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Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award

Award

Field	Value
name	Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award
image	Lou Piniella - 2008 - cropped.jpg
caption	Lou Piniella won the 2008 National League Manager of the Year Award, and won twice in the American League.
sport	Baseball
league	Major League Baseball
givenfor	Best manager of American League and National League
presenter	Baseball Writers' Association of America
country	United States, Canada
first	1983
mostrecent

Note

the award presented by the Baseball Writers' Association of America

Several managers have won the award in a season in which they led their team to 100 or more wins. They are:

Lou Piniella – 116 (Seattle Mariners, 2001)
Joe Torre – 114 (New York Yankees, 1998)
Gabe Kapler – 107 (San Francisco Giants, 2021)
Sparky Anderson – 104 (Detroit Tigers, 1984)
Tony La Russa – 104 (Oakland Athletics, 1988)
Dusty Baker – 103 (San Francisco Giants, 1993)
Larry Dierker – 102 (Houston Astros, 1998)
Whitey Herzog – 101 (St. Louis Cardinals, 1985)
Rocco Baldelli – 101 (Minnesota Twins, 2019)
Buck Showalter – 101 (New York Mets, 2022)
Brandon Hyde – 101 (Baltimore Orioles, 2023)
Kevin Cash – 100 (Tampa Bay Rays, 2021)

In 1991, Bobby Cox became the first manager to win the award in both leagues, winning with the Atlanta Braves and having previously won with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1985. La Russa, Piniella, Showalter, Jim Leyland, Bob Melvin, Davey Johnson, and Joe Maddon have since won the award in both leagues. Cox, La Russa, and Showalter have won the most awards, with four. Baker, Leyland, Piniella, Maddon, Melvin, and Terry Francona have won three times. In 2005, Cox became the first manager to win the award in consecutive years. Cash became the second manager in 2021, and first in the AL, to win the award in consecutive years. Stephen Vogt of the Cleveland Guardians and Pat Murphy of the Milwaukee Brewers are the most recent winners; with Murphy's win, every MLB franchise has won the award at least once. Vogt and Murphy are also the third and fourth managers to win the award in consecutive seasons, and the first to do it in their first two seasons as manager of a team. When Vogt and Murphy won in 2025, it was the first time that both leagues had repeat Manager of the Year winners in the same season.

Because of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike cut the season short and canceled the post-season, the BBWAA writers effectively created a de facto mythical national championship (similar to college football) by naming managers of the unofficial league champions (lead the leagues in winning percentage) (Buck Showalter and Felipe Alou) as Managers of the Year. The Chicago White Sox have seen five managers win the award, the most in the majors.

Only five managers have won the award while leading a team that finished outside the top two spots in its division. Buck Rodgers was the first, winning the award in 1987 with the third-place Expos. Tony Peña and Showalter won the award with third-place teams in back-to-back years: Peña with the Royals in 2003, and Showalter with the Rangers in 2004. Joe Girardi is the only manager to win the award with a fourth-place team (2006 Florida Marlins); he is also the only manager to win the award after fielding a team with a losing record.

Key

(#)	Year
Number of wins by managers who have won the award multiple times
Each year links to that particular Major League Baseball season
Bold	The manager's team won the World Series in the same season

Winners

American League

Manager	Team	Division	Finish	Record
†	Chicago White Sox	West	1st
†	Detroit Tigers	East	1st
†	Toronto Blue Jays	East	1st
	Boston Red Sox	East	1st
(2)†	Detroit Tigers	East	1st
(2)†	Oakland Athletics	West	1st
†	Baltimore Orioles	East	2nd
	Chicago White Sox	West	2nd
	Minnesota Twins	West	1st
(3)†	Oakland Athletics	West	1st
	Chicago White Sox	West	1st
	New York Yankees	East	1st
	Seattle Mariners	West	1st
	Texas Rangers	West	1st
†	New York Yankees	East	1st
	Baltimore Orioles	East	1st
(2)†	New York Yankees	East	1st
	Boston Red Sox	East	2nd
	Chicago White Sox	Central	1st
(2)	Seattle Mariners	West	1st
	Anaheim Angels	West	2nd
{{sortname	Tony	Peña	Pena, Tony}}	Kansas City Royals	Central	3rd
(2)	Texas Rangers	West	3rd
	Chicago White Sox	Central	1st
(3)†	Detroit Tigers	Central	2nd
	Cleveland Indians	Central	1st
	Tampa Bay Rays	East	1st
(2)	Los Angeles Angels	West	1st
	Minnesota Twins	Central	1st
(2)	Tampa Bay Rays	East	2nd
(2)	Oakland Athletics	West	1st
	Cleveland Indians	Central	2nd
(3)	Baltimore Orioles	East	1st
	Texas Rangers	West	1st
(2)	Cleveland Indians	Central	1st
†	Minnesota Twins	Central	2nd
(3)	Oakland Athletics	West	2nd
	Minnesota Twins	Central	1st
	Tampa Bay Rays	East	1st
(2)	Tampa Bay Rays	East	1st
(3)	Cleveland Guardians	Central	1st
	Baltimore Orioles	East	1st
	Cleveland Guardians	Central	1st
(2)	Cleveland Guardians	Central	1st

