Midwest League Manager of the Year Award

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

Three others have each won twice: Bruce Fields, Gomer Hodge, and Buddy Kerr.

Seven managers from the and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Cedar Rapids Kernels (6); the Kane County Cougars, Waterloo Indians, and West Michigan Whitecaps (5); the Quad Cities River Bandits and South Bend Cubs (4); the Burlington Bees, Danville Warriors, and Great Lakes Loons (3); the Clinton Giants, Kenosha Twins, Lansing Lugnuts, Michigan Battle Cats, Peoria Chiefs, and Wisconsin Rapids Twins (2); and the Belleville Stags, Beloit Sky Carp, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Decatur Commodores, Fort Wayne TinCaps, Lafayette Red Sox, Madison Muskies, Michigan City White Caps, Quincy Giants, Rockford Royals, Springfield Cardinals, and Wausau Timbers (1).

Six managers from the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MLB) organization have won the award, more than any other, followed by the Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, and Oakland Athletics organizations (5); the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, and San Francisco Giants organizations (4); the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, and St. Louis Cardinals organizations (3); the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, Miami Marlins, and Toronto Blue Jays organizations (2); and the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays organizations (1).

Two award winners played for teams that operated as cooperatives of several MLB organizations.

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Buddy Kerr won the Manager of the Year Award in 1958 and 1961.
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Cal Ripken Sr. was the 1962 Manager of the Year.
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John Goryl , the 1974 winner, was the recipient of the 2012 Mike Coolbaugh Award . [ 8 ]
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Duffy Dyer was the 1985 Manager of the Year.
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Don Leppert won the Manager of the Year Award in 1987.
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Rick Renteria was the 1999 Manager of the Year.
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John Shoemaker was the Manager of the Year in 2019.