This year's Managers of the Year, Joe Maddon and Lou Piniella (photos from Major League Baseball)
The Manager of the Year Award is pretty straight forward - it is awarded to the manager in both the American and National Leagues who is deemed to have best lead his team throughout the season.
The award is voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and is judged on a 5-3-1 basis of first-, second-, and third-place votes.
Five managers have guided their teams to an appearance in the World Series - Whitey Herzog (1985), John McNamara (1986), Tony LaRussa (1988), Bobby Cox (1991) and Jim Leyland (2006) - and seven have lead their team to the championship - Sparky Anderson (1984), Tommy Lasorda (1988), Tom Kelly (1991), Joe Torre (1996, 1998), Mike Scioscia (2002), Jack McKeon (2003) and Ozzie Guillen (2005).
| 1983 | Tommy Lasorda | Los Angeles | NL |
| Tony LaRussa | Chicago | AL | |
| 1984 | Jim Frey | Chicago | NL |
| Sparky Anderson | Detroit | AL | |
| 1985 | Whitey Herzog | St. Louis | NL |
| Bobby Cox | Toronto | AL | |
| 1986 | Hal Lanier | Houston | NL |
| John McNamara | Boston | AL | |
| 1987 | Buck Rodgers | Montreal | NL |
| Sparky Anderson | Detroit | AL | |
| 1988 | Tommy Lasorda | Los Angeles | NL |
| Tony LaRussa | Oakland | AL | |
| 1989 | Don Zimmer | Chicago | NL |
| Frank Robinson | Baltimore | AL | |
| 1990 | Jim Leyland | Pittsburgh | NL |
| Jeff Torborg | Chicago | AL | |
| 1991 | Bobby Cox | Atlanta | NL |
| Tom Kelly | Minnesota | AL | |
| 1992 | Jim Leyland | Pittsburgh | NL |
| Tony LaRussa | Oakland | AL | |
| 1993 | Dusty Baker | San Francisco | NL |
| Gene Lamont | Chicago | AL | |
| 1994 | Felipe Alou | Montreal | NL |
| Buck Showalter | New York | AL | |
| 1995 | Don Baylor | Colorado | NL |
| Lou Piniella | Seattle | AL | |
| 1996 | Bruce Bochy | San Diego | NL |
| Joe Torre (co-winner) | New York | AL | |
| Johnny Oates (co-winner) | Texas | AL | |
| 1997 | Dusty Baker | San Francisco | NL |
| Davey Johnson | Baltimore | AL | |
| 1998 | Larry Dierker | Houston | NL |
| Joe Torre | New York | AL | |
| 1999 | Jack McKeon | Cincinnati | NL |
| Jimy Williams | Boston | AL | |
| 2000 | Dusty Baker | San Francisco | NL |
| Jerry Manuel | Chicago | AL | |
| 2001 | Larry Bowa | Philadelphia | NL |
| Lou Piniella | Seattle | AL | |
| 2002 | Tony LaRussa | St. Louis | NL |
| Mike Scioscia | Anaheim | AL | |
| 2003 | Jack McKeon | Florida | NL |
| Tony Pena | Kansas City | AL | |
| 2004 | Bobby Cox | Atlanta | NL |
| Buck Schowalter | Texas | AL | |
| 2005 | Bobby Cox | Atlanta | NL |
| Ozzie Guillen | Chicago | AL | |
| 2006 | Joe Girardi | Florida | NL |
| Jim Leyland | Detroit | AL | |
| 2007 | Bob Melvin | Arizona | NL |
| Eric Wedge | Cleveland | AL | |
| 2008 | Lou Piniella | Chicago | NL |
| Joe Maddon | Tampa Bay | AL |
All-Century Team | Most Valuable Player | Cy Young Award | Rookie of the Year | World Series Champs | Team Nicknames | Manager of the Year
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