Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award

[7][8] The only manager to win the award on three occasions is Dan Rohn, who won in 2001, 2004, and 2005.

Five others have each won twice: Rocky Bridges, Stubby Clapp, Jim Lefebvre, Fran Riordan, and Jimy Williams.

Clapp (2017 and 2018), Lefebvre (1985 and 1986), and Rohn (2004 and 2005) won the award in consecutive years.

Seven managers from the Tacoma Rainiers have been selected for the Manager of the Year Award, more than any other team in the league, followed by the Phoenix Firebirds (5); the Las Vegas Aviators and Tucson Sidewinders (4); the Hawaii Islanders, Iowa Cubs, Portland Beavers, and Salt Lake City Angels (3); the Albuquerque Dukes, Albuquerque Isotopes, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Memphis Redbirds, Nashville Sounds, Oklahoma City Comets, Salt Lake Bees, and Spokane Indians (2); and the Edmonton Trappers, Eugene Emeralds, Reno Aces, Round Rock Express, Sacramento River Cats, Sugar Land Space Cowboys, Tulsa Oilers, and Vancouver Canadians (1).

Active Pacific Coast League–Major League Baseball affiliations appear in bold.

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Johnny Lipon won the first Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award in 1967.
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Tommy Lasorda , the 1970 winner, won two National League Manager of the Year Awards (1983 & 1988) and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. [ 9 ]
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Jimy Williams , who won two awards (1976 & 1979), was the 1999 American League Manager of the Year . [ 10 ]
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Ryne Sandberg , who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005, [ 11 ] was the 2010 Manager of the Year.
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Stubby Clapp won the award in 2017 and 2018 and led the Memphis Redbirds to back-to-back championships in the same years.