Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News and was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball. In 1986 it was expanded to honor one manager from each league. In 2021 the winners were Kevin Cash in the American League and Gabe Kapler in the National League.

Winners

Key

^†	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Listed below in chronological order are the MLB managers chosen as recipients of the TSN Manager of the Year Award.

1936–1985

Year	Winner	Team	League
1936	Joe McCarthy (1)	New York Yankees	American League
1937	Bill McKechnie (1)	Boston Braves	National League
1938	Joe McCarthy (2)	New York Yankees	American League
1939	Leo Durocher (1)	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
1940	Bill McKechnie (2)	Cincinnati Reds	National League
1941	Billy Southworth (1)	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1942	Billy Southworth (2)	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1943	Joe McCarthy (3)	New York Yankees	American League
1944	Luke Sewell	St. Louis Browns	American League
1945	Ossie Bluege	Washington Senators	American League
1946	Eddie Dyer	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1947	Bucky Harris	New York Yankees	American League
1948	Billy Meyer	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
1949	Casey Stengel (1)	New York Yankees	American League
1950	Red Rolfe	Detroit Tigers	American League
1951	Leo Durocher (2)	New York Giants	National League
1952	Eddie Stanky	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1953	Casey Stengel (2)	New York Yankees	American League
1954	Leo Durocher (3)	New York Giants	National League
1955	Walter Alston (1)	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
1956	Birdie Tebbetts	Cincinnati Reds	National League
1957	Fred Hutchinson	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1958	Casey Stengel (3)	New York Yankees	American League
1959	Walter Alston (2)	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League
1960	Danny Murtaugh (1)	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
1961	Ralph Houk	New York Yankees	American League
1962	Bill Rigney	Los Angeles Angels	American League
1963	Walter Alston (3)	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League
1964	Johnny Keane	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1965	Sam Mele	Minnesota Twins	American League
1966	Hank Bauer	Baltimore Orioles	American League
1967	Dick Williams	Boston Red Sox	American League
1968	Mayo Smith	Detroit Tigers	American League
1969	Gil Hodges	New York Mets	National League
1970	Danny Murtaugh (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
1971	Charlie Fox	San Francisco Giants	National League
1972	Chuck Tanner	Chicago White Sox	American League
1973	Gene Mauch	Montreal Expos	National League
1974	Bill Virdon (1)	New York Yankees	American League
1975	Darrell Johnson	Boston Red Sox	American League
1976	Danny Ozark	Philadelphia Phillies	National League
1977	Earl Weaver (1)	Baltimore Orioles	American League
1978	George Bamberger	Milwaukee Brewers	American League
1979	Earl Weaver (2)	Baltimore Orioles	American League
1980	Bill Virdon (2)	Houston Astros	National League
1981	Billy Martin	Oakland Athletics	American League
1982	Whitey Herzog	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1983	Tony La Russa (1)	Chicago White Sox	American League
1984	Jim Frey	Chicago Cubs	National League
1985	Bobby Cox (1)	Toronto Blue Jays	American League

