In advance of the BBWAA end-of-season crapfest, SB Nation baseball held its own postseason awards, which we hope will set the bar pretty high in terms of somewhat arbitrary awards voting. There's a pretty good mix of folks among our 33 baseball sites, with varying degrees of statistical inclination. As with the BBWAA awards, the voting for our awards took place after the season ended but before the playoffs began, so performances in the postseason had no bearing on the results.
Today we have the Manager of the Year awards, which are basically just awarded to the manager of the best team in the league, with some consideration given to teams that vastly outperformed expectations.
Here, then are the results. The rest of the awards will be posted throughout the remainder of the week, culminating with the MVP awards on Thursday.
| National League | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Piniella | 9 | 4 | 2 | 59 |
| Charlie Manuel | 2 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| Fredi Gonzalez | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| Joe Torre | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| Tony LaRussa | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| Ned Yost | - | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Cecil Cooper | - | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Manny Acta | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Dale Sveum | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jerry Manuel | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| American League | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Maddon | 16 | 1 | - | 83 |
| Ron Gardenhire | - | 7 | 4 | 25 |
| Mike Scioscia | - | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Terry Francona | - | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Ozzie Guillen | 1 | - | 2 | 7 |
| Cito Gaston | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Trey Hillman | - | 1 | - | 3 |