The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

For the manager award presented by the BBWAA, see 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.

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	New York Yankees	American League
1937	Bill McKechnie	Boston Braves	National League
1938	Joe McCarthy	New York Yankees	American League
1939	Leo Durocher	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
1940	Bill McKechnie	Cincinnati Reds	National League
1941	Billy Southworth	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1942	Billy Southworth	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1943	Joe McCarthy	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	New York Yankees	American League
1950	Red Rolfe	Detroit Tigers	American League
1951	Leo Durocher	New York Giants	National League
1952	Eddie Stanky	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1953	Casey Stengel	New York Yankees	American League
1954	Leo Durocher	New York Giants	National League
1955	Walter Alston	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
1956	Birdie Tebbetts	Cincinnati Reds	National League
1957	Fred Hutchinson	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1958	Casey Stengel	New York Yankees	American League
1959	Walter Alston	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League
1960	Danny Murtaugh	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
1961	Ralph Houk	New York Yankees	American League
1962	Bill Rigney	Los Angeles Angels	American League
1963	Walter Alston	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	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	New York Yankees	American League
1975	Darrell Johnson	Boston Red Sox	American League
1976	Danny Ozark	Philadelphia Phillies	National League
1977	Earl Weaver	Baltimore Orioles	American League
1978	George Bamberger	Milwaukee Brewers	American League
1979	Earl Weaver	Baltimore Orioles	American League
1980	Bill Virdon	Houston Astros	National League
1981	Billy Martin	Oakland Athletics	American League
1982	Whitey Herzog	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
1983	Tony La Russa	Chicago White Sox	American League
1984	Jim Frey	Chicago Cubs	National League
1985	Bobby Cox	Toronto Blue Jays	American League

1986-2011

Year	American League winner	Team	National League winner	Team
1986	John McNamara	Boston Red Sox	Hal Lanier	Houston Astros
1987	Sparky Anderson	Detroit Tigers	Buck Rodgers	Montreal Expos
1988	Tony La Russa	Oakland Athletics	Jim Leyland	Pittsburgh Pirates
1989	Frank Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	Don Zimmer	Chicago Cubs
1990	Jeff Torborg	Chicago White Sox	Jim Leyland	Pittsburgh Pirates
1991	Tom Kelly	Minnesota Twins	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
1992	Tony La Russa	Oakland Athletics	Jim Leyland	Pittsburgh Pirates
1993	Johnny Oates	Baltimore Orioles	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
1994	Buck Showalter	New York Yankees	Felipe Alou	Montreal Expos
1995	Mike Hargrove	Cleveland Indians	Don Baylor	Colorado Rockies
1996	Johnny Oates	Texas Rangers	Bruce Bochy	San Diego Padres
1997	Davey Johnson	Baltimore Orioles	Dusty Baker	San Francisco Giants
1998	Joe Torre	New York Yankees	Bruce Bochy	San Diego Padres
1999	Jimy Williams	Boston Red Sox	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
2000	Jerry Manuel	Chicago White Sox	Dusty Baker	San Francisco Giants
2001	Lou Piniella	Seattle Mariners	Larry Bowa	Philadelphia Phillies
2002	Mike Scioscia	Anaheim Angels	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
2003	Tony Peña	Kansas City Royals	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
2004	Ron Gardenhire Buck Showalter	Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
2005	Ozzie Guillén	Chicago White Sox	Bobby Cox	Atlanta Braves
2006	Jim Leyland	Detroit Tigers	Joe Girardi	Florida Marlins
2007	Eric Wedge	Cleveland Indians	Bob Melvin	Arizona Diamondbacks
2008	Joe Maddon	Tampa Bay Rays	Fredi Gonzalez	Florida Marlins
2009	Mike Scioscia	Los Angeles Angels	Jim Tracy	Colorado Rockies
2010	Ron Gardenhire	Minnesota Twins	Bud Black	San Diego Padres
2011	Joe Maddon	Tampa Bay Rays	Kirk Gibson	Arizona Diamondbacks

Sources

• Baseball Almanac – TSN Manager of the Year Award

See also

• MLB This Year in Baseball Awards Manager of the Year
• Baseball America Manager of the Year
• Baseball Prospectus Internet Baseball Awards Manager of the Year
• USA Today Manager of the Year
• Chuck Tanner Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award
• Associated Press Manager of the Year (discontinued in 2001)
• Sporting News Manager of the Decade (2009)
• Sports Illustrated MLB Manager of the Decade (2009)
• MLB All-Time Manager (1997; BBWAA)
• MLB all-time managerial wins
• Baseball awards #United States
• List of MLB awards
• Other Sporting News major-league baseball awards