At the annual update, please add these two lines at two appropriate locations in the linked biography:

National League

Manager	Team	Division	Finish
†	Los Angeles Dodgers	West	1st
	Chicago Cubs	East	1st
†	St. Louis Cardinals	East	1st
	Houston Astros	West	1st
	Montreal Expos	East	3rd
(2)†	Los Angeles Dodgers	West	1st
	Chicago Cubs	East	1st
†	Pittsburgh Pirates	East	1st
(2)†	Atlanta Braves	East	1st
(2)†	Pittsburgh Pirates	East	1st
	San Francisco Giants	West	2nd
	Montreal Expos	East	1st
	Colorado Rockies	West	2nd
	San Diego Padres	West	1st
(2)	San Francisco Giants	West	1st
	Houston Astros	Central	1st
	Cincinnati Reds	Central	2nd
(3)	San Francisco Giants	West	1st
	Philadelphia Phillies	East	2nd
(4)†	St. Louis Cardinals	Central	1st
(2)	Florida Marlins	East	2nd
(3)†	Atlanta Braves	East	1st
(4)†	Atlanta Braves	East	1st
	Florida Marlins	East	4th
	Arizona Diamondbacks	West	1st
(3)	Chicago Cubs	Central	1st
	Colorado Rockies	West	2nd
	San Diego Padres	West	2nd
	Arizona Diamondbacks	West	1st
(2)	Washington Nationals	East	1st
	Pittsburgh Pirates	Central	2nd
	Washington Nationals	East	1st
(3)	Chicago Cubs	Central	3rd
	Los Angeles Dodgers	West	1st
	Arizona Diamondbacks	West	2nd
	Atlanta Braves	East	1st
	St. Louis Cardinals	Central	1st
	Miami Marlins	East	2nd
	San Francisco Giants	West	1st
(4)	New York Mets	East	2nd
	Miami Marlins	East	3rd
	Milwaukee Brewers	Central	1st
(2)	Milwaukee Brewers	Central	1st

Multiple-time winners

Manager	# of Awards	Years
	4	1983 (AL), 1988 (AL), 1992 (AL), 2002 (NL)
	1985 (AL), 1991 (NL), 2004 (NL), 2005 (NL)
	1994 (AL), 2004 (AL), 2014 (AL), 2022 (NL)
	3	1993 (NL), 1997 (NL), 2000 (NL)
	1990 (NL), 1992 (NL), 2006 (AL)
	1995 (AL), 2001 (AL), 2008 (NL)
	2008 (AL), 2011 (AL), 2015 (NL)
	2013 (AL), 2016 (AL), 2022 (AL)
	2007 (NL), 2012 (AL), 2018 (AL)
	2	1984 (AL), 1987 (AL)
	1996 (AL), 1998 (AL)
	2002 (AL), 2009 (AL)
	1999 (NL), 2003 (NL)
	1983 (NL), 1988 (NL)
	1997 (AL), 2012 (NL)
	2020 (AL), 2021 (AL)
	2024 (NL), 2025 (NL)
	2024 (AL), 2025 (AL)

Notes

The formula used to calculate the final scores is , where F is the number of first-place votes, S is second -place votes, and T is third-place votes.
The 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike ended the season on August 11, as well as cancelling the entire postseason, with writers effectively turning the vote into a de facto mythical national championship, similar to college football.
Johnny Oates and Joe Torre tied for the lead among voters in the American League in 1996.
Teams played a truncated 60-game season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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