1st
2004 Ron Gardenhire (1) AL Minnesota 92 70 1st
Buck Showalter (2) Texas 89 73 3rd
2004 Bobby Cox (7) NL Atlanta 96 66 1st
2005 Ozzie Guillen (1) AL Chicago 99 63 1st
2005 Bobby Cox (8) NL Atlanta 90 72 1st
2006 Jim Leyland (4) AL Detroit 95 67 2nd
2006 Joe Girardi (1) NL Florida 78 84 4th
2007 Eric Wedge (1) AL Cleveland 96 66 1st
2007 Bob Melvin (1) NL Arizona 90 72 1st
2008 Joe Maddon (1) AL Tampa Bay 97 65 1st
2008 Fredi Gonzalez (1) NL Florida 84 77 3rd
2009 Mike Scioscia (2) AL Los Angeles 97 65 1st
2009 Jim Tracy (1) NL Colorado 92 70 2nd
2010 Ron Gardenhire (2) AL Minnesota 94 68 1st
2010 Bud Black (1) NL San Diego 90 72 2nd
2011 Joe Maddon (2) AL Tampa Bay 91 71 2nd
2011 Kirk Gibson (1) NL Arizona 94 68 1st
2012 Buck Showalter (3) AL Baltimore 93 69 2nd
2012 Davey Johnson (2) NL Washington 98 64 1st
2013 John Farrell (1) AL Boston 97 65 1st
2013 Clint Hurdle (1) NL Pittsburgh 94 68 2nd
2014 Mike Scioscia (3) AL Los Angeles 98 64 1st
2014 Matt Williams (1) NL Washington 96 66 1st
2015 Paul Molitor (1) AL Minnesota 83 79 2nd
2015 Terry Collins (1) NL New York 90 72 2nd
2016 Terry Francona (1) AL Cleveland 94 67 1st
2016 Dave Roberts (1) NL Los Angeles 91 71 1st
2017 Terry Francona (2) AL Cleveland 102 60 1st
2017 Craig Counsell (1) NL Milwaukee 86 76 2nd
2018 Bob Melvin (1) AL Oakland 97 65 2nd
2018 Craig Counsell (2) NL Milwaukee 96 67 1st
Brian Snitker (1) Atlanta 90 72 1st
2019 Kevin Cash (1) AL Tampa Bay 96 66 2nd
2019 Brian Snitker (2) NL Atlanta 97 65 1st
2020 Kevin Cash (2) AL Tampa Bay 40 20 1st
2020 Don Mattingly (1) NL Miami 31 29 2nd
2021 Kevin Cash (3) AL Tampa Bay 100 62 1st
2021 Gabe Kapler (1) NL San Francisco 107 55 1st
2022 Brandon Hyde (1) AL Baltimore 83 79 4th
2022 Buck Showalter (4) NL New York 101 61 2nd
2023 Brandon Hyde (2) AL Baltimore 101 61 1st
2023 Craig Counsell (3) NL Milwaukee 92 70 1st
Brian Snitker (3) Atlanta 104 58 1st
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Joe McCarthy, who won the first Sporting News Manager of the Year Award in 1936, won nine pennants, seven world titles, and never finished out of the first division during his twenty-four year managerial career.

Managers who have won the award at least three times are Walt Alston, Kevin Cash, Leo Durocher, Jim Leyland (four wins), Joe McCarthy, Tony LaRussa, Mike Scioscia, and Casey Stengel. Bobby Cox is in a class by himself as he is the only manager from either league to ever win the Sporting News Manager of the Year eight times.

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