NEW YORK (AP) — Kirk Gibson of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays have been voted Managers of the Year.
Gibson won by a wide margin in the National League and Maddon was a clear choice in the AL. The results were announced Wednesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.
Gibson guided Arizona to a worst-to-first finish in his first full season as a big league manager.
Milwaukee’s Ron Roenicke finished second and Tony La Russa of the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals was third. Voting was completed after the regular season.
