Eastern League Manager of the Year Award

[1] Broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives, and members of the media have previously voted as well.

[6][7] Four managers have won the award twice: Bill Dancy, Brad Komminsk, Matt Walbeck, and Dusty Wathan.

Eight managers from the Reading Fightin Phils have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Akron RubberDucks (5); the Harrisburg Senators (4); the Albany-Colonie Yankees, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Trenton Thunder, and West Haven Yankees (3); the Chesapeake Baysox, Elmira Pioneers, Erie SeaWolves, Glens Falls Tigers, Pittsfield Red Sox, Portland Sea Dogs, and Trois-Rivières Aigles (2); and the Altoona Curve, Binghamton Triplets, Bristol Red Sox, Charleston Indians, Hartford Yard Goats, Holyoke Millers, London Tigers, Lynn Sailors, New Britain Rock Cats, New Haven Ravens, Québec Carnavals, Somerset Patriots, Vermont Mariners, Waterbury Giants, Waterbury Pirates, Williamsport Grays, and York Pirates (1).

Active Eastern League teams appear in bold.

Active Eastern League–Major League Baseball affiliations appear in bold.

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Frank Lucchesi won the first Eastern League Manager of the Year Award in 1962.
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Earl Weaver , the 1964 winner, led the Baltimore Orioles to win the 1970 World Series and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. [ 8 ]
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Buck Showalter , the 1989 winner, has been selected four times for Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Awards (1994, 2004, 2014, and 2022). [ 9 ]
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Jim Tracy , who won in 1993, was chosen as the 2009 National League Manager of the Year . [ 10 ]
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Dusty Wathan won the award back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.