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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