The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

Gabe Kapler

The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award was established in 1936 by The Sporting News (formerly Sporting News from 2002 to 2022) and was given annually to one manager in Major League Baseball. In 1986 it was expanded to honor one manager from each league.

Winners

Key

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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
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Boston Braves	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Cincinnati Reds	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Browns	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Washington Senators	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Red Rolfe	Detroit Tigers	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Giants	National League
Template:Mlby	Eddie Stanky	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Giants	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Brooklyn Dodgers	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Cincinnati Redlegs	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Los Angeles Angels	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Los Angeles Dodgers	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Minnesota Twins	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Baltimore Orioles	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Boston Red Sox	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Detroit Tigers	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	New York Mets	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Pittsburgh Pirates	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	San Francisco Giants	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago White Sox	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Montreal Expos	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Boston Red Sox	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Phillies	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Baltimore Orioles	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Milwaukee Brewers	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Baltimore Orioles	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Houston Astros	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Oakland Athletics	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	St. Louis Cardinals	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Chicago White Sox	American League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago Cubs	National League
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Toronto Blue Jays	American League

1986–present

Year	American League winner	Team	National League winner	Team	Ref
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Boston Red Sox	Template:Sortname	Houston Astros
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Detroit Tigers	Template:Sortname	Montreal Expos
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Oakland Athletics	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Pittsburgh Pirates
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Baltimore Orioles	Don Zimmer	Chicago Cubs
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago White Sox	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Pittsburgh Pirates
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Minnesota Twins	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Oakland Athletics	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Pittsburgh Pirates
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Baltimore Orioles	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	New York Yankees	Template:Sortname	Montreal Expos
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Cleveland Indians	Template:Sortname	Colorado Rockies
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Texas Rangers	Template:Sortname Template:Small	San Diego Padres
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Baltimore Orioles	Template:Sortname Template:Small	San Francisco Giants
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	New York Yankees	Template:Sortname Template:Small	San Diego Padres
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Boston Red Sox	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago White Sox	Template:Sortname Template:Small	San Francisco Giants
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Seattle Mariners	Template:Sortname	Philadelphia Phillies
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Anaheim Angels	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Kansas City Royals	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small Template:Sortname Template:Small	Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Chicago White Sox	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Atlanta Braves
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Detroit Tigers	Template:Sortname	Florida Marlins
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname	Cleveland Indians	Template:Sortname	Arizona Diamondbacks
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Tampa Bay Rays	Template:Sortname	Florida Marlins
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Los Angeles Angels	Template:Sortname	Colorado Rockies
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Minnesota Twins	Template:Sortname	San Diego Padres
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Tampa Bay Rays	Template:Sortname	Arizona Diamondbacks
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Baltimore Orioles	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Washington Nationals
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Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Tampa Bay Rays	Template:Sortname	Miami Marlins
Template:Mlby	Template:Sortname Template:Small	Tampa Bay Rays	Template:Sortname	San Francisco Giants
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Sources

• Baseball Almanac – TSN Manager of the Year Award

See also

• Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award
• 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
• 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
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• List of MLB awards
• Other The Sporting News major-league baseball awards