October 31, 2000

Internet Baseball Awards

Manager of the Year

by Joe Sheehan

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National League

Dusty Baker proved to be as popular with IBA voters as he is with the national media, running away and hiding to win his first IBA Manager of the Year crown.

Tony LaRussa beat out Bobby Cox for the runner-up slot, although Cox received more first-place votes than LaRussa.

Perhaps reflecting a season in which no managers were fired, all 16 National League managers appeared on at least one ballot.

Manager Name            1    2    3      B      P
Dusty Baker           506  150   67    723   3047
Tony LaRussa           92  223  133    448   1262
Bobby Cox             100  160  150    410   1130
Bobby Valentine        58  120  116    294    766
John Boles             19   70   74    163    379
Felipe Alou             5   21   41     67    129
Buddy Bell              1   14   26     41     73
Davey Johnson           4    9   16     29     63
Davey Lopes             3    7   15     25     51
Bruce Bochy             4    4   10     18     42
Larry Dierker           2    6   10     18     38
Jack McKeon             2    3    8     13     27
Don Baylor              1    5    2      8     22
Buck Showalter          0    3    6      9     15
Gene Lamont             1    2    1      4     12
Terry Francona          0    1    0      1      3
TOTAL                 798  798  675   2271   7059

American League

By less than 100 points, Jerry Manuel nipped Art Howe to win the IBA AL Manager of the Year award. Howe actually appeared on 44 more ballots than Manuel, but Manuel's large edge in first- place votes (353 to 273) made the difference.

Three of the four AL West managers (Howe, Mike Scioscia and Lou Piniella) finished in the top four in the voting.

As in the National League, all 14 managers received at least some consideration.

Manager Name            1    2    3      B      P
Jerry Manuel          353  196   70    619   2423
Art Howe              273  292   98    663   2339
Mike Scioscia          45   88  119    252    608
Lou Piniella           29   79  143    251    525
Jimy Williams          46   57  110    213    511
Charlie Manuel         36   50   30    116    360
Joe Torre              15   22   49     86    190
Phil Garner            11   24   45     80    172
Jim Fregosi             6    0   17     23     47
Tom Kelly               3    4    6     13     33
Tony Muser              2    2    7     11     23
Mike Hargrove           0    2    3      5      9
Johnny Oates            0    1    5      6      8
Larry Rothschild        0    2    2      4      8
TOTAL                 819  819  704   2342   7256

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