2009 SB Nation Baseball Awards: Manager Of The Year
by Eric Simon on Nov 9, 2009 2:00 PM EST
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One of the nice things about having a whole network of baseball sites is that occasionally we get to pretend we're real writers and collaborate on projects with one another. Now that the baseball season is over, and before everyone's focus turns to the free agent and trade markets, we look to award the heroes of the this past year. And by "heroes" I mean "multi-millionaire baseball players". The BBWAA awards won't be announced until next week -- and at this point most of their opinions brush dangerously close to utter irrelevancy -- so SB Nation gets the jump on them by announcing the winners of our awards voting this week. As much as anything, it's an effort to see if our cadre of basement-dwellers can do a better job than the professionals at getting the awards correct.
Today we present the Manager of the Year voting, which is really just the manager of the team that most exceeded expectations. It's kind of a meaningless award but we include it to keep the awards analogous to those of the BBWAA.
National League SBN bloggers could only vote for the NL awards; American League bloggers were similarly restricted to voting for their own league's awards. Here are the results of the National League Manager of the Year voting. American League results can be found after the jump.
| Rk | Manager | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Tracy | Colorado Rockies | 24 | 1 | 2 | 125 |
| 2 | Tony LaRussa | St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 10 | 46 |
| 3 | Fredi Gonzalez | Florida Marlins | 2 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| 4 | Joe Torre | Los Angeles Dodgers | - | 9 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Charlie Manuel | Philadelphia Phillies | - | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Bruce Bochy | San Francisco Giants | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Bobby Cox | Atlanta Braves | - | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Bud Black | San Diego Padres | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | John Russell | Pittsburgh Pirates | - | 1 | - | 3 |
American League voting results.
| Rk | Manager | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Scioscia | Los Angeles Angels | 9 | 8 | 3 | 72 |
| 2 | Ron Gardenhire | Minnesota Twins | 9 | 5 | 1 | 61 |
| 3 | Don Wakamatsu | Seattle Mariners | 6 | 3 | 8 | 47 |
| 4 | Joe Girardi | New York Yankees | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| 5 | Ron Washington | Texas Rangers | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 6 | Terry Francona | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Jim Leyland | Detroit Tigers | - | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Joe Maddon | Tampa Bay Rays | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Ozzie Guillen | Chicago White Sox | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Trey Hillman | Kansas City Royals | - | - | 1 | 1 |
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What no votes for the Gangsta?
Not many managers have the balls to call in their backup catcher from the bullpen to pinch hit, and balls count for something right?
"All energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet
What a fool I was to defy him"
-HST
by Meddler on Nov 9, 2009 2:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
List of managers bookmarked when Gangsta come off the books!
by Michkin on Nov 9, 2009 2:12 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Eh...Anyone would do, really.
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 9, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
A world where Joe Girardi gets first place votes for "manager of the year"
is not a world I want to live in
"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09
by cjmulrain on Nov 9, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You're right he should have gotten them all
It was genius not batting ARod 9th, or putting CC in the bullpen, or shooting mariano in the face.
by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Nov 9, 2009 4:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the NL was a no brainer this year
although i think in reality as much of the rockies success was getting rid of Hurdle as it was getting Tracy. Girardi and Charlie make the list because their teams made the world series in spite of them. Neither one is exactly the brightest crayon in the toolshed. Also good for John Russell who gets votes for not jumping off of a bridge for having to manage the Pirates.
by KeithsMoustache on Nov 9, 2009 2:53 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Trey Hillman, 1 vote
Pretty sure that didn’t come from Royals Review
by James Kannengieser on Nov 9, 2009 3:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
obviously you don't understand the voting Process
by Bieser's Balk on Nov 9, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd
LOL
www.twitter.com/willDavidian
by All Shook Down on Nov 9, 2009 7:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don't understand it
but gosh-darned do I trust it!
by James Kannengieser on Nov 9, 2009 7:08 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
well done, sir
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Nov 9, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he deserved it..
but Tracy is a terrible manager.
ain't had enough...
by BlackOps on Nov 9, 2009 5:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
You know who deserved 0 votes?
Bruce Bochy.
www.twitter.com/willDavidian
by All Shook Down on Nov 9, 2009 7:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Or Eli Greenspan
www.twitter.com/willDavidian
by All Shook Down on Nov 10, 2009 5:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
How on earth does Joe Girardi get 24 votes ?.
Jeez.
by fxcarden on Nov 9, 2009 8:47 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Metsblog is reporting a possible 3-way trade involving the Mets
Castillo to the Cubs; Milton Bradley to Toronto; and Lyle Overbay to the Mets. Presumably, we then go out and sign Orlando Hudson to replace Castillo ast 2B.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
by The Glider on Nov 9, 2009 8:58 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
i loves it
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Nov 9, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Overbay has declined.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
by The Glider on Nov 9, 2009 9:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i hates it
"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw
by squid92 on Nov 9, 2009 9:03 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
At least you're taking positions on it.
"Never throw a slider to The Glider."
- Ed Charles, No. 5
by The Glider on Nov 9, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
2 for 2
Here. Well done SB, or rather well done to the ‘real world’ voters, cos we know SB is correct due to statistical numbers and so on…
by deadspy3 on Nov 18, 2009 2:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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