1986–present

Year	American League winner	Team	National League winner	Team	Ref
1986	John McNamara	Boston Red Sox	Hal Lanier	Houston Astros
1987	Sparky Anderson	Detroit Tigers	Buck Rodgers	Montreal Expos
1988	Tony La Russa (2)	Oakland Athletics	Jim Leyland (1)	Pittsburgh Pirates
1989	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	Don Zimmer	Chicago Cubs
1990	Jeff Torborg	Chicago White Sox	Jim Leyland (2)	Pittsburgh Pirates
1991	Tom Kelly	Minnesota Twins	Bobby Cox (2)	Atlanta Braves
1992	Tony La Russa (3)	Oakland Athletics	Jim Leyland (3)	Pittsburgh Pirates
1993	Johnny Oates (1)	Baltimore Orioles	Bobby Cox (3)	Atlanta Braves
1994	Buck Showalter (1)	New York Yankees	Felipe Alou	Montreal Expos
1995	Mike Hargrove	Cleveland Indians	Don Baylor	Colorado Rockies
1996	Johnny Oates (2)	Texas Rangers	Bruce Bochy (1)	San Diego Padres
1997	Davey Johnson (1)	Baltimore Orioles	Dusty Baker (1)	San Francisco Giants
1998	Joe Torre	New York Yankees	Bruce Bochy (2)	San Diego Padres
1999	Jimy Williams	Boston Red Sox	Bobby Cox (4)	Atlanta Braves
2000	Jerry Manuel	Chicago White Sox	Dusty Baker (2)	San Francisco Giants
2001	Lou Piniella	Seattle Mariners	Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies
2002	Mike Scioscia (1)	Anaheim Angels	Bobby Cox (5)	Atlanta Braves
2003	Tony Peña	Kansas City Royals	Bobby Cox (6)	Atlanta Braves
2004	Ron Gardenhire (1) Buck Showalter (2)	Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers	Bobby Cox (7)	Atlanta Braves
2005	Ozzie Guillén	Chicago White Sox	Bobby Cox (8)	Atlanta Braves
2006	Jim Leyland (4)	Detroit Tigers	Joe Girardi	Florida Marlins
2007	Eric Wedge	Cleveland Indians	Bob Melvin	Arizona Diamondbacks
2008	Joe Maddon (1)	Tampa Bay Rays	Fredi González	Florida Marlins
2009	Mike Scioscia (2)	Los Angeles Angels	Jim Tracy	Colorado Rockies
2010	Ron Gardenhire (2)	Minnesota Twins	Bud Black	San Diego Padres
2011	Joe Maddon (2)	Tampa Bay Rays	Kirk Gibson	Arizona Diamondbacks
2012	Buck Showalter (3)	Baltimore Orioles	Davey Johnson (2)	Washington Nationals
2013	John Farrell	Boston Red Sox	Clint Hurdle	Pittsburgh Pirates	^[1]
2014	Mike Scioscia (3)	Los Angeles Angels	Matt Williams	Washington Nationals	^[2]
2015	Paul Molitor	Minnesota Twins	Terry Collins	New York Mets	^[3]
2016	Terry Francona	Cleveland Indians	Dave Roberts	Los Angeles Dodgers	^[4]
2017	Terry Francona (2)	Cleveland Indians	Craig Counsell (1)	Milwaukee Brewers	^[5]
2018	Bob Melvin	Oakland Athletics	Craig Counsell (2) Brian Snitker (1)	Milwaukee Brewers Atlanta Braves	^[6]^[7]
2019	Kevin Cash	Tampa Bay Rays	Brian Snitker (2)	Atlanta Braves
2020	Kevin Cash (2)	Tampa Bay Rays	Don Mattingly	Miami Marlins
2021	Kevin Cash (3)	Tampa Bay Rays	Gabe Kapler	San Francisco Giants
2022	Brandon Hyde (1)	Baltimore Orioles	Buck Showalter (4)	New York Mets	^[8]
2023	Brandon Hyde (2)	Baltimore Orioles	Craig Counsell (3) Brian Snitker (3)	Milwaukee Brewers Atlanta Braves	^[9]

References

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^ "Sporting News MLB awards: Mike Scioscia, Matt Williams voted top managers | MLB | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-21.
^ "Sporting News MLB awards: Terry Collins, Paul Molitor voted top managers | MLB | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-29.
^ "Terry Francona, Dave Roberts voted Sporting News managers of the year". www.sportingnews.com. 29 October 2021.
^ "Terry Francona, Craig Counsell voted Sporting News Managers of the Year | MLB | Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-25.
^ "Athletics' Bob Melvin voted Sporting News 2018 AL Manager of the Year". www.sportingnews.com. 12 August 2021.
^ "Craig Counsell, Brian Snitker voted Sporting News NL Co-Managers of the Year". www.sportingnews.com. 12 August 2021.
^ Foster, Jason (October 28, 2021). "Sporting News 2021 MLB awards: Ohtani voted top player; Posey leads Giants in strong showing". The Sporting News. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
^ Fagan, Ryan (October 26, 2023). "The Sporting News 2023 MLB Award Winners and All-Stars". The Sporting News.

Sources

Baseball Almanac – TSN Manager of the Year Award