Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award


In Major League Baseball, the Manager of the Year Award is an honor given annually since 1983 to two outstanding managers, one each in the American League and the National League. The winner is voted on by 30 members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Each submits a vote for first, second, and third place among the managers of each league. The manager with the highest score in each league wins the award.
Several managers have won the award in a season in which they led their team to List of [Major League Baseball 100 win seasons|100 or more wins]. They are:
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 by naming managers of the unofficial league champions 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 ; he is also the only manager to win the award after fielding a team with a losing record.

Winners

American League

YearManagerTeamDivisionFinishRecord
†Chicago White SoxWest1st
†Detroit TigersEast1st104–58
†Toronto Blue JaysEast1st
Boston [Red Sox]East1st
†Detroit TigersEast1st
†Oakland AthleticsWest1st104–58
†Baltimore OriolesEast2nd
Chicago White SoxWest2nd
Minnesota TwinsWest1st
†Oakland AthleticsWest1st
Chicago White SoxWest1st
New York YankeesEast1st
Seattle MarinersWest1st
Texas RangersWest1st
†New York YankeesEast1st
Baltimore OriolesEast1st
†New York YankeesEast1st114–48
Boston Red SoxEast2nd
Chicago White SoxCentral1st
Seattle MarinersWest1st116–46
Anaheim AngelsWest2nd
Kansas City RoyalsCentral3rd
Texas RangersWest3rd
Chicago White SoxCentral1st
†Detroit TigersCentral2nd
Cleveland IndiansCentral1st
Tampa Bay RaysEast1st
Los Angeles AngelsWest1st
Minnesota TwinsCentral1st
Tampa Bay RaysEast2nd
Oakland AthleticsWest1st
Cleveland IndiansCentral2nd
Baltimore OriolesEast1st
Texas RangersWest1st
Cleveland IndiansCentral1st
†Minnesota TwinsCentral2nd
Oakland AthleticsWest2nd
Minnesota TwinsCentral1st101–61
Tampa Bay RaysEast1st
Tampa Bay RaysEast1st100–62
Cleveland GuardiansCentral1st
Baltimore OriolesEast1st
Cleveland GuardiansCentral1st
Cleveland GuardiansCentral1st

National League

YearManagerTeamDivisionFinishRecord
†Los Angeles DodgersWest1st
Chicago CubsEast1st
†St. Louis CardinalsEast1st101–61
Houston AstrosWest1st
Montreal ExposEast3rd
†Los Angeles DodgersWest1st
Chicago CubsEast1st
†Pittsburgh PiratesEast1st
†Atlanta BravesEast1st
†Pittsburgh PiratesEast1st
San Francisco GiantsWest2nd103–59
Montreal ExposEast1st
Colorado RockiesWest2nd
San [Diego Padres]West1st
San Francisco GiantsWest1st
Houston AstrosCentral1st102–60
Cincinnati RedsCentral2nd
San Francisco GiantsWest1st
Philadelphia PhilliesEast2nd
†St. Louis CardinalsCentral1st
Florida MarlinsEast2nd
†Atlanta BravesEast1st
†Atlanta BravesEast1st
Florida MarlinsEast4th
Arizona DiamondbacksWest1st
Chicago CubsCentral1st
Colorado RockiesWest2nd
San Diego PadresWest2nd
Arizona DiamondbacksWest1st
Washington NationalsEast1st
Pittsburgh PiratesCentral2nd
Washington NationalsEast1st
Chicago CubsCentral3rd
Los Angeles DodgersWest1st
Arizona DiamondbacksWest2nd
Atlanta BravesEast1st
St. Louis CardinalsCentral1st
Miami MarlinsEast2nd
San Francisco GiantsWest1st
New York MetsEast2nd
Miami MarlinsEast3rd
Milwaukee BrewersCentral1st
Milwaukee BrewersCentral